Due to a tax law implemented in 1998, Dutch employers can claim an extra tax deduction when they train employees aged 40 years or older. This causes a discontinuity in a firm's cost of training an employee. We exploit this discontinuity to identify two effects: the effect of the tax deduction on...

Provides an overview of the construction industry in South Africa and examines collective bargaining arrangements and other institutions which affect organizing, wages and working conditions for informal sector workers. Profiles the activities of four unions and two associations of building...

Covers trend from 1990 to 1998.

Examines the performance of the cut-flower industry and its impact on national economic development and local communities. Based on field survey covering 12 flower farms in northern Tanzania.

Based on data from Encuesta de hogares de 1996 del Direccion General de Estadistica, Encuestas y Censos (DGEEyC).