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Hypotheses·labour·credit_gap_labor_share_decline

A widening credit gap is associated with a decline in labor share, as financial expansion may lead to capital substitution over labor.

REFUTEDengine/runs/credit_gap_labor_share_decline

REFUTED — coef=+0.0006977 (sign opposite claim -), p=0.000408

confidence cueThis test cuts against the claim as written or misses its pre-declared threshold.

policy briefNeeds review

In ordinary language

In plain terms, this asks whether credit gap is actually linked to better or worse labor share from 1990 to 2023.

plain answer

The data did not support the prediction. coef=+0.0006977 (sign opposite claim -), p=0.000408

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 1 country or place units from 1990 to 2023, using a panel fe design, with fixed effects for country and year.

what was measured
What changed
  • Credit gap
What we checked
  • Labor share
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

engine/runs/credit_gap_labor_share_decline
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illustrative sketch · run pending
No coefficients yet. When the model fires, this chart will show labor_share across 1 sampled countries over 1990–2023.
The shapes above are stylised — none of the lines are real data.
Placeholder for credit_gap_labor_share_decline. Published chart will be generated from engine/runs/credit_gap_labor_share_decline/chart_data.json.

Pre-registration

pre-registered
first-spec commit bea2d5c · 2026-06-30T18:46:55Z
run generated · 2026-06-30T14:33:16Z

A widening credit gap is associated with a decline in labor share, as financial expansion may lead to capital substitution over labor.

Falsification criterion — what would disprove this

set before the run · honoured after

This hypothesis is considered falsified if:

SUPPORTED if the primary treatment coefficient has the pre-registered - sign at p<=0.10 with minimum 12 countries and 180 observations. REFUTED if opposite sign at p<=0.10. Otherwise PARTIAL.

formal test & threshold
test:      panel_fe_credit_gap_labor_share_decline
threshold: [object Object]

Method

Template
panel_fe
Fixed effects
country, year
Clustering
country
Sample
1 countries · 1990 – 2023
Evidence type
associational

Data

VariableSourceTransform
labor_share
outcome
pwt:labshtier 3
level
credit_gap
treatment
bis:WS_CREDIT_GAPtier 2
level
gdp_per_capita
control
world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.PCAP.KDtier 2
log
trade_openness
control
world_bank_wdi:NE.TRD.GNFS.ZStier 2
level

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Detailed result card

Result card — credit_gap_labor_share_decline

Verdict: REFUTED — coef=+0.0006977 (sign opposite claim -), p=0.000408

Pre-registration

  • Claim: A widening credit gap is associated with a decline in labor share, as financial expansion may lead to capital substitution over labor.
  • Falsification rule: SUPPORTED if the primary treatment coefficient has the pre-registered - sign at p<=0.10 with minimum 12 countries and 180 observations. REFUTED if opposite sign at p<=0.10. Otherwise PARTIAL.
  • Falsification test: panel_fe_credit_gap_labor_share_decline

Estimate

  • Method: linearmodels.PanelOLS
  • Coefficient (treatment): +0.0006977
  • Std error: 0.0001966
  • p-value: 0.000408
  • Observations: 940, countries: 35
  • Within R²: 0.229
  • Fixed effects: entity=True, time=True
  • Clustering: country

Variables resolved

  • pwt:labsh → labor_share (outcome, publisher=pwt, n=7970)
  • bis:WS_CREDIT_GAP → credit_gap (treatment, publisher=bis, n=1914)
  • world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.PCAP.KD → gdp_per_capita (controls, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=12104)
  • world_bank_wdi:NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS → trade_openness (controls, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=10714)

Generated by scripts/run_panel_fe.py at 2026-06-30T14:33:16+00:00

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