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The welfare effects of globalization with labor market regulation
Palokangas, Tapio K. - 2015
contributions to the latter's decisions. Both a shift from national to international regulation and a decrease in trade costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011347148
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Sectoral structure and entry regulations
Messina, Julián (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001749983
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Effects of employment protection and product market regulations on the Italian labor market
Kugler, Adriana D. (contributor); Pica, Giovanni (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001838252
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Employment protection and product market regulation
Koeniger, Winfried (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Incidence of strict quality standards : protection of consumers or windfall for professionals?
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Murao, Tetsushi; Kanbayashi, Ryō - 2013
This paper examines the effects of upgrading product quality standards on product and professional labor-market equilibriums when both markets are regulated. The Japanese government revised the Building Standards Act in June 2007, requiring a stricter review process for admitting the plans of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009755328
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The political economy of labor market regulation with R&D
Palokangas, Tapio K. - 2014
In this paper, I study the political rationale for labor market regulation. Oligopolists employ raw labor and human … less competition from outside. Then, the fall of income due to wage increases is reduced and labor market regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350356
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Employment protection, product market regulation and firm selection
Koeniger, Winfried (contributor); Prat, Julien (contributor) - 2006
This paper analyzes the effect of labor and product market regulation in a dynamic stochastic equilibrium with search …-and-firing (intensive) margin. We characterize analytically how both margins depend on regulation before we calibrate the model to the US … through firm selection. Finally, the opposite effect of product and labor market regulation on job turnover rationalizes the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278939
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Origins and consequences of child labor restrictions : a macroeconomic perspective
Doepke, Matthias (contributor); Krueger, Dirk (contributor) - 2007
We investigate the positive and normative consequences of child-labor restrictions for economic aggregates and welfare. We argue that even though the laissez-faire outcome may be inefficient, there are usually better policies to cure these inefficiencies than the imposition of a child-labor ban....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652670
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Product market regulation and endogenous union formation
Ebell, Monique (contributor); Häfke, Christian (contributor) - 2006
We contribute to the growing literature which aims to link product market regulation and competition to labor market … moving from the US low regulation-individual bargaining economy to the EU high regulation-collective bargaining economy leads …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003418442
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Regulatory barriers and entry in developing economies
Bennett, John (contributor); Estrin, Saul (contributor) - 2006
We model entry by entrepreneurs into new markets in developing economies with regulatory barriers in the form of licence fees and bureaucratic delay. Because laissez faire leads to 'excessive' entry, a licence fee can increase welfare by discouraging entry. However, in the presence of a licence...
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