Replication data for: Can Hiring Quotas Work? The Effect of the Nitaqat Program on the Saudi Private Sector

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Project Citation:

Peck, Jennifer R. Replication data for: Can Hiring Quotas Work? The Effect of the Nitaqat Program on the Saudi Private Sector. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2017. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114653V1

Project Description

Summary: This paper studies the effects of quota-based labor regulations on firms in the context of Saudi Arabia's Nitaqat program, which imposed quotas for Saudi hiring at private firms. I use a comprehensive firm-level administrative dataset and exploit kinks in hiring incentives generated by the quotas to estimate the effects of this policy. I find that the program increased native employment at substantial cost to firms, as demonstrated by increasing exit rates and decreasing total employment at surviving firms. Firms without any Saudi employees at the onset of the program appear to bear most of these costs.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      J08 Labor Economics Policies
      J23 Labor Demand
      J68 Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy
      K31 Labor Law
      L25 Firm Performance: Size, Diversification, and Scope
      O15 Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
      O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements

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