This paper deals with the reform to labor market regulation implemented by Chile during the last twenty years. We … concentrate on the reform to job security, on the decentralization of the wage bargaining process, and on the reduction in payroll …' to U.S' levels. We argue that the reduction of payroll taxes (within the context of the social security reform), and the …

Reform of 1990. A theoretical model illustrates the effect of dismissal costs when there is a noncompliant sector. The model … informal workers (who are not covered and were, thus, not directly affected by the reform). The differences …-in-differences results indicate increased separations and accessions for formal workers relative to informal workers after the reform …

unique claims panel data from a large private insurer in Germany, we study a real-world long-term health insurance …

pricing using a unique policy experiment from Germany. Starting in 1989, a maximum reimbursement for a given medicine replaced …

A political miracle occurred when Germany was reunited, and at first glance an economic miracle has followed. Real … west Germany. Excessively high wages coupled with investment incentives that made the cost of capital negative rank high …

the adjustment of manufacturing employment and hours in West Germany, France and Belgium, three countries with strong job … regulations that occurred in Germany, France and Belgium during the 1980s affected employers' adjustment to changes in output …