This book examines the concept of the single employment contract in a comparative perspective, presenting its pros and … which the current debate has developed by outlining the origins that gave rise to the proposal of a single employment … characteristics of the single employment contract as well as the arguments put forward both for and against it. Case studies show how …

We examine the impact of economic deregulation on employer evasion of union-mandated "formal" wage-contracts in an … import-competing industry. We show that, if the state maintains industrial employment despite import liberalisation, through … cheaper credit to firms, then employer evasion will increase, due to a rise in the formal-informal wage gap. Institutional …

manufacturing. We question the widespread perception that employment of contract labour provides flexibility to employers in terms …