The subject of labor unions in Latin America provokes a variety of diverse and strongly held views. While some see … productivity or an intrusion of politics into the workplace. In spite of these strong opinions, the effects of unions in Latin … impact of unions on private-sector firm performance, agricultural productivity, and educational outcomes in public school …

indication of what the federal department of labor might be thinking about in connection with the wage scale that is to prevail … Washington, D. C., labor department referee, who opened a wage scale hearing on the project today. …

This paper studies the impact of trade liberalization on labor and capital gross flows and productivity in the … mitigate the destruction of jobs but had no effect on job creation or capital dynamics. The changes in the use of labor and … capital were accompanied by an increase in total factor productivity, especially in sectors where tariff reductions were …

Labor productivity levels in Bulgaria lag well behind that in the EU, weighing on the convergence process. Stronger … productivity growth would allow Bulgaria to close the income gap with the EU average more quickly and to alleviate the structural … problems in its labor market, reflected in its high long–term and youth unemployment. Our analysis of the drivers of labor …

Total Factor Productivity) to rich countries – offsetting efficiency gains from the spatial reallocation of labor from low … possibility that without tight restrictions on migration, migrants from poor countries could transmit low productivity ("A" or … to high-productivity places. We provide a novel assessment, proposing a simple model of dynamically efficient migration …