Labor regulations are important determinants of resource allocation, productivity, and labor market outcomes. They can protect workers’ rights, enhance job security, and improve working conditions. However, overly restrictive regulations can also increase business costs, becoming barriers to...

This study sets out to calculate the economic costs of premature mortality from air pollution to strengthen the business case for governments to act ambitiously in reducing pollution. The costs of pollution to society are many, but a full accounting is beyond the scope of this report. Instead,...

The Need for Environmental and Natural Resource Policy -- Classical Causes of Environmental Degradation -- Public Economics and Information -- Adapting Models to Ecosystems: Ecology, Time, and Space -- The Evolution of Rights -- Review of Policy Instruments -- Direct Regulation of the...

"Cover" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Table of Contents" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Abbreviations" -- "Chapter 1 Global Outlook: A Fragile Recovery" -- "Summary" -- "Major economies: Recent developments and outlook" -- "Global trends" -- "Emerging market and developing economies: Recent...