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The regional dimension of North-South trade-related r&d spillover
Schiff, Maurice W. - 2009
"This paper examines the impact of trade with Japan, North America, and the European Union on technology diffusion and … from trade with the European Union, Korea from trade with Japan, and Mexico from trade with North America. In other words …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394120
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Health systems in East Asia : what can developing countries learn from Japan and the Asian tigers ?
Wagstaff, Adam - 2005
"The health systems of Japan and the Asian Tigers--Hong Kong (China), the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan …. On the delivery side, too, Japan and the Tigers offer some interesting lessons. Singapore's experience with corporatizing … with regulated prices to uninsured services with unregulated prices. Japan, in its approach to rate-setting for insured …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522410
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GDLN Seminar on Strengthening Disaster Risk Management in East Asia and the Pacific : Volume 1 . Post???disaster recovery procedures of the Great Hanshin (Kobe earthquake) earthqua...
World Bank - 2013
In the GLDN seminar, the recovery procedures in the aftermath of the Kobe earthquake and the Asian tsunami were discussed. This introduction to Catastrophe Risk Financing Frameworks seminar provided participants with an understanding of catastrophe risk financing frameworks. In addition, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012557376
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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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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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Korea : policy-issues for long-term development ; the report of a mission sent to the Republic of Korea by the World Bank
Hasan, Parvez (contributor); Rao, D. C. (contributor) - 1979
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000041355
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Firms' environmental performance : does news matter ?
Nlandu Mamingi (contributor) - 2006
"The empirical literature on environmental performance or compliance has followed two strands: one based on the impact of formal regulation as a means of inducing better environmental performance, and another centered on the role of informal regulation which mainly emphasizes the role of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522172
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Private participation in infrastructure projects in the Republic of Korea
Noumba Um, Paul - 2005
"In the aftermath of the 1997 East Asian financial crisis, the government of the Republic of Korea published a Private Participation in Infrastructure (PPI) Act to remove the main impediments to private investment in infrastructure sectors. The implementation of the Act was followed by a steady...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522511