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U.S. Free Trade Agreements and Enforcement of Labor Law in Latin America

Dewan, Sabina; Ronconi, Lucas - Inter-American Development Bank - 2014

during the last decade produced higher enforcement of labor regulations. The paper computes before-after estimates of the … effect of FTAs on labor inspections and exploits variation across countries using non-signers as a comparison group. The … of labor inspectors and a 60 percent increase in the number of inspections. The North American Free Trade Agreement …

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Labor Exclusion and the Erosion of Citizenship Responsibilities

Ronconi, Lucas; Zarazaga, Rodrigo - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015

This paper shows that workers who do not receive legally mandated benefits due to employer noncompliance have a negative view not only of their employers, as has been documented, but also of the State. Those workers believe that the State did not protect their rights, and hence they feel fewer...

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Labor Market Policy in the Great Recession: Some Lessons from Denmark and Germany

Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2011

This paper reviews the recent labor-market performance of 21 rich countries, with a focus on Denmark and Germany …. Denmark, which was widely seen as one of the world's most successful labor markets before the downturn, has struggled in … recent years. Germany, however, has outperformed the rest of the world's rich countries since 2007, despite earlier labor …

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The High Budgetary Cost of Incarceration

Schmitt, John; Warner, Kris - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2010

-offenders of working age. Because a prison record or felony conviction greatly lowers ex-offenders’ prospects in the labor market …

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What Difference Do Unions Make?: Their Impact on Productivity and Wages in Latin America

Murillo, Maria Victoria; Carmen Urízar H.; … - Inter-American Development Bank

The subject of labor unions in Latin America provokes a variety of diverse and strongly held views. While some see … impact of unions on private-sector firm performance, agricultural productivity, and educational outcomes in public school …

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Making Jobs Good

Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

A series of earlier CEPR reports documented a substantial decline over the last three decades in the share of “good jobs” in the U.S. economy. This fall-off in job quality took place despite a large increase in the educational attainment and age of the workforce, as well as the productivity...

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State Union Membership, 2013

Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014

On January 24, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released its estimates for union membership in the United States in …

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Women Workers and Unions

Schmitt, John; Woo, Nicole - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

This issue brief looks at the most recent national data available to examine the impact that being in or represented by a union has on the wages and benefits of women in the paid workforce. Even after controlling for factors such as age, race, industry, educational attainment and state of...

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Union Advantage for Black Workers

Jones, Janelle; Schmitt, John - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014

In this report, we review the most recent data available to examine the impact of unionization on the wages and benefits paid to black workers. These data show that even after controlling for factors such as age and education level, unionization has a significant positive impact on black...

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Regulation of Public Sector Collective Bargaining in the States

Schmitt, John; Sanes, Milla - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014

While the unionization of most private-sector workers is governed by the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), the legal …

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