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Enforcement of Labor Regulation and the Labor Market Effects of Trade : Evidence from Brazil
Ulyssea, Gabriel - 2018
How does enforcement of labor regulations shape the labor market effects of trade? To tackle this question, we exploit the Brazilian trade liberalization episode and exogenous variation in the intensity of both the trade shock and enforcement across local labor markets. Regions with stricter...
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Inequality and Employment in a Dual Economy : Enforcement of Labor Regulation in Brazil
Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro Manuel - 2021
This paper studies the impact of an increase in the enforcement of labor regulations on unemployment and inequality, using city level data from Brazil. We find that stricter enforcement (affecting the payment of mandated benefits to formal workers) leads to: higher unemployment, less income...
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Can Overtime Premium Flexibility Promote Employment? Firm- and Worker-Level Evidence from a Labour Law Reform
Martins, Pedro S. - 2016
In 2012, in the midst of a recession, a labour law reform in Portugal allowed firms to reduce the overtime premium paid to their workers by 50% or more. Until then, overtime premiums were set by law at a relatively high level and could not be cut unilaterally. We analyse matched...
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Preventing Neets During the Great Recession : The Effects of a Mandatory Activation Program for Young Welfare Recipients
Emile, Cammeraat - 2017
We study the impact of a mandatory activation program for young welfare recipients in the Netherlands. Introduced at the end of 2009, the goal of the program was to prevent so-called NEETs (individuals not in employment, education or training). We use a large administrative data set for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945222
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China's 2008 Labor Contract Law : Implementation and Implications for China's Workers
Gallagher, Mary Elizabeth - 2013
implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013076822
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Unintended Consequences of China's New Labor Contract Law on Unemployment and Welfare Loss of the Workers
Akee, Randall - 2018
China's new Labor Contract Law, which intended to strengthen the labor protection for workers, went into effect on … firm for more than 10 years.Using data from the 2008 China General Social Survey, we find strong evidence that firms did in …
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Land Use Rights, Market Transitions, and Labor Policy Change in China (1980-4)
Chen, Yiu Por - 2012
This paper provides a systematic analysis of the way shifts in property utilization rights in China induced another …
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A Theoretical Model of the Chinese Labor Market
Fields, Gary - 2013
This paper constructs a theoretical labor market model for China, and utilizes the model to examine the effects of … three sectors – state-owned enterprises, private enterprises, and agriculture – and China's unique household registration …
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China's Emergence in the World Economy and Business Cycles in Latin America
Pesaran, M. Hashem - 2011
vividly illustrated. This paper investigates how changes in trade linkages between China, Latin America, and the rest of the … world shows that the long-term impact of a China GDP shock on the typical Latin American economy has increased by three … to Latin America and the rest of emerging Asia (excluding China and India) GDP has not undergone any significant change …
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Great Expectations : Law, Employment Contracts, and Labor Market Performance
MacLeod, W. Bentley - 2011
This chapter reviews the literature on employment and labor law. The goal of the review is to understand why every jurisdiction in the world has extensive employment law, particularly employment protection law, while most economic analysis of the law suggests that less employment protection...
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