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Do labor market regulations affect the link between innovation and employment? : evidence from Latin America

Baensch, Laura; Lanzalot, Maria Laura; Lotti, Giulia; … - 2018

The link between innovation and employment is at the center of the policy debate. This paper sheds light on how labor … market regulations affect the relationship between different types of innovation and employment in Latin America. We estimate …; (iii) more rigid labor market regulations (minimum wages and severance payments) reduce the effects of innovation. …

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Innovation and productivity : evidence from six Latin American countries

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Female corporate leadership in Latin America and the Caribbean region : representation and firm-level outcomes

Flabbi, Luca; Piras, Claudia; Abrahams, Scott - 2016

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Does access to better water and sanitation infrastructure improve child outcomes? : evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean

Schady, Norbert Rüdiger - 2015

I review the evidence on access to water and sanitation infrastructure and child outcomes In Latin America. I show that there are large differences in access across countries and, within countries, between households living in urban and rural areas. Many papers in the public health literature...

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Informalidad en los tiempos del COVID-19 en América Latina : implicaciones y opciones de amortiguamiento

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Business-government interaction in policy councils in Latin America : cheap talk, expensive exchanges, or collaborative learning?

Schneider, Ben Ross - 2010

While effective industrial policy requires close cooperation between government and business, there is little agreement on what makes that cooperation work best. This paper analyzes institutional arrangements for public-private cooperation and the character of private sector representation....

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