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deregulation. Road driver output is individualized, and pay is on the basis of a piece rate (mileage). However, road drivers work … companies paid more than those for TL companies, but in LTL the union earnings premium was maintained following deregulation and …
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. Judaism in Israel illustrates the outcome in a monopoly experiencing potential competition, possibly leading to an oligopoly … ideas. The "Sacred Canopy" paradigm views it necessary for social stability to grant monopoly power to an official state … religion. The "New Paradigm" views separation of Church and State, leading to competition in the religious marketplace, as …
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. Judaism in Israel illustrates the outcome in a monopoly experiencing potential competition, possibly leading to an oligopoly … ideas. The Sacred Canopy paradigm views it necessary for social stability to grant monopoly power to an official state … religion. The New Paradigm views separation of Church and State, leading to competition in the religious marketplace, as …
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In this paper, we analyze employment and capital adjustments using a panel of plants from Colombia. We allow for nonlinear adjustment of employment to reflect not only adjustment costs of labor but also adjustment costs of capital, and vice-versa. Using data from the Annual Manufacturing Survey,...
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This paper is a contribution to the debate on policy complementarity in relation to deregulation in the product and … labour markets. We develop a model of dynamic efficiency wages and monopolistic competition. Whereas most of the literature … points toward the gains associated to an increase in product market competition coupled with an increased flexibility of the …
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In this paper we study how promoting product market competition by reducing mark-ups or by increasing productivity are …
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in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in …
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countries over the period 1980-2002, we present evidence that product market deregulation is more effective at the margin when … labor market regulation is high. Moreover, there is evidence in our sample that product market deregulation promotes labor … market deregulation. We show that these results are mostly consistent with the basic predictions of a standard bargaining …
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both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …
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The Slovenian transition represents a slow but steady liberalization of constraints on competition. Using a unique … as surviving firms, prove to be the major source of TFP gains. Market competition from new entrants, foreign-owned firms …, and international trade also raise firm efficiency in the industry. Results strongly confirm that market competition …
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