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Institutional Transformation and Uncertainty
Ruef, Martin - Princeton University Press
qualitative and quantitative data, including several thousand interviews with former slaves, letters, labor contracts, memoirs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011093929
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Between Slavery and Capitalism: The Legacy of Emancipation in the American South
Ruef, Martin - Princeton University Press
qualitative and quantitative data, including several thousand interviews with former slaves, letters, labor contracts, memoirs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011093941
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Institutions, Innovation, and Industrialization: Essays in Economic History and Development
Greif, Avner; Kiesling, Lynne; Nye, John V. C. - Princeton University Press
, sovereign debt in the age of Philip II of Spain, the regulation of child labor in nineteenth-century Europe, meat provisioning … surveys Mokyr’s important contributions to the field of economic history, and an essay by Mokyr himself on the origins of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097650
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Institutions, Innovation, and Industrialization: Essays in Economic History and Development
Greif, Avner; Kiesling, Lynne; Nye, John V. C. - Princeton University Press
, sovereign debt in the age of Philip II of Spain, the regulation of child labor in nineteenth-century Europe, meat provisioning … surveys Mokyr’s important contributions to the field of economic history, and an essay by Mokyr himself on the origins of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097664
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240352
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Do Education and Health Conditions Matter in a Large Cash Transfer? Evidence from a Honduran Experiment
Benedetti, Fiorella; Ibarrarán, Pablo; McEwan, Patrick J. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
smaller full-sample effects on school enrollment, child labor participation, and measures of health service use. One …. Consistent with this, we find a large effect on enrollment (and a nearly off-setting one on child labor) among only children, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240355
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240356
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Productive Development Policies and Innovation Spillovers through Labor Force Mobility: The Case of the Brazilian Innovation Support System
Maffioli, Alessandro; Stucchi, Rodolfo; Júnior, … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013
through the labor mobility channel, whether resulting from direct support programs or indirect support via tax incentives. For …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240383
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Gender Segregation in the Workplace and Wage Gaps: Evidence from Urban Mexico 1994-2004
Ñopo, Hugo; Calónico, Sebastián - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a matching comparisons technique to explore the role of individual and family characteristics in determining gender segregation and wage gaps. The results suggest that the complete...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009205865
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Workers' Health in Latin America: An Econometric Analysis of Work-Related Injuries
Giuffrida, Antonio; Iunes, Roberto F.; Macías, Héctor - Inter-American Development Bank - 2001
Occupational health is increasingly recognized as an important public health issue in Latin American and the Caribbean. One major concern is the absence of reliable data on its magnitude and economic consequences. The first part of the paper presents the official statistics on workplace...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009352064