This paper provides the first systematic study of how minimum wage policies in China affect firm employment over the … negative impact on employment, with an estimated elasticity of -0.1. Furthermore, we find a heterogeneous effect of the minimum … wage on employment which depends on the firm's wage level. Specifically, the minimum wage has a greater negative impact on …

The employment impact of environmental policies is an important question for policy makers. We examine the effect of … reallocation of employment. Moreover, tightening EPS during economic contractions appears to have a positive effect on employment …, other things equal. Quantifications exercises show modest positive net changes in employment for market-based policies, and …

We evaluate the direct employment effect of the public investment in key infrastructure-electricity, roads, schools and … employment effect. Overall, we estimate that one percent of global GDP in public investment can create more than seven million … jobs worldwide through its direct employment effects alone …

Raising South Africa's low employment rate to levels seen in emerging market or advanced economy peers could raise GDP … find much scope for improving the design of key labor market institutions-including collective bargaining and employment …

workers. Unlike during the Global Financial Crisis, however, employment in social industries fell more whereas employment in …