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Corruption and the shadow economy : an empirical analysis
Dreher, Axel (contributor); Schneider, Friedrich (contributor) - 2006
; regulation ; tax burden …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003332206
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Analyzing the extent and influence of occupational licensing on the labor market
Kleiner, Morris M.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2011
This study examines the extent and influence of occupational licensing in the U.S. using a specially designed national labor force survey. Specifically, we provide new ways of measuring occupational licensing and consider what types of regulatory requirements and what level of government...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230732
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The unemployment impact of product and labour market regulation : evidence from European countries
Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - 2018
This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using data for 24 European countries over the period 1998-2013. Controlling for country-fixed effects, endogeneity and a large set of covariates, results show that product market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871988
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Labour market regulation in the EU-15 : causes and consequences - a survey
Siebert, William S. (contributor) - 2006
efficiency arguments are questionable, because of the disemployment effects of strict regulation. Regulation is better explained … rationally desires strict regulation to divert rent from other groups such as the skilled workers and the unemployed. Legal … tradition. Given a predisposition to intervene, these countries begin with some degree of labour regulation, which then creates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003497972
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Cross-border spillover : US gun laws and violence in Mexico
Dube, Arindrajit; Dube, Oeindrila; García-Ponce, Omar - 2012
To what extent, and under what conditions, does access to arms fuel violent crime? To answer this question, we exploit a unique natural experiment: the 2004 expiration of the U.S. Federal Assault Weapons Ban exerted a spillover on gun supply in Mexican municipios near Texas, Arizona and New...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681288
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Street prostitution zones and crime
Bisschop, Paul; Kastoryano, Stephen; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2015
different regulation systems. We provide evidence that the opening of these zones was not in response to changes in crime. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528852
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Employment protection reforms, employment and the incidence of temporary jobs in Europe: 1995 - 2001
Kahn, Lawrence M. (contributor) - 2007
Using European Community Household Panel data for nine countries for 1996-2001, I investigate the impact of reforms of employment protection systems on employment and on temporary jobs for wage and salary workers. Individual fixed effects models are estimated, with the inclusion of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652681
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Barriers to entry, deregulation and workplace training
Bassanini, Andrea (contributor);  … - 2007
European Labour Force Survey to investigate empirically the relationship between product market regulation and training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003583930
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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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On the boundaries of the shadow economy : an empirical investigation
Manes, Eran; Schneider, Friedrich; Tchetchik, Anat - 2016
support to this view. We find that in countries with less stringent job market regulation the long-run impact of Unemployment … faster in countries with looser job-market regulation, compared with countries with stricter regulation. These findings have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517459