Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Evers, Katalin; … - 2015
Pacts for employment and competitiveness are an integral component of the ongoing process of decentralization of … known about the effects of pacts on firm performance. The evidence largely pertains to employment and is decidedly mixed …. The present paper investigates the association between pacts and a wider set of outcomes – wages, employment, investment …