Argentina has had a profound regulatory activity to counteract the coronavirus pandemic so far and its consequences, which appear to worsen as time goes by. Based on the experience of other countries, a strict lockdown was put into place at an early stage, which has been opening up slowly but...

This paper estimates the effect of minimum wage regulation in 16 OECD countries, 1970-2008. Our treatment is motivated by Neumark and Wascher's (2004) seminal cross-country study using panel methods to estimate minimum wage effects among teenagers and young adults. Apart from the longer time...

This paper review empirical studies examining the economic effects of laws governing the formation, financing and organisation of business firms with the aim of putting the UK experience in a comparative perspective. The literature identifies two models of legal support for manufacturing which...

Perhaps no other country in recent years has witnessed greater change in its collective bargaining framework than the UK. This paper describes the dramatic developments and their consequences. Like Gaul, it is in three parts. The first part charts the six major pieces of legislation;...

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards avoid investments in companies complicit in modern slavery (PRI 2021, 4). Responsible investors have long recognized modern slavery, including forced labor, child labor, sweatshops, migrant worker abuses, human trafficking—and still more...

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards do not permit complicity in modern slavery, human trafficking, or child labor (Principles for Responsible Investment [PRI] 2021, 4). And yet, the breadth and depth of oppressive labor practices in US and global corporate supply chains is, in...

The racial justice protests that engulfed the country after seeing a video of the appalling killing of a Black male, George Floyd, by a Minnesota police officer in 2020 has led to a tremendous number of questions about dealing with racial issues in policing. Similar concerns arose a little more...

Der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt steuert aufgrund der demografischen Entwicklung zukünftig auf größere Fachkräfte- und Arbeitskräfteengpässe zu. Deshalb wird über Parteigrenzen hinweg neben der Stärkung der inländischen Erwerbsbeteiligung auch mehr Einwanderung insbesondere aus Drittstaaten...

Recent developments have exacerbated informational asymmetry between employers and workers. Employers increasingly use “black box” automated decision systems, such as machine learning processes where algorithms are used in recruitment and hiring. They have technological tools that enable...

In view of the decline in gain sharing by corporations with American workers over the last forty years, advocates for American workers have expressed growing interest in allowing workers to elect representatives to corporate boards. Board level representation rights have gained appeal because...