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Labor Market Pooling
Blasio, Guido De; Addario, Sabrina Di - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2002
the likelihood of transiting from wage-and-salary to self-employment. Finally, there is no evidence of higher district …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005825772
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242295
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Productivity or Employment; Is It a Choice?
Michelis, Andrea De; Estevão, Marcello M.; Wilson, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
Traditionally, shocks to total factor productivity (TFP) are considered exogenous and the employment response depends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011242298