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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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"This paper investigates how enforcement of labor regulation affects the firm's use of informal employment and its … enforcement of regulation at the city level, the authors show that in areas where law enforcement is stricter firms employ a … smaller amount of informal employment. Furthermore, by reducing the firm's access to unregulated labor, stricter enforcement …
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Indonesia has enjoyed a demographic dividend over the last forty years. The working population has been growing faster … over the next ten years. Today's policy makers in Indonesia face a strategic challenge in identifying which policies and … growth. Sound empirical data will help guide the debate around labor reform. The Indonesia jobs report, prepared by the World …
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In October 2008 the United States Congress enacted legislation that gave the Republic of Haiti expanded, flexible access to the U.S. market for its apparel exports. The Second Haitian Hemispheric Opportunity through Partnership Encouragement act of 2008 (HOPE II, updated from the original...
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regulations and actual enforcement. The second chapter sets the stage by presenting the macroeconomic setting, as well as key … of knowledge by Albanian firms, and (ii) the gap between formal and informal regulation are treated in chapters four and …
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This report describes labor practices in the Lao garments export sector as seen by both management and labor. The main objective of this report is to present the differing perspectives on working conditions between managers and workers, and to explore ways in which the Lao garment sector could...
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"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...
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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...
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