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Unemployment, skills, and incentives : an overview of the safety net system in the Slovak Republic
Sánchez-Páramo, Carolina - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010523787
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Unemployment insurance in Algeria : implications for a labor market in transition
Ruppert, Elizabeth - 1996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010525511
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Unemployment insurance and duration of unemployment : evidence from Slovenia's transition
Vodopivec, Milan - 1995
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010525744
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Informality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Loayza, Norman - 2009
"This paper studies the causes and consequences of informality and applies the analysis to countries in Latin America … and the Caribbean. It starts with a discussion on the definition and measures of informality, as well as on the reasons … why widespread informality should be of great concern. The paper analyzes informality's main determinants, arguing that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394182
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Does regionalism affect trade liberalization toward non-members ?
Estevadeordal, Antoni - 2008
"This paper examines the effect of regionalism on unilateral trade liberalization using industry-level data on applied most-favored nation tariffs and bilateral preferences for ten Latin American countries from 1990 to 2001. The findings show that preferential tariff reduction in a given sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521008
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The growth of transport sector CO2 emissions and underlying factors in Latin America and the Caribbean
Timilsina, Govinda R. - 2008
"This study examines the factors responsible for the growth of transport sector carbon dioxide emissions in 20 Latin American and Caribbean countries during 1980-2005 by decomposing the emissions growth into components associated with changes in fuel mix, modal shift, and economic growth, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521025
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General trends in competition policy and investment regulation in mandatory defined contribution markets in Latin America
Dayoub, Mariam - 2008
"Following Chile's pension reform in 1981, a wave of multi-pillar pension reforms took place in Latin America (LAC). Their implementation has revealed new policy challenges. To shed light on these issues, this paper reviews the structure and performance of mandatory DC pillars in LAC. The review...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521039
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Job creation and labor reform in Latin America
Kaplan, David S. - 2008
"This paper studies the effects of labor-regulation reform using data for 10,396 firms from 14 Latin American countries. Firms are asked both how many permanent workers they would have hired and how many they would have terminated if labor regulations were made more flexible. I find that making...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521051
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Safeguards and antidumping in Latin American trade liberalization
Finger, J. M. - 2008
"The binding of tariff rates and adoption of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization-sanctioned safeguards and antidumping mechanisms provided the basis to remove a multitude of instruments of protection in the Latin American countries discussed in this paper. At the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521079
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Crime and violence in development : a literature review of Latin America and the Caribbean
Heinemann, Alessandra - 2006
The authors review the recent literature on crime and violence in Latin America and the Caribbean and present a broad overview of the main ideas and empirical findings. They provide estimates of the magnitude of the problem, trends, and the manifestations of crime and violence in Latin America....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522021