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Comparative analysis of labor market dynamics using Markov processes: an application to informality
Bosch Mossi, Mariano (contributor);  … - 2007
using panel data from Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. The estimates suggest broad commonalities among the three countries, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003557346
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Schooling mobility across three generations in six Latin American countries
Celhay, Pablo A.; Gallegos, Sebastian - 2024
This paper presents new evidence on schooling mobility across three generations in six Latin American countries. By combining survey information with national census data, we have constructed a novel dataset that includes 50,000 triads of grandparents, parents, and children born between 1890 and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014552644
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Informality and macroeconomic fluctuations
Fiess, Norbert M. (contributor); Fugazza, Marco (contributor) - 2008
with and without wage rigidities. The paper then explores time series data from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003722146
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The micro-foundations of employment systems : an empirical case study of Britain and France
Amossé, Thomas; Bryson, Alex; Forth, John; Petit, Héloïse - 2023
Building on existing studies of national employment systems, we take a multi-dimensional approach to comparative employment relations where the national level remains meaningful but which emphasises within-country dynamics and heterogeneity. Analysing nationally representative workplace surveys...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014338538
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No education, no good jobs? : Evidence on the relationship between education and labor market segmentation
Pagés, Carmen (contributor); Stampini, Marco (contributor) - 2007
This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately at the markets for skilled and unskilled labor, inquiring if segmentation is an exclusive feature of the latter....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003603607
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Earnings mobility in Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela : testing the divergence of earnings and the symmetry of mobility hypotheses
Fields, Gary S.; Duval-Hernández, Robert; Freije, Samuel; … - 2007
economies: Argentina, Mexico, and Venezuela. We ask whether those individuals who start in the best economic position are those … occasional support for the divergent mobility hypothesis in scattered years in the cases of Mexico and Venezuela, and no support … at all in the case of Argentina. Rather, earnings mobility is most frequently convergent or neutral in all three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003608457
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Long run effects of youth training programs : experimental evidence from Argentina
Alzúa, María Laura; Cruces, Guillermo; López, Carolina - 2016
We study the effect of a job training program for low income youth in Cordoba, Argentina. The program included life …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453985
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Can policy interact with culture? : minimum wage and the quality of labor relations
Aghion, Philippe (contributor); Algan, Yann (contributor);  … - 2008
Can public policy interfere with culture, such as beliefs and norms of cooperation? We investigate his question by evaluating the interactions between the State and the Civil Society, focusing on the labor market. International data shows a negative correlation between union density and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755332
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No extension without representation? : evidence from a natural experiment in collective bargaining
Hijzen, Alexander; Martins, Pedro S. - 2016
In many countries, notably across Europe, collective bargaining coverage is enhanced by government-issued extensions that widen the reach of collective agreements beyond their signatory parties to all firms and workers in the same sector. This paper analyses the causal impact of such extensions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011532434
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What do employers' associations do?
Martins, Pedro S. - 2020
While trade unions have been studied in detail, there is virtually no economics research on employer associations (EAs), their counterparts in many countries. Here we argue that EAs are important economic agents as they provide sectoral public goods such as collective bargaining, training, and...
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