This thesis is comprised of three chapters. The first investigates the implications of industrial clustering for labor … on labor market outcomes. The results show that clustering makes it easier for workers to job hop among establishments … importance of geography in understanding labor market dynamics within industries.While the first chapter reveals striking …

labor are disregarded. Overall, work still plays a marginal role in the entire sustainability discourse. Consequently …

Changes in the structure and regulation of employment in Japan differentially impact men and women. The labor force … course, while men are more likely to experience unemployment at the entry and exit points to the labor market. Unemployment … gender segmented labor market, with men continuing in relatively protected and regulated standard employment and women …

There is some indirect evidence that child labor is affected by market imperfections. This paper provides a theoretical … model to discuss the effect of improvements on the labor market, when households cannot rely on neither the land nor the … credit markets. The predictions differ by land ownership: landless or large landowners should decrease child labor when labor …

during the last decade produced higher enforcement of labor regulations. The paper computes before-after estimates of the … effect of FTAs on labor inspections and exploits variation across countries using non-signers as a comparison group. The … of labor inspectors and a 60 percent increase in the number of inspections. The North American Free Trade Agreement …

Prior empirical research shows that acculturation in the host country might be positively related to immigrants? labor … market outcomes. However, whether acculturation helps highly educated immigrants in the labor market is in question, as they … identify the effect of acculturation on labor market outcomes of Chinese students with bachelor?s degrees in Chinese colleges …