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Labour Standards and Migration : do labour conditions matter ?

Bazillier, Rémi; Moullan, Yasser - HAL - 2009

We study in this paper the interactions between migration rates and the level of labour standards. We use an augmented … is that the differential of working conditions may be a complementary determinant of migration. In a first time, we test … use a bilateral migration database built by Marfouk and Docquier (2004) in order to test the influence of labour standards …

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Labour Standards and Migration : do labour conditions matter ?

Bazillier, Rémi; Moullan, Yasser - HAL - 2009

We study in this paper the interactions between migration rates and the level of labour standards. We use an augmentee … is that the differential of working conditions may be a complementary determinant of migration. In a first time, we test … use a bilateral migration database built by Marfouk and Docquier (2004) in order to test the influence of labour standards …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010738548

Employment Protection and Migration

Bazillier, Rémi; Moullan, Yasser - HAL - 2012

important determinant of migration. Using a bilateral migration database, we empirically show that the employment protection di …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011026226

If only I could borrow more ! Production and consumption credit constraints in the Philippines

Godquin, Marie; Sharma, Manohar - HAL - 2005

extent and determinants of credit constraints in the Philippines. Based on direct questions on households' experiences in …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750493

The Outcome of NGOs' Activism in Developing Countries under Visibility Constraint

Fontagné, Lionel; Limardi, Michela - HAL - 2011

Many Developing Countries ratified ILO Fundamental Conventions and authorized local labour unions. Multinational companies producing in these countries pay more when NGOs campaigns take place and reputation counts. However, whether this external pressure from NGOs benefit local workers outside...

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Employment and decent work in the era of flexicurity

Boyer, Robert - HAL - 2006

This paper challenges the conventional wisdom that the dynamism of employment is always contradictory to the enforcement of some forms of security for workers. Contemporary theorizing now recognizes the specificity of the wage-labour nexus. Consequently, minimum security is required for good...

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International labour standards and product differentiation

Limardi, Michela - HAL - 2008

In the last decades the interaction between labour standards and international trade has assumed new importance. We use an incentive based-approach to assess the efficiency of trade policy instruments and private schemes for the promotion of international labour standards in Southern Firms. We...

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Stricter employment protection and firms' incentives to train: The case of French older workers

Messe, Pierre-Jean; Rouland, Bénédicte - HAL - 2012

From French data, this paper uses a diﬀerence-in-diﬀerences approach combined with propensity score matching to identify the eﬀect of an exogenous change in employment protection among older workers on ﬁrm's incentives to provide training. Laying oﬀ workers aged 50 and above, French...

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The Impact of Market Regulations on Intra-European Real Exchange Rates

Bénassy-Quéré, Agnès; COULIBALY, Dramane - HAL - 2013

We study the contribution of market regulations in the dynamics of the real exchange rate within the European Union. Based on a model proposed by De Gregorio et al. (1994a), we show that both product market regulations in nontradable sectors and employment protection tend to inflate the real...

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The Impact of Market Regulations on Intra-European Real Exchange Rates

Bénassy-Quéré, Agnès; Coulibaly, Dramane - HAL - 2013

We study the contribution of market regulations in the dynamics of the real exchange rate within the European Union. Based on a model proposed by De Gregorio et al. (1994a), we show that both product market regulations in montradable sectors and employment protection tend to inflate the real...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775929