Africa. But employment in African manufacturing has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These employment gains have been … accompanied by: (i) large increases in the number of small manufacturing firms; (ii) limited employment gains in large firms; and … (iii) robust labor productivity growth in Africa's large firms. Limited employment growth in Africa's large manufacturing …

This study examines the impact of unions on wages and employment using data from Uruguay in a period where unions were …-specific bargaining (1992-1997). The relationship between wages and employment shifted significantly across these periods as evidenced by … changes. - Wages are exogenous to employment before 1985, but not afterwards. - The wage elasticity and the employment …

This paper examines the impact of the deregulation of compulsory industrial licensing in India on firm-size dynamics …

We investigate how the employment-based health insurance system in the U.S. affects individuals' life-cycle health … turnovers lead to dynamic inefficiencies in health investment, and particularly, it suggests that employment-based health … the U.S. as a result of the employment-based health insurance system. We also evaluate and cast doubt on alternative …

countries has decreased substantially while the negative effect of a country's own employment growth (or labor force growth) on … demographic factors temporarily become an major determinant of labor productivity growth. Our estimation of the model implies that …

, will have large effects on the pattern of employment across different sectors of the economy and will require a substantial …