• DOI:10.1086/690712
Corpus ID: 51808843

Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization

@article{Olsson2017PrivateEL,
  title={Private Equity, Layoffs, and Job Polarization},
  author={M. Olsson and Joacim T{\aa}g},
  journal={Journal of Labor Economics},
  year={2017},
  volume={35},
  pages={697 - 754}
}

M. Olsson, Joacim Tåg

Published 2017

Business

Journal of Labor Economics

Private equity firms are often criticized for laying off workers, but the evidence on who loses their jobs and why is scarce. This paper argues that explanations for job polarization also explain layoffs after private equity buyouts. Buyouts reduce agency problems, which triggers automation and offshoring. Using rich employer-employee data, we show that buyouts generally do not affect unemployment incidence. However, unemployment incidence doubles for workers in less productive firms who… CONTINUE READING

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