本研究意旨探討國內產品市場競爭對於員工剝削的影響，以及研究國內產品市場競爭是否會加劇公司剝削員工薪資與工時，並且延伸探討公司在面對什麼樣的情況會加劇對於員工剝削的違規行動，以及什麼樣的外部監管者可以嚇阻處於產品市場競爭的公司傷害員工。研究方法參照 Heese, Pérez-Cavazos and Peter (2021)與 Raghunandan (2021)使用控制變數，並利用普通最小平方法(OLS 迴歸)與羅吉斯迴歸(logit model)等等模型探討產品市場競爭對於員工剝削的影響。我的研究結果提出了具有經濟意涵且先前文獻較少提出的結果:產品市場競爭對於公司剝削員工行動的影響是正向且顯著的，尤其是在公司營運狀況衰退或公司面臨對外融資財務限制時，更傾向剝削勞工:另外，身為外部監督者的分析師能夠幫助身處產品市場競爭的公司減緩剝削員工的行動。 ;In this paper, I examine the relation between product market competition and employee exploitation. I also examine the relation between product market competition and wage and hour violation because it is considered to a most common way to hurt employee. My results suggest that firms will exploit employees when they face serious product market threat, especially (i) when firm’s operating performance is weak and (ii) when firm is financial constrained. However, on the bright side, I find analyst coverage can protect employee from being exploited. This paper finds an economically meaningful way in which product market competition aggravates employee exploitation.
