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How Does Entry Regulation Influence Entry into Self-Employment and Occupational Mobility?
Prantl, Susanne - 2009
differences between regulated occupations and unregulated occupations in East Germany to the corresponding differences in West … Germany after reunification. Consistent with our expectations, we find that entry regulation reduces entry into self …-employment and occupational mobility after reunification more in regulated occupations in East Germany than in West Germany. Our …
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Adjusting to Globalization in Germany
Dauth, Wolfgang - 2018
biographies of roughly 2.4 million manufacturing workers in Germany (1990–2010). To profit from export opportunities, workers …
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Regulation and UK Retailing Productivity : Evidence from Micro Data
Haskel, Jonathan - 2012
We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and 2003. We document a shift to smaller shops, particularly within supermarket chains, following a regulatory change in 1996 which increased the costs of opening large stores. This...
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How Do Parents Respond to Regulation of Sugary Drinks in Child Care? Evidence from California
Hu, Jiafei - 2019
To reduce sugar intake in children, California regulates the provision of sugar-sweetened beverages and juice by child care facilities. The regulation may reduce children's consumption of sugary beverages in the short run and weaken their preferences for sugary drinks in the long run. Whether...
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The Unemployment Impact of Product and Labour Market Regulation : Evidence from European Countries
Piton, Céline - 2018
This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labour market regulations on unemployment using …
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Responding to Regulation : The Effects of Changes in Mandatory Retirement Laws on Firm-Provided Incentives
Frederiksen, Anders - 2019
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1978 expanded employee age protections to age 70, making the widespread practice by U.S. firms of mandating retirement at age 65 illegal. Building on the work of Lazear (1979), we propose that the law change not only weakened the long-term employment...
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The Optimal Minimum Wage with Regulatory Uncertainty
Bennett, John - 2015
For two different regulatory standards, we examine the optimal minimum wage in a competitive labour market when the government is uncertain about supply and demand. Solutions are related to underlying supply and demand conditions, and the extent of uncertainty and of rationing efficiency. We...
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Labor Market Regulation, International Trade and Footloose Capital
Palokangas, Tapio - 2017
I examine the effects of globalization in countries where the employed workers support the unemployed and the …
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Firing Regulations and Firm Size in the Developing World : Evidence from Differential Enforcement
Almeida, Rita - 2015
This paper examines how stringent de facto firing regulations affect firm size throughout the developing world. We … countries with very different de jure firing regulations. Our findings strongly suggest that firms facing a stricter enforcement … of firing regulations are on average smaller. We interpret this finding as supportive of the fact that more stringent de …
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Regulation and Firm Value : Curious Case of Transparency and Disclosure Laws in Russia
Banerjee, Suman - 2016
We provide novel evidence on the effectiveness of mandated changes in Russian transparency and disclosure (henceforth T&D) rules in boosting shareholder welfare. We focus on the staggered implementation of these T&D reforms initiated in 2002 and implemented during 2003-07. Using difference in...
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