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Inequality and Employment in a Dual Economy : Enforcement of Labor Regulation in Brazil

Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro Manuel - 2021

This paper studies the impact of an increase in the enforcement of labor regulations on unemployment and inequality, using city level data from Brazil. We find that stricter enforcement (affecting the payment of mandated benefits to formal workers) leads to: higher unemployment, less income...

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Does Occupational Licensing Reduce Job Loss During Recessions?

Blair, Peter Q.; Chung, Bobby W. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Licensed workers could be shielded from unemployment during recession since occupational licensing laws are asymmetric--making unlicensed workers an illegal substitute for licensed workers but not the reverse. We test our hypothesis using a difference-in-differences event study research design...

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Reimagining the Law of Self-Employment : A Comparative Perspective

Rathod, Jayesh; Skapski, Michal - 2014

U.S. employment law has traditionally disfavored bright-line rules to distinguish between traditional “employees” and independent contractors, instead relying on more flexible criteria, to be applied on a case-by-case basis. This fluidity has enabled employers to structure these...

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Employment protection legislation, labor courts, and effective firing costs

Jimeno, Juan F.; Martínez-Matute, Marta; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 9 (2020) 1/2, pp. 1-26

In many countries, labor courts play a central role in the determination of firing costs by monitoring and supervising the procedures for dismissals, and, eventually, deciding severance payments mandated by the employment protection legislation (EPL). To get some insights about the impact of...

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The Economics of Employment Protection

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2001

Empirical investigation of the labor market consequences of employment protection has mushroomed since Lazear's (1990) pioneering study. Having sketched the theoretical background, we chart the course of the modern empirical literature. We focus mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing...

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The economics of employment protection

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2001

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The economics of employment protection

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The Economics of Employment Protection

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Temporary Jobs, Employment Protection and Labor Market Performance

Cahuc, Pierre; Postel-Vinay, Fabien - 2021

Many European labor markets are characterized by heavy employment protection taxes and the widespread use of fixed-duration contracts. The simultaneous use of these two policy instruments seems somewhat contradictory since the former primarily aims at limiting job destruction whereas the latter...

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Kündigungsschutzrecht in den USA und in Deutschland: ein Beitrag zur ökonomischen Rechtsvergleichung

Kirstein, Roland; Kittner, Michael; Schmidtchen, Dieter - 2000

) als in Deutschland. Die erwartete Abfindungszahlung kann in beiden Rechtssystemen durchaus gleich hoch ausfallen (in … Deutschland ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Abfindung höher, in den USA die Höhe der Zahlung). Eine institutionenökonomische … Analyse zeigt darüber hinaus, daß die Beteiligung des Betriebsrates an Kündigungen in Deutschland opportunistisches Verhalten …

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