This paper revisits the relationship between labour taxation and international trade, focusing on the role of domestic … labour value added. Using sectoral data from 41 EU and OECD economies over the period 2005- 2014, we assess how labour taxes … affect exports and imports and how domestic labour value added shapes this relationship. We find that higher labour taxes …

data sets include the Palestinian national accounts, the supply and use table, the balance of payments, the labour force … households and labour accounts according to the workplace (West Bank, Israel and rest of the world), which in turn considers … associating each household and each labour category with their eligibility to work in Israel. In addition to dividing the labour …

This paper undertakes an evaluation of the Labour and Environment chapters of the TPP Agreement, with a view to … there would be only a small area of vulnerability to countermeasures arising from our labour laws and none due to the laws … on the environment. The paper does not recommend a change in our stance on keeping environment and labour out of …

The factors responsible for the lacklustre performance India's manufacturing are well identified in contemporary … taxation environment, and regulations relating to land and labour. This paper explores the difficulties in the area of labour … regulations, focusing on the enactments and provisions that inhibit flexibility of manufacturing enterprises in adapting to swift …

referred to as 'contract' labour in India. This paper seeks to examine this Act and its implication for manufacturing …One particularly significant piece of labour legislation in India is the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act …, 1970 (CLA,1970), which regulates labour hired by firms through the offices of a labour contractor - such labour being …

Indi's stagnating manufacturing sector has become a serious cause of concern for Indian policy makers. Several reasons … importance of the manufacturing sector and its potential to contribute to growth and employment, corrective measures must be … high value manufacturing sector and provides recommendations on measures to achieve this objective. In the absence of …