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Are the French Happy with the 35-Hour Workweek?
Estevão, Marcello M.; Sa, Filipa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
increased in large firms. Employment of persons directly affected by the law declined, although the net effect on aggregate … employment was not significant. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599717
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Do Active Labor Market Policies Increase Employment?
Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Using panel data for 15 industrial countries, active labor market policies (ALMPs) are shown to have raised employment … variables. Among such policies, direct subsidies to job creation were the most effective. ALMPs also affected employment rates …
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Product Market Regulation and the Benefits of Wage Moderation
Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
output and employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605144
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Institutions, Informality, and Wage Flexibility; Evidence From Brazil
Filho, Irineu E. Carvalho; Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2012
Even though institutions are created to protect workers, they may interfere with labor market functioning, raise unemployment, and end up being circumvented by informal contracts. This paper uses Brazilian microeconomic data to show that the institutional changes introduced by the 1988...
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