In 2011, a reform in the United Arab Emirates allowed any employer to renew a migrant's visa upon contract expiration … without written permission from the initial employer. We find that the reform increased incumbent migrants' earnings and firm …. While the outcomes of workers already in the United Arab Emirates improved, our analysis suggests that the reform decreased …

This paper uses the Italian Social Security employer-employee panel to study the effects of the Italian reform of 1990 … on worker and job flows. We exploit the fact that this reform increased unjust dismissal costs for firms below 15 …, especially in sectors with higher employment volatility. Moreover, we find that the reform reduced firms' employment adjustments …

This paper uses the Italian Social Security employer-employee panel to study the effects of the Italian reform of 1990 … on worker and job flows. We exploit the fact that this reform increased unjust dismissal costs for firms below 15 …, especially in sectors with higher employment volatility. Moreover, we find that the reform reduced firms' employment adjustments …

regarding job tenure and earnings dynamics suggest that for those workers moving directly to new jobs, the new jobs are …

This paper deals with the reform to labor market regulation implemented by Chile during the last twenty years. We … concentrate on the reform to job security, on the decentralization of the wage bargaining process, and on the reduction in payroll …' to U.S' levels. We argue that the reduction of payroll taxes (within the context of the social security reform), and the …

regression discontinuity design, we find that the reform raised the likelihood of male high-school dropouts working before age 19 … by 9%. However, in the longer run, the reform reduced number of days worked (by 4.5%) and earnings (by 9%) …

of the 1993 reform of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) around a woman's first birth and in eligibility for the credit …

. This paper studies a unique reform in Germany that allowed workers to hold small secondary jobs tax-free, decreasing the … marginal tax rate by between 19.5 to 66pp. I show that the reform resulted in a dramatic increase in moonlighting that was not …