part of the economic and the political agenda of most Caribbean countries. Labor market institutions play a crucial role …. This study analyzes six types of institutions: (i) labor legislation, related to collective bargaining and termination of … the Ministry of Labor, and proposes policies that could contribute to employment and competitiveness. The report adopts a …

part of the economic and the political agenda of most Caribbean countries. Labor market institutions play a crucial role …. This study analyzes six types of institutions: (i) labor legislation, related to collective bargaining and termination of … the Ministry of Labor, and proposes policies that could contribute to employment and competitiveness. The report adopts a …

Inflation can grease the wheels of the labor market by relaxing downward wage rigidity but it can also increase … interaction between inflation and labor market regulations affects how employment responds to changes in output. The results show … that in industrial countries with highly regulated labor markets, the grease effect of inflation dominates the sand effect …

This paper explores the links between labor formality, access to credit and firm performance in Colombia using Annual … informality. The results suggest that a 10 percent increase in the ratio of credit to sectoral output increases labor formality … reports a strong correlation between labor formality and firm performance measured as output and employment growth. A one …

due to differences in individual outcomes like education, health, labor situation and housing quality. …

This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on labor and capital gross flows and productivity in the … mitigate the destruction of jobs but had no effect on job creation or capital dynamics. The changes in the use of labor and …