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Industry-wide work rules and productivity : evidence from Argentine union contract data
Lamarche, Carlos - 2013
In the early 1990's, the Argentine government promoted a framework for productivity-based negotiations between firms and unions at low levels of organization. The policy weakened the industry-wide collective bargaining system, which sets working conditions for all firms in an industry. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010199012
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Comparative advantage, segmentation and informal earnings : a marginal treatment effects approach
Arias, Omar (contributor); Khamis, Melanie (contributor) - 2008
informal jobs in Argentina. A novel household data set on informality and self-employment and information on labor inspections …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793731
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In school or at work? : evidence from a crisis
López Bóo, Florencia - 2010
Argentina over 12 years, emphasizing the recession/crisis years 1998-2002. The effects of macroeconomic swings on schooling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003934135
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Returns to education and macroeconomic shocks : evidence from Argentina
López Bóo, Florencia - 2010
Returns to schooling in urban Argentina increased from 1992 to 2003, a period of economic reforms and macroeconomic … swings ; Argentina …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003940279
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Jump starting self-employment? : evidence among welfare participants in Argentina
Almeida, Rita (contributor); Galasso, Emanuela (contributor) - 2007
paper evaluates the short run effects of one possible exit strategy, programs that promote self-employment, in Argentina. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003591496
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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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Growth, volatility and political instability : non-linear time-series evidence for Argentina, 1896 - 2000
Campos, Nauro (contributor);  … - 2007
time series data for Argentina from 1896 to 2000. We show that while assassinations and strikes (what we call "informal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003557361
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Is informal sector work an alternative to workfare benefits? : the case of pre-program expansion and economic crisis
Khamis, Melanie - 2009
alternatives. -- South America ; Argentina ; informal labor market ; workfare program ; propensity score matching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003925374
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The weight of the crisis : evidence from newborns in Argentina
Bozzoli, Carlos; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2010
Argentina hit headlines around the world in 2002 on account of the largest debt default in history and a sudden … individual earnings due to the reduction in average birth weight: about $500 per live birth. -- Argentina ; birth weight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009156102
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The labor market return to an attractive face : evidence from a field experiment
López Bóo, Florencia; Rossi, Martín Antonio; Urzua, … - 2012
openings in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We find that attractive people receive 36 percent more responses (callbacks) than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530668