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This paper explores microdata from Argentine household surveys to analyze how changes in the enforcement of labor regulations affect the compliance level and other labor outcomes among men and women. Using information of the highly decentralized labor inspection system in Argentina, I construct...
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law and economics approach to analyze over-indebtedness in Brazil and discusses the necessity of wider regulation of …-being. Debt is necessary to maintain a stable consumption level and to boost economy in more timid periods. In Brazil, however …
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This article brings empirical evidence for outsourcing debate in Brazil. This evidence is the result of a new …
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This article examines two of the major water legal regimes in the Americas - that of Brazil and the United States. Both … countries have extensive wet and dry regions and both hydro-regimes face a significant threat from global warming. Brazil, for … has exerted a powerful influence on the nation’s common law. Similarly, in Brazil, the notion of water as infinitely …
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rigid regulation. This paper shows that these two features are related and together make the speed of adjustment of …
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The objective of this paper is to identify whether the prevailing Brazilian labor market regulations, largely the result of the 1988 constitutional change, have any impact on labor market performance. To reach this objective we explore alternative methodologies, sources of information and...
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How does enforcement of labor regulations shape the labor market effects of trade? To tackle this question, we exploit the Brazilian trade liberalization episode and exogenous variation in the intensity of both the trade shock and enforcement across local labor markets. Regions with stricter...
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How does enforcement of labor regulations shape the labor market effects of trade? To tackle this question, we exploit the Brazilian trade liberalization episode and exogenous variation in the intensity of both the trade shock and enforcement across local labor markets. Regions with stricter...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012911178
Minimum wage (MW) policies are widespread in the developing world and yet their effects are still unclear. In this paper we explore the effect of national MW policies in Latin America’s six largest economies by exploiting the heterogeneity in the bite of the national minimum wage across local...
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