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On Foreign Participation and Hiring Patterns After Privatization
Galdo, Virgilio; Chong, Alberto E. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
-privatization labor outcomes, such as more firing and less hiring. This paper uses new firm-level data for a cross section of countries to … in privatized firms is linked to negative labor outcomes. …
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Discrimination in Latin America: An Economic Perspective
Ñopo, Hugo; Gandelman, Néstor; Gandelman, Eduardo; … - Inter-American Development Bank
families to specific markets such as housing and labor. The techniques applied include traditional regression analysis … volume makes to the literature on discrimination, it also has the potential to contribute more broadly to labor economics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943595
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Institutional Enforcement, Labor-Market Rigidities, and Economic Performance
Calderón, César; León, Gianmarco; Chong, Alberto E. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
This paper study the issue of institutional enforcement of regulations by focusing on labor-market policies and their … potential link to economic performance. It test the different impacts of enforceable and non-enforceable labor regulations by … proxying non-enforceable labor rigidity measures using data on conventions from the International Labor Organization (ILO). It …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943977
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Training Quality and Earnings: The Effects of Competition on the Provision of Public-Sponsored Training Programs
Chong, Alberto E.; Galdo, José - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
programs. In particular, we study the link between training quality and labor earnings using a Peruvian program that targets …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944036
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Barriers to Exit
León, Gianmarco; Chong, Alberto E. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006
Unlike previous empirical studies that focus on barriers to entry in international trade, we focus on barriers to exit as measured by passport costs for a cross-section of countries. We test four common theories on the determinants of such exit barriers and find that macroeconomic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010944518
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Discrimination in Latin America: An Economic Perspective
Gandelman, Néstor; Gandelman, Eduardo; Castillo, Marco; … - Inter-American Development Bank
families to specific markets such as housing and labor. The techniques applied include traditional regression analysis … volume makes to the literature on discrimination, it also has the potential to contribute more broadly to labor economics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010895493
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Investor Protection and Corporate Governance: Firm-level Evidence across Latin America
Bebczuk, Ricardo N.; Silva, André L. Carvalhal da; … - Inter-American Development Bank
'Investor Protection and Corporate Governance' analyzes the impact of corporate governance on firm performance and valuation. Using unique datasets gathered at the firm-level--the first such data in the region--and results from a homogeneous corporate governance questionnaire, the book examines...
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Recouping Infrastructure Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected Papers from the 2004 IDB Infrastructure Conference Series
Vives, Antonio; Chong, Alberto E.; Strong, John S.; … - Inter-American Development Bank; Analistas Financieros … - 2004
investment issues in the region. The papers, which are preceded by an overview of general lessons and challenges, address themes … of infrastructure investment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323795
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Investor Protection and Corporate Governance: Firm-level Evidence across Latin America
Bebczuk, Ricardo N.; Silva, André L. Carvalhal da; … - Inter-American Development Bank
'Investor Protection and Corporate Governance' analyzes the impact of corporate governance on firm performance and valuation. Using unique datasets gathered at the firm-level--the first such data in the region--and results from a homogeneous corporate governance questionnaire, the book examines...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772427
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The State of State Reform in Latin America
Galindo, Arturo José; Scartascini, Carlos G.; Payne, … - Inter-American Development Bank
Latin America suffered a profound state crisis in the 1980s, which prompted not only the wave of macroeconomic and deregulation reforms known as the Washington Consensus, but also a wide variety of institutional or 'second generation' reforms. 'The State of State Reform in Latin America' reviews...
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