We investigate the regulation of labor markets through employment laws, collective bargaining laws, and social security …

This paper summarizes the main lessons learned from Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean, a … microdata data. The evidence shows that regulation reduces labor market flexibility, reduces the employment of marginal workers …

-country differences in employment and population growth. This section finds that the U.S. has managed to absorb added workers … -- especially female workers -- into employment at a greater rate than most countries. The leading explanation for this phenomenon … is that the U.S. labor market has flexible wages and employment practices, whereas European labor markets are rigid. The …

We estimate the impact of state-level "E-Verify" legislation that mandates employment eligibility verification for … private-sector workers. We document declines in formal sector employment and employment turnover after mandate passage, with … far more likely to comply with mandates. Heterogeneity in adherence leads to substantial within-state employment …

employment and productivity.The major findings are that:1)Affirmative action has some success in improving employment … employment under affirmative action have taken place in both high-skilled and low-skilled occupations. 3)Compliance reviews have … not been targeted against establishments with the lowest relative proportions of minority or female employment. Targetting …