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Hypotheses·labour·cross_school_regulatory_quality_employment_institutional_1996_2023

Regulatory quality predicts higher employment.

PARTIALengine/runs/cross_school_regulatory_quality_employment_institutional_1996_2023

PARTIAL — coef=+0.4736, p=0.405 (above α=0.1); direction inconclusive

confidence cueThe result is useful, but not decisive. Treat it as a clue, not a settled conclusion.

policy briefMixed or noisy

In ordinary language

In plain terms, this asks whether wgi rq is actually linked to better or worse employment from 1996 to 2023.

plain answer

The evidence is suggestive but not decisive. coef=+0.4736, p=0.405 (above α=0.1); direction inconclusive

why it matters

Labor-market rules often help some workers while risking job loss or slower hiring for others. This test looks for that tradeoff in observable employment or unemployment data.

how the test works

It compares 183 country or place units from 1996 to 2023, using a panel fe design, with fixed effects for country and year.

what was measured
What changed
  • Wgi rq
What we checked
  • Employment
what this does not prove

A single test is not the whole truth. It narrows the claim under a specific sample, time period, and method. Strong policy conclusions need the pattern to survive nearby tests, alternative data, and serious objections.

verification

No evidence packet has been generated yet.

Results

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No coefficients yet. When the model fires, this chart will show employment across 183 sampled countries over 1996–2023.
The shapes above are stylised — none of the lines are real data.
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Pre-registration

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first-spec commit 4c8ce8e · 2026-07-18T22:11:21Z
run generated · 2026-06-29T17:53:33Z
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Regulatory quality predicts higher employment.

Falsification criterion — what would disprove this

set before the run · honoured after

This hypothesis is considered falsified if:

Supported if the coefficient on wgi_rq has sign + and p <= 0.10; refuted if significant in the opposite direction.

formal test & threshold
test:      cross_school_regulatory_quality_employment_institutional_1996_2023
threshold: sign(wgi_rq)=+ and p<=0.10

Method

Template
panel_fe
Fixed effects
country, year
Clustering
country
Sample
183 countries · 1996 – 2023
Evidence type
associational

Data

VariableSourceTransform
employment
outcome
world_bank_wdi:SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZStier 2
level
wgi_rq
treatment
wgi:GOV_WGI_RQ.ESTtier 4
level
gdp_pc_growth
control
world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZGtier 2
level

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Detailed result card

Result card — cross_school_regulatory_quality_employment_institutional_1996_2023

Verdict: PARTIAL — coef=+0.4736, p=0.405 (above α=0.1); direction inconclusive

Pre-registration

  • Claim: Regulatory quality predicts higher employment.
  • Falsification rule: Supported if the coefficient on wgi_rq has sign + and p <= 0.10; refuted if significant in the opposite direction.
  • Falsification test: cross_school_regulatory_quality_employment_institutional_1996_2023

Estimate

  • Method: linearmodels.PanelOLS
  • Coefficient (treatment): +0.4736
  • Std error: 0.569
  • p-value: 0.405
  • Observations: 4468, countries: 183
  • Within R²: 0.00906
  • Fixed effects: entity=True, time=True
  • Clustering: country

Variables resolved

  • world_bank_wdi:SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS → employment (outcome, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=8071)
  • wgi:GOV_WGI_RQ.EST → wgi_rq (treatment, publisher=wgi, n=5169)
  • world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.PCAP.KD.ZG → gdp_pc_growth (controls, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=13897)

Generated by scripts/run_panel_fe.py at 2026-06-29T17:53:33+00:00

Strongest opposing argument

Every hypothesis ships with its charitable opposing argument. The framework earns credibility by handling objections at their strongest, not weakest.

Notes

School coverage focus: ordoliberal, empirical_pragmatist. Generated and run by scripts/promote_cross_school_next50_2026_05_12.py.

Authored framework. Read the transparency note.