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Part-time work, gender and job satisfaction : evidence from a developing country

López Bóo, Florencia; Madrigal, Lucia; Pagés, Carmen - 2009

from Honduras. In contrast to previous work for developed countries, this paper does not find a preference for part …

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Minimum wages and the welfare of workers in Honduras

Gindling, Thomas (contributor); … - 2007

Taking advantage of a complex minimum wage structure in Honduras, this paper examines how changes in minimum wages over …

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Minimum wages, globalization and poverty in Honduras

Gindling, Thomas (contributor); … - 2006

increases in Honduras reduce extreme poverty, with an elasticity of -0.18, and all poverty, with an elasticity of -0.10 (using …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003522673

The distribution of income in Central America

Gindling, Thomas; Trejos, Juan Diego - 2013

distributions of income in Latin America. At the other extreme, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua were among the most unequal … inequality in El Salvador and Nicaragua decreased while inequality in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras increased. By 2009 … and Nicaragua but increased in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Honduras. -- income inequality ; Central America ; labour income …

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Violence, development and migration waves : evidence from Central American child migrant apprehensions

Clemens, Michael A. - 2017

A recent surge in child migration to the U.S. from Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala has occurred in the context of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011715876

Cash, conditions and child development : experimental evidence from a cash transfer in Honduras

López Bóo, Florencia; Creamer, John - 2019

We explore the effects of a randomly assigned conditional cash transfer in Honduras (Bono 10000) on early childhood …

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The economics of labor market intermediation : an analytic framework

Autor, David H. (contributor) - 2008

Labor Market Intermediaries (LMIs) are entities or institutions that interpose themselves between workers and firms to facilitate, inform, or regulate how workers are matched to firms, how work is accomplished, and how conflicts are resolved. This paper offers a conceptual foundation for...

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A good time to stay out? : strikes and the business cycle

Devereux, Paul J. (contributor); Hart, Robert A. (contributor) - 2008

In this paper, we compile a unique historical dataset that records strike activity in the British engineering industry from 1920 to 1970. These data have the advantage of containing a fairly homogenous set of companies and workers, covering a long period with varying labour market conditions,...

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Does the quality of industrial relations matter for the macro economy? : A cross-country analysis using strikes data

Addison, John T. (contributor); … - 2006

Using international data, we investigate whether the quality of industrial relations matters for the macro economy. We measure industrial relations inversely by strikes -- which proxy we cross-check with an industrial relations reputation indicator -- and our macro performance outcome is the...

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Union decline in Britain

Blanchflower, David G. (contributor); … - 2008

This paper investigates the demise of unionisation in British private sector workplaces over the last quarter century. We show that dramatic union decline has occurred across all types of workplace. Although the union wage premium persists it is quite small in 2004. Negative union effects on...

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