> Since the RTW laws weaken the unions, we expect that hard work is more likely to be rewarded with higher wages and the shirking behavior among innovative empl

> Since the RTW laws weaken the unions, we expect that hard work is more likely to be rewarded with higher wages and the shirking behavior among innovative employees will decrease, leading to greater innovation productivity. The paper is full of conjectures like this. I wonder if the authors considered that, in a scenario of perfect inequality, patent output may not follow the expected outcome.