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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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Does strict employment protection discourage job creation : evidence from Croatia
Rutkowski, Jan - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523331
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Financing energy efficiency : lessons from Brazil, China, India, and beyond
Taylor, Robert Prescott (contributor) - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521437
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Two decades of reform : the changing organization dynamics of Chinese industrial firms
Nabeshima, Kaoru - 2006
"Since the early 1980s, China has begun gradually integrating with the global system. In doing so the country has moved … every corner of Chinese life and no organization has been left untouched. Yet industrial organization in China-especially in … in China within the context of urban development and examines the interplay of broad reform strategy with local …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522254
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Openness, industrialization, and geographic concentration of activities in China
Catin, Maurice - 2005
different stages of development from a geographic approach in the case of China. It aims at offering empirical supports on (1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522494
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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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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557731
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Wind energy in Colombia : a framework for market entry
Valencia, Adriana M.; Brugman, Alberto; Deeb, Alejandro; … - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011393533
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The relative importance of global agricultural subsidies and market access
Anderson, Kym - 2006
"The claim by global trade modelers that the potential contribution to global economic welfare of removing agricultural subsidies is less than one-tenth of that from removing agricultural tariffs puzzles many observers. To help explain that result, the authors first compare the OECD and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522160