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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

Using evidence from recent work on truckers and disaggregated older data prior researchers did not have, we revisit a classic topic and find some new answers. We focus on differentials in average annual earnings at the firm level among mileage-paid over-the-road tractor-trailer drivers ("road...

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Conceptualising Informality: Regulation and Enforcement

Kanbur, Ravi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

specified regulation(s). Relative to the regulation(s), four conceptual categories that can help frame the analysis are: (A …) regulation applicable and compliant, (B) regulation applicable and non-compliant, (C) regulation non-applicable after adjustment … of activity, and (D) regulation non-applicable to the activity. Rather than use the generic labels 'informal' and 'formal …

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Corruption and the Shadow Economy: An Empirical Analysis

Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

This paper analyzes the influence of the shadow economy on corruption and vice versa. We hypothesize that corruption and shadow economy are substitutes in high income countries while they are complements in low income countries. The hypotheses are tested for a crosssection of 120 countries and a...

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Cognitive Ability and Paternalism

Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

sufficient intelligence by people with limited intelligence may dominate government regulation. …

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MIMIC Models, Cointegration and Error Correction: An Application to the French Shadow Economy

Buehn, Andreas; Schneider, Friedrich - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

The analysis of economic loss attributed to the shadow economy has attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy makers. Often, multiple indicators multiple causes (MIMIC) models are applied to time series data estimating the size and development of the shadow economy for...

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Labour Market Regulation, Productivity-Improving R&D and Endogenous Growth

Palokangas, Tapio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

rents and the government can support unions by labour market regulation. We show that if unions are initially very strong …, regulation increases only the workers’ profit share and has no impact on employment and growth. Otherwise, regulation increases … faster. Regulation (deregulation) is desirable when the growth rate is below (above) some critical level. …

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Doctors Without Borders: The Returns to an Occupational License for Soviet Immigrant Physicians in Israel

Kugler, Adriana D.; Sauer, Robert M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

Re-licensing requirements for professionals that move across borders are widespread. In this paper, we measure the returns to an occupational license using novel data on Soviet trained physicians that immigrated to Israel. An immigrant re-training assignment rule used by the Israel Ministry of...

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The Combined Employment Effects of Minimum Wages and Labor Market Regulation: A Meta-Analysis

Boockmann, Bernhard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper provides a meta-analysis of 55 empirical studies estimating the employment effects of minimum wages in 15 industrial countries. It strongly confirms the notion that the effects of minimum wages are heterogeneous between countries. As possible sources of heterogeneity, it considers the...

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Policies to Promote Growth and Economic Efficiency in Mexico

Arias, Javier; Azuara, Oliver; Bernal, Pedro; Heckman, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

regulation. We focus on two issues that should receive more attention in discussions of Mexican policy. (1) The family is under … heavy burden of monopoly and regulation. We find little evidence that the introduction of social protection programs for …

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Do Changes in Regulation Affect Employment Duration in Temporary Work Agencies?

Antoni, Manfred; Jahn, Elke J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Over the past three decades Germany has repeatedly deregulated the law on temporary agency work by stepwise increasing the maximum period for hiring-out employees and allowing temporary work agencies to conclude fixed-term contracts. These reforms should have had an effect on the employment...

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