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Crisis, what crisis? : patterns of adaptation in European labor markets
Eichhorst, Werner; Feil, Michael; Marx, Paul - 2010
countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel … with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows that labor market institutions frequently used to study employment … performance can explain the development of unemployment in the situation of crisis in some clusters of countries much better than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003986366
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Inspeção do trabalho e evolução do emprego formal no Brasil
Corseuil, Carlos Henrique L.; Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro - 2012
Labor inspection procedures in Brazil went through important changes in several dimensions from late 90s to mid 2000, improving the procedures efficiency. In the subsequent period formal employmentexpanded significantly. The aim of this paper is to identify whether the first fact influenced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010330651
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What have we learned? Assessing labor market institutions and indicators
Eichhorst, Werner; Feil, Michael; Braun, Christoph - 2008
In den letzten Jahren hat sowohl die Anzahl der Studien zu den gesamtwirtschaftlichen Wirkungen von Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen als auch die Zahl der vorhandenen Indikatoren zur Messung dieser Institutionen sehr stark zugenommen. Gut zehn Jahre nach Nickells (1997) maßgeblichem Beitrag über den...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267210
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Crisis, what crisis? Patterns of adaptation in European labor markets
Eichhorst, Werner; Feil, Michael; Marx, Paul - 2010
countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel … with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows that labor market institutions frequently used to study employment … performance can explain the development of unemployment in the situation of crisis in some clusters of countries much better than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269943
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Jump-Starting Self-Employment?Evidence among Welfare Participants in Argentina
Almeida, Rita; Galasso, Emanuela - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
One important concern of governments in developing countries is on how to phase-out largesafety nets programs. This paper evaluates the short run effects of one possible exit strategy,programs that promote self-employment, in Argentina. We provide evidence that a smallfraction of beneficiaries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862593
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What have we learned? : assessing labor market institutions and indicators
Eichhorst, Werner; Feil, Michael; Braun, Christoph - 2008
In den letzten Jahren hat sowohl die Anzahl der Studien zu den gesamtwirtschaftlichen Wirkungen von Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen als auch die Zahl der vorhandenen Indikatoren zur Messung dieser Institutionen sehr stark zugenommen. Gut zehn Jahre nach Nickells (1997) maßgeblichem Beitrag über den...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874019
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Inspeção do trabalho e evolução do emprego formal no Brasil
Corseuil, Carlos Henrique; Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro - 2012
Labor inspection procedures in Brazil went through important changes in several dimensions from late 90s to mid 2000, improving the procedures efficiency. In the subsequent period formal employmentexpanded significantly. The aim of this paper is to identify whether the first fact influenced the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009553045
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Firing regulations and firm size in the developing world : evidence from differential enforcement
Almeida, Rita; Susanlı, Z. Bilgen - 2011
This paper examines how stringent de facto firing regulations affect firm size throughout the developing world. We exploit a large firm level dataset across 63 countries and within country variation in the enforcement of the labor codes in countries with very different de jure firing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009425715
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Women in paid employment: a role for public policies and social norms in Guatemala
Almeida, Rita; Viollaz, Mariana - 2022
With only 32% of active age women in the labor market, Guatemala is an upper middle-income country with one of the lowest rates of female labor force participation in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, and in the world. The rate of female labor participation is especially low in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012805844
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Firing Regulations and Firm Size in the Developing World : Evidence from Differential Enforcement
Almeida, Rita - 2015
This paper examines how stringent de facto firing regulations affect firm size throughout the developing world. We exploit a large firm level dataset across 63 countries and within country variation in the enforcement of the labor codes in countries with very different de jure firing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013037589