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The labor market consequences of regulating similar occupations : the licensing of occupational and physical therapists
Cai, Jing; Kleiner, Morris M. - 2016
occupational licensing can raise the wages of members of both occupations, but the duration of state occupational licensing …
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Employment effects of regulatory thresholds for French and German companies : a study commissioned by the French Senate
Poutvaara, Panu; Drometer, Marcus; Méango, Romuald; … - 2017
This study presents a comparative analysis of regulatory thresholds applicable to firms in France and in Germany. A central question tackled by the report is whether regulations related to limits on firms’ employment appear to prevent French firms from growing above these thresholds. The first...
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Wage Discrimination in India's Formal and Informal Labour Markets
Neog, Bhaskar - 2018
need for better regulation of the informal labour market in India … India using the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) Employment-Unemployment Survey (EUS) data for the four major rounds …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012936013
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Labor law reforms and labor market performance in Egypt
Abdelgouad, Ahmed Fayez - 2014
This study introduces a review of the institutional framework in the Egyptian labor market to show how it is regulated by discussing extensively the most recent labor law regulations in Egypt and the main reasons behind enacting this law. The paper guides also to different data sources that can...
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The Labor Market Effects of Expanding Overtime Coverage
Quach, Simon - 2020
This paper studies the employment and income effects of a federal proposal in 2016 to expand overtime coverage to additionally cover salaried workers earning between $455 and $913 per week ($23,660 and $47,476 per annum). Although the policy was unexpectedly nullified a week before its proposed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012833256
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Revisiting voluntarism : private voluntary regulation by Employer Forums in the United Kingdom
Demougin, Philippe; Gooberman, Leon; Hauptmeier, Marco; … - In: The journal of industrial relations 63 (2021) 5, pp. 684-705
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Occupational regulation, institutions, and migrants' labor market outcomes
Koumenta, Maria; Pagliero, Mario; Rostam-Afschar, Davud - 2022
We study how licensing, certification and unionisation affect the wages of natives and migrants and their …
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Private ordering and workers' rights in the global economy: corporate codes of conduct as a regime of labour market regulation
Arthurs, Harry W. - In: Ethics codes, corporations, and the challenge of …, (pp. 194-211). 2005
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Labour regulations and growth of manufacturing and employment in India : balancing protection and flexibility
Hoda, Anwarul; Rai, Durgesh K. - 2015
The factors responsible for the lacklustre performance India's manufacturing are well identified in contemporary … changes in the conditions of competition in international markets. The regulations in India that impinge on labour flexibility …
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Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act 1970 and labour market flexibility : an exploratory assessment of contract labour use in India's formal manufacturing
Das, Deb Kusum; Choudhury, Homagni; Singh, Jaivir - 2015
One particularly significant piece of labour legislation in India is the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act … referred to as 'contract' labour in India. This paper seeks to examine this Act and its implication for manufacturing … employment in India. While empirical evidence seems to indicate the presence of large number of 'contract' workers in the Indian …
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