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Enforcement of labor regulations and job flows : evidence from Brazilian cities
Abras, Ana; Almeida, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro; Corseuil, … - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 24, pp. 1-19
The frequency of labor inspections in Brazil increased in the late 1990s. In the years that followed, between 2003 and 2007, formal employment expanded significantly in the country. This paper examines whether these city-level changes in labor inspections could be a significant factor...
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China's Labour Market in Transition : Job Creation, Migration and Regulation
Herd, Richard - 2010
Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in agriculture has declined, against the backdrop of ongoing urbanisation. Over 200 million people have been drawn into urban areas through official or unofficial migration, despite...
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The economics of employment protection
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2001
mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …
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The Gig Economy & The Future of Employment and Labor Law
Lobel, Orly - 2016
In April 2016, Professor Orly Lobel delivered the 12th Annual Pemberton Lecture at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Lobel asks, what is the future of employment and labor law protections when reality is rapidly transforming the ways we work? What is the status of gig work and what are the...
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The Economics of Employment Protection
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2001
mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262586
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Why did unemployment respond so differently to the global financial crisis across countries? : insights from Okun’s Law
Cazes, Sandrine; Verick, Sher Singh; Al-Hussami, Fares - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-18
commentators have argued that the subsequent rise in unemployment exceeded previous estimates of the elasticity of the unemployment …-term estimate of Okun’s coefficient implying that the deviation in unemployment during the crisis resulted from a larger output gap … period utilized. Focusing more on short-term fluctuations, changes in unemployment are decomposed to identify the association …
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The Economics of Employment Protection
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2021
mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320772
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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 …-in-differences event study research design that exploits cross-state variation in licensing laws to compare the unemployment rate between …, we find that licensing shields workers from a recession-induced increase in the unemployment rate of 0.82 p.p. during …
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Dependent self-employment: workers between employment and self-employment in the UK
Böheim, René; Mühlberger, Ulrike - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 42 (2009) 2, pp. 182-195
"Analysing the British Labour Force Survey, we highlight that dependent self-employed workers constitute a group distinct from both employees and independent self-employed workers in the labour market group. Dependent self-employed workers show characteristics of a more volatile labour market...
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Reformüberlegungen und Marktasymmetrie: Die Potenziale einer Abfindungslösung
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Die Beschäftigung in Deutschland ist in den letzten Jahren stark angestiegen, zu einem Teil auch in neuartigen und flexiblen Arbeitsverhältnissen, zu denen etwa die Zeitarbeit und die befristete Beschäftigung zählen. Damit hat sich eine Zweiteilung des Arbeitsmarktes in Arbeitsverhältnisse...
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