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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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Labour's law?
Jahn, Elke J.; Wagner, Joachim - 2001
A cross section analysis of 23 OECD members shows that there is an antagonistic relationship between the legal protection of investor interests on the one hand and labour interests on the other: the stronger the legal protection of investor rights in a country, the less developed are the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509342
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Do Labour Laws Increase Equality at the Expense of Higher Unemployment? The Experience of Six OECD Countries, 1970-2010
Deakin, Simon; Malmberg, Jonas; Sarkar, Prabirjit - 2013
Using longitudinal data on labour law in France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the UK and the USA for the four decades after 1970, we estimate the impact of labour regulation on unemployment and equality, using labour’s share of national income as a proxy for the latter. We employ a dynamic panel...
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Labour Law and Inclusive Development : The Economic Effects of Industrial Relations Laws in Middle-Income Countries
Deakin, Simon; Fenwick, Colin; Sarkar, Prabirjit - 2014
We use leximetric data coding techniques and panel data econometrics to test for the economic effects of laws governing worker representation and industrial action in the large middle-income countries of Brazil, China, India, Russia and South Africa. We find that more worker-protective laws on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014148730
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Do Labour Laws Increase Equality at the Expense of Higher Unemployment? The Experience of Six OECD Countries, 1970-2010
Deakin, Simon; Malmberg, Jonas; Sarkar, Prabirjit - 2014
Using longitudinal data on labour law in France, Germany, Japan, Sweden, the UK and the USA for the four decades after 1970, we estimate the impact of labour regulation on unemployment and equality, using labour’s share of national income as a proxy for the latter. We employ a dynamic panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014148731
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La Reforma Laboral de La Ley 35/2010 : Cambios en la Contratacion Temporal ¿Convergencia Hacia Europa? Comparación de las Legislaciones Vigentes en Reino Unido, Alemania y Francia...
Pin, José R.; Plaza, Salvador; Stein, Guido - 2011
El documento presenta los cambios establecidos por la reforma laboral de la Ley 35/2010 en cuanto a contratación temporal. Asimismo, también se realiza una comparación de las legislaciones vigentes en Reino Unido, Alemania y Francia. Se trata de un breve análisis que nos permite observar si,...
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The Regulation of Labor
Botero, Juan Carlos; Djankov, Simeon; La Porta, Rafael; … - 2008
We investigate the regulation of labor markets through employment laws, collective bargaining laws, and social security laws in 85 countries. We find that richer countries regulate labor less than poorer countries do, although they have more generous social security systems. The political power...
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A Comparative Perspective on Unjust Dismissal Laws
Hirsch, Jeffrey M. - 2012
This book chapter is based on a larger project with Samuel Estreicher in which we examine in detail the unjust dismissals regimes of numerous countries. The study of these laws goes beyond the text of the relevant statues and cases, as it uses input from foreign employment law practioners and...
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Labour's law?
Jahn, Elke J.; Wagner, Thomas - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001596581
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A Comparison of Labour Standards in the United States and Canada
Block, Richard N.; Roberts, Karen - 2010
Canada, taking into account variations by state and province. This methodology is then used to analyze differences in the two … countries on ten labour standards. The results indicate that six standards are higher in Canada than in the United States: paid … are higher in the United States than in Canada. There is no difference in the two countries in standards covering …
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