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Job Creation in Mozambique : Is Labor Law Reform the Answer?
Ministry of Planning and Development, Mozambique - World Bank - 2013
This paper analyzes the potential economic impact of changes to the labor laws proposed in 2006. The economic logic behind these reforms is reviewed, and the conditions under which the reforms could be expected to have the maximum impact on employment are isolated. Next, the experiences of...
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Enforcement of labor regulation, informal labor, and firm performance
Almeida, Rita - 2005
"This paper investigates how enforcement of labor regulation affects the firm's use of informal employment and its impact on firm performance. Using firm level data on informal employment and firm performance, and administrative data on enforcement of regulation at the city level, the authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522444
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Employment regulations through the eyes of employers : do they matter and how do firms respond to them?
Pierre, Gaelle - 2004
"Pierre and Scarpetta present evidence on how employers perceive labor regulations and react when these are perceived to constrain the operation of their firm. They draw from harmonized surveys of (up to) 17,000 firms around the world and compare employers' responses with actual labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522872
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Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Market Outcomes : Theory, Evidence and Lessons for Croatia
World Bank - 2013
In response to prolonged recession, in April 2010 the Croatian Government adopted an Economic Recovery Program to safeguard macroeconomic stability and support faster recovery of the private sector. A central element of the program is revision of labor regulations to create a more dynamic labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557648
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Bosnia and Herzegovina : Labor Market Update, The Role of Industrial Relations
World Bank - 2012
This report identifies recent developments in the labor market in Bosnia and Herzegovina and by focusing on industrial relations, aims to provide new policy insights. The report shows that there have also been some improvements in labor market outcomes over the last few years. Nonetheless,...
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Turkey : policies and prospects for growth
Dubey, Vinod (contributor) - 1980
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Life chances in Turkey : expanding opportunities for the next generation
Hentschel, Jesko (contributor) - 2010
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Fertility response to natural disasters : the case of three high mortality earthquakes
Finlay, Jocelyn E. - 2009
earthquakes: Gujarat, India, in 2001; North-West Frontier, Pakistan, in 2005; and Izmit, Turkey, in 1999. There is evidence of a …
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Decentralization, economic development, and growth in Turkish provinces
Tosun, Mehmet S. - 2008
"There have been important developments in the decentralization of the government structure in Turkey since the early …
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Turkey's evolving trade integration into pan-European markets
Ng, Francis - 2006
"This is an empirical paper seeking to identify the mode of Turkey's integration into global markets in general, and … following observations. First, thanks to steady expansion of trade in goods and services since the mid-1980s, Turkey has become … highly integrated into the world economy. Second, Turkey's export performance in 1996-2004 in EU markets bears strong …
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