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Employment protection legislation in transition and emerging markets : although market failures mean employment protection is necessary excessive protection can be counterproductive
Muravyev, Alexander - 2014
necessarily increasing general unemployment. However, recent evidence from transition and emerging economies shows that employment … protection legislation tends to raise unemployment among disadvantaged groups, particularly youth, and may increase informal work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011417401
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Employment protection legislation in transition and emerging markets
Muravyev, Alexander - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
necessarily increasing general unemployment. However, recent evidence from transition and emerging economies shows that employment … protection legislation tends to raise unemployment among disadvantaged groups, particularly youth, and may increase informal work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404883
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Evolution of employment protection legislation in the USSR, CIS and Baltic states, 1985 - 2009
Muravyev, Alexander - 2010
This paper presents and discusses new data on employment protection legislation (EPL) in the successor states of the former USSR - the CIS and Baltic states - over 25 years from 1985 to 2009. We use the OECD methodology (OECD EPL, version II) for assessing the strictness of national labor laws...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278758
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Evolution of Employment Protection Legislation in the USSR, CIS and Baltic States, 1985-2009
Muravyev, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper presents and discusses new data on employment protection legislation (EPL) in the successor states of the former USSR – the CIS and Baltic states – over 25 years from 1985 to 2009. We use the OECD methodology (OECD EPL, version II) for assessing the strictness of national labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765231
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Evolution of Employment Protection Legislation in the USSR, CIS and Baltic States, 1985-2009
Muravyev, Alexander - 2010
This paper presents and discusses new data on employment protection legislation (EPL) in the successor states of the former USSR - the CIS and Baltic states - over 25 years from 1985 to 2009. We use the OECD methodology (OECD EPL, version II) for assessing the strictness of national labor laws...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135176
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Evolution of employment protection legislation in the USSR, CIS and Baltic states, 1985 - 2009
Muravyev, Alexander - 2010
This paper presents and discusses new data on employment protection legislation (EPL) in the successor states of the former USSR - the CIS and Baltic states - over 25 years from 1985 to 2009. We use the OECD methodology (OECD EPL, version II) for assessing the strictness of national labor laws...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312896
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Capitalists Against Crisis: Employers and Short Time Work in Germany and Italy, 2008-2010
Pancaldi, Federico - Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino - 2011
Why did employers pro-actively support the temporary expansion of short time work (STW) schemes during the recent crisis? This paper conceptualizes the role of STW in this contingency as an instrument of subsidized job protection that enabled employers to hoard skilled labor, reduce non-wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010615368
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The Effects of Employment Protection Legislation on Indian Manufacturing
Bhattacharjea, Aditya - 2010
This paper extends an earlier critique (Bhattacharjea 2006) of the empirical literature on labour regulation and industrial performance in India, but focuses more narrowly on the impact of legal restrictions on layoffs, retrenchment and plant closures. After summarizing the earlier paper, it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014206889
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A First Look at Incidence and Outcomes of Unfair Dismissal Claims under Fair Work, WorkChoices and the Workplace Relations Act
Oslington, Paul; Freyens, Benoit Pierre - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 16 (2013) 2, pp. 295-306
Debate over regulation of dismissals has been intense in recent years, and renewed in the lead-up to the 2012 review of the operation of the Fair Work Act. This paper reviews the economically relevant aspects of the legislative changes from the Workplace Relations Act which operated from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010857785
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Heterogeneous Impacts on Layoffs of Changes in Brazilian Unemployment Insurance Eligibility Rules
Cravo, Tulio - 2020
This paper is based on the first use of program administrative data from Brazil's unemployment insurance (UI) program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012842086