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Employment Outcomes and the Interaction Between Product and Labor Market Deregulation: Are They Substitutes or Complements?

Fiori, Giuseppe; Nicoletti, Giuseppe; Scarpetta, Stefano; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

countries over the period 1980-2002, we present evidence that product market deregulation is more effective at the margin when … labor market regulation is high. Moreover, there is evidence in our sample that product market deregulation promotes labor … market deregulation. We show that these results are mostly consistent with the basic predictions of a standard bargaining …

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What Are Over-the-Road Truckers Paid For? Evidence from an Exogenous Regulatory Change on the Role of Social Comparisons and Work Organization in Wage Determination

Burks, Stephen V.; Guy, Frederick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

economic deregulation. Road driver output is individualized, and pay is on the basis of a piece rate (mileage). However, road … deregulation and union coverage fell slowly, while in TL both the union differential and union coverage fell sharply. We review …

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Factor Adjustments after Deregulation: Panel Evidence from Colombian Plants

Eslava, Marcela; Haltiwanger, John; Kugler, Adriana; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

In this paper, we analyze employment and capital adjustments using a panel of plants from Colombia. We allow for nonlinear adjustment of employment to reflect not only adjustment costs of labor but also adjustment costs of capital, and vice-versa. Using data from the Annual Manufacturing Survey,...

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Do Changes in Regulation Affect Temporary Agency Workers' Job Satisfaction?

Busk, Henna; Jahn, Elke J.; Singer, Christine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper evaluates the impact on temporary agency workers’ job satisfaction of a reform that considerably changed regulations covering the temporary help service sector in Germany. We isolate the causal effect of this reform by combining a difference-in-difference and matching approach and...

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A General Model of Technical Change with an Application to the OECD Countries

Heshmati, Almas; Kumbhakar, Subal C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

In the neoclassical production functions model technical change (TC) is assumed to be exogenous and it is specified as a function of time. However, some exogenous external factors other than time can also affect the rate of TC. In this paper we model TC via a combination of time trend (purely...

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Labour Market Reforms and Outcomes in Estonia

Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

The unemployment rate in Estonia rose sharply in 2010 to one of the highest levels in the EU, after the country entered a severe recession in 2008. While the rate declined relatively rapidly in 2011, it remained high especially for the less educated. In 2009, the Employment Contract Law relaxed...

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A Comparison of the Poverty Impact of Transfers, Taxes and Market Income across Five OECD Countries

Bibi, Sami; Duclos, Jean-Yves - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper compares the poverty reduction impact of income sources, taxes and transfers across five OECD countries. Since the estimation of that impact can depend on the order in which the various income sources are introduced into the analysis, it is done by using the Shapley value. Estimates...

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Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Female Employment and Unemployment: A Cross-Country Analysis

Addison, John T.; Ozturk, Orgul Demet - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper estimates the effect of minimum wage regulation in 16 OECD countries, 1970-2008. Our treatment is motivated by Neumark and Wascher's (2004) seminal cross-country study using panel methods to estimate minimum wage effects among teenagers and young adults. Apart from the longer time...

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When Banana Import Restrictions Lead to Exports: A Tale of Cyclones and Quarantine Policies

Ko, Chia Chiun; Frijters, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper examines the welfare loss of import restrictions on bananas in Australia and whether the import restrictions have turned into a particular form of export promotion. We set up a model in which there is free domestic entry, with banana producers accepting losses in normal years, off-set...

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A Vibrant European Labor Market with Full Employment

Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We name this scenario "vibrant." It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European...

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