Labor Market Nationalization Policies and Exporting Firm Outcomes
Evidence from Saudi Arabia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4928482 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Patricia Cortés (0000-0002-5231-2255, Boston University), Semiray Kasoolu, Carolina Pan (Association for Language Learning) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 1397-1426 |
| Publication date | 2023-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/719835 |
| OpenAlex | W4378803149 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 24 |
In the past decade, Gulf countries have imposed hiring quotas to promote native participation in the private sector and address unemployment. We explore how one such policy, Nitaqat in Saudi Arabia, affected exporting firms. We find that while the policy increased Saudi employment by these firms, it came at a cost. In the year following implementation, relative to firms above the quota, firms below were 1.5 percentage points more likely to exit the market and 7 percentage points less likely to export, and conditional on exporting, their exports fell by 10%–20%. These short-term effects persisted for at least 3 years
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