国际货币基金组织：巴西劳动诉讼案件对企业生产率的影响（英文版）

The Brazilian labor market went through significant changes in 2017 with reforms to reduce litigation and increase flexibility in employment contracts. Using firm-level data, we exploit the variation in litigation cases across Brazilian states to estimate the impact of the 2017 labor reforms on productivity. The results suggest a significant boost in total factor productivity (TFP) for labor- and trade-intensive firms from the decline in litigation costs. High labor intensive firms witnessed