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The Same Yet Different : Worker Reports on Labour Practices and Outcomes in a Single Firm Across Countries

Freeman, Richard B. - 2010

This paper examines cross-country differences in labour policies and practices and employee performance and attitudes toward work from a sample of nearly 30,000 employees in a large multinational manufacturing firm. The analysis shows: 1) large establishment and country differences in work...

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The 2004 Global Labor Survey : Workplace Institutions and Practices Around the World

Chor, Davin; Freeman, Richard B. - 2021

The 2004 Global Labor Survey (GLS) is an Internet-based survey that seeks to measure de facto labor practices in countries around the world, covering issues such as freedom of association, the regulation of work contracts, employee benefits and the prevalence of collective bargaining. To find...

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Observations on International Labor Standards and Trade

Krueger, Alan B. - 2021

This paper reviews the theoretical arguments for and against linking international labor standards to trade. Based on theory alone it is difficult to generalize about the effect of labor standards on efficiency and equity. Some economists have argued that international labor standards are merely...

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Heterogeneity in the Effect of Regulation on Entrepreneurship and Entry Size

Ardagna, Silvia - 2009

to become an entrepreneur and the level of employment of newly created businesses. We focus on the interaction between …

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Wage-Employment Contracts : Global Results

Green, Jerry; Kahn, Charles M. - 2021

This paper studies the efficient agreements about the dependence of workers' earnings on employment, when the … employment level is controlled by firms. The firms ' superior information about profitability conditions is responsible for this … form of contract governance. Under plausible assumptions, such agreements will cause employment to diverge from efficiency …

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