reforms should have had an effect on the employment duration within temporary work agencies. Based on an informative … administrative data set we use hazard rate models to examine whether the employment duration has changed in response to these reforms … employment duration while the authorization of fixed-term contracts reduced employment tenure. …

This paper provides novel evidence on the causal effect on female employment of labor market deregulation by using the … data, we find a statistically significant and economically meaningful impact on female employment of this particular piece … employment. Our finding is consistent with the recent literature that points to the importance of paying particular attention to …

We summarize recent research on the wage and employment effects of minimum wage laws in the U.S. and infer from non …

Empirical investigation of the labor market consequences of employment protection has mushroomed since Lazear's (1990 … mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …

It has been well documented in the literature that ethnicity matters significantly in the determination of self-employment … rates. In particular, African-American self-employment rates lag far behind rates for other racial groups. Similarly, the …. After controlling for the appropriate factors that can lead to self-employment differentials, we provide an explanation for …