"One of the most difficult problems in the social sciences is measuring the policy climate in societies. Prior to the 1930s the vast majority of labor regulations in the U.S. were enacted at the state level. In this paper we develop several summary measures of labor regulation that document the...

The politics of labor reform in Latin America -- Directions in labor reform: a regional overview -- Legacies of state corporatism: Argentina and Brazil -- Legacies of radical regimes: Chile and Peru -- Legacies of revolution: Mexico and Bolivia -- The future of labor reform: between flexibility...

Minas e mineiros de carvão no Rio Grande do Sul -- Análise quantitativa dos processos trabalhistas das minas entre 1946 e 1954 -- Desertores e insalubres : os mineiros tentam inverter a "ordem das coisas" -- As greves de 1945 a 1946 -- A criação do DACM e a utopia da encampação -- Para...

Introduction / E. Mine Cinar -- Is all work the same? A comparison of the determinants of female participation and hours of work in various employment states in Egypt / Ragui Assaad, Fatma El-Hamidi -- Closing the gender gap in the Middle East and North Africa / Nemat Shafik -- Men's...