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Education inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Fernández, Raquel; Pagés, Carmen; Székely, Miguel; … - 2023

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Education Inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Fernández, Raquel; Pagés, Carmen; Székely, Miguel; … - 2024

Education is a crucial asset for a country's economic prospects and for its inhabitants. In addition to its direct impact on growth via the accumulation of human capital, it is a critical ingredient in producing an informed citizenry, enhancing their ability to obtain and exert human and...

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Education inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Fernández, Raquel; Pagés, Carmen; Székely, Miguel; … - 2023

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Education inequalities in Latin America and the Caribbean

Fernández, Raquel; Pagés, Carmen; Székely, Miguel; … - 2023

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Law and Employment : Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean

Heckman, James J.; Pagés, Carmen - 2021

This paper summarizes the main lessons learned from Law and Employment: Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean, a forthcoming NBER book. It places Latin American economies and economic policies in a world context. The paper quantifies the cost of regulation in Latin America and OECD Europe...

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Law and Employment : Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean

Heckman, James J. - 2007

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Law and Employment : Lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean

Heckman, James - 2003

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No Education, No Good Jobs? Evidence on the Relationship between Education and Labor Market Segmentation

Pagés, Carmen; Stampini, Marco - 2021

This paper assesses labor market segmentation across formal and informal salaried jobs and self-employment in three Latin American and three transition countries. It looks separately at the markets for skilled and unskilled labor, inquiring if segmentation is an exclusive feature of the latter....

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No Education, No Good Jobs? Evidence on the Relationship between Education and Labor Market Segmentation

Pagés, Carmen - 2011

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Investment Climate and Employment Growth : The Impact of Access to Finance, Corruption and Regulations Across Firms

Aterido, Reyes; Hallward-Driemeier, Mary; Pagés, Carmen - 2021

Using firm level data on 70,000 enterprises in 107 countries, this paper finds important effects of access to finance, business regulations, corruption, and to a lesser extent, infrastructure bottlenecks in explaining patterns of job creation at the firm level. The paper focuses on how the...

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Investment Climate and Employment Growth : The Impact of Access to Finance, Corruption and Regulations Across Firms

Aterido, Reyes - 2011

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Are All Labor Regulations Equal? Evidence from Indian Manufacturing

Ahsan, Ahmad; Pagés, Carmen - 2021

Using manufacturing data for India, this paper studies the economic effects of legal amendments on two types of labor laws: employment protection and labor dispute resolution legislation. We find that laws that increase employment protection or the cost of labor disputes substantially reduce...

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Minimum Wages in Kenya

Andalon, Mabel; Pagés, Carmen - 2021

This paper examines the performance of minimum wage legislation in Kenya, both in terms of its coverage and enforcement as well as in terms of their implications for wages and employment. Our findings based on the 1998/99 labor force data - the last labor force survey available - indicate that...

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Who Benefits from Labor Market Regulations? Chile 1960-1998

Montenegro, Claudio; Pagés, Carmen - 2021

Economists have examined the impact of labor market regulations on the level of employment. However, there are many reasons to suspect that the impact of regulations differs across types of workers. In this paper we take advantage of the unusual large variance in labor policy in Chile to exa...

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Who Benefits from Labor Market Regulations? Chile 1960-1998

Montenegro, Claudio - 2016

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Who Benefits from Labor Market Regulations? Chile 1960-1998

Montenegro, Claudio - 2011

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Who Benefits from Labor Market Regulations? Chile 1960-1998

Montenegro, Claudio - 2003

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Who benefits from labor market regulations? : / Chile 1960-1998

Montenegro, Claudio - 2003

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The Cost of Job Security Regulation : Evidence from Latin American Labor Markets

Heckman, James J.; Pagés, Carmen - 2021

This paper documents the high level of job security protection in Latin American labor markets and analyzes its impact on employment. We show that job security policies have substantial impact on the level and the distribution of employment in Latin America. They reduce employment and promote...

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The Cost of Job Security Regulation : Evidence from Latin American Labor Markets

Heckman, James J. - 2000

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Do payroll tax cuts boost formal jobs in developing countries?

Pagés, Carmen - 2017

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