Are product market and entry regulation key sources of low employment growth in many European countries? We investigate … increase in large retail chains? concentration it induced, slowed down employment growth in France. …

country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country's macroeconomic performance. After a … of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output … growth. A summary of what we learn from the econometric results concludes the paper. …

We use UK micro data to explore whether planning regulation reduced UK retailing productivity growth between 1997 and … which increased the costs of opening large stores. This might have caused a slowdown in productivity growth if firms (a … with a lowering of chain TFP by about 0.4% pa, about 40% of the post-1995 slowdown in UK retail TFP growth. The foregone …

-linearities in their impact on employment growth. The results suggest strong composition effects: A weak business environment shifts … growth of all firms, particularly micro and small firms. On the other hand, corruption and poor access to infrastructure … reduce employment growth by affecting the growth of medium size and large firms. With significant differences between firms …

context of increasing urban poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. The findings indicate that households who migrated together with their …

This paper examines the performance of minimum wage legislation in Kenya, both in terms of its coverage and enforcement …

Firms in Kenya rely on technologies such as computers, cell-phones, and generators to overcome constraints associated … missionary schools from Kenya's colonial past, as well as geographical indicators such as rainfall, changes in forest cover, and …

Are product market and entry regulation key sources of low employment growth in many European countries? We investigate … increase in large retail chains’ concentration it induced, slowed down employment growth in France. …

country data to study the effect of product market regulation and reform on a country’s macroeconomic performance. After a … of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output … growth. A summary of what we learn from the econometric results concludes the paper. …