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Chapter 70. Labor Regulations, Unions, and Social Protection in Developing Countries : Market Distortions or Efficient Institutions?

Freeman, Richard B. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4657-4702). 2010

This chapter reviews what economists have learned about the impact of labor market institutions, defined broadly as government regulations and union activity on labor outcomes in developing countries. It finds that: (1) Labor institutions vary greatly among developing countries but less than...

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Wages, creative destruction, and union networks

Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2018

from 1918 to study the impact of changes in regional unionisation on regional wage and productivity growth and job creation … unionisation yields a positive impact on regional productivity, exceeding the wage growth, partly due to the closure of less … productive firms, but also enhanced productivity of the survivors and new entrants. …

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Union density, productivity and wages

Barth, Erling; Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2017

union density on firm productivity and wages in the population of Norwegian firms over the period 2001 to 2012. Increases in … union density lead to substantial increases in firm productivity and wages having accounted for the potential endogeneity of …

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Union Density, Productivity and Wages

Barth, Erling - 2017

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Labour market institutions in small Pacific island countries : main guidelines for labour market reforms

Malo Ocaña, Miguel Angel - 2017

This report consists of a comprehensive overview of labour market institutions in the small Pacific island countries in order to propose recommendations to improve the performance of their labour markets. We pay particular attention to three countries: Fiji, Palau and Papua New Guinea. We focus...

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China's 2008 Labor Contract Law : implementation and implications for China's workers

Gallagher, Mary; Giles, John; Park, Albert; Wang, Meiyan - 2013

This paper presents empirical evidence from household and firm survey data collected during 2009-2010 on the implementation of the 2008 Labor Contract Law and its effects on China's workers. The government and local labor bureaus have made substantial efforts to enforce the provisions of the new...

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The minimum wage in Germany : institutional setting and a systematic review of key findings

Dütsch, Matthias; Ohlert, Clemens; Baumann, Arne - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 245 (2025) 1/2, pp. 113-151

in particular. Companies' wage costs increased, and as productivity did not change, profits declined. …

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Union wage effects : what are the economic implications of union wage bargaining for workers, firms, and society

Bryson, Alex - 2014

productivity growth. If this is where the premium originates, then firms and workers benefit. Without unions bargaining …

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Strengthening Labor Rights in Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement : A Lost Opportunity?

LeClercq, Desiree; Curtis, Karen - 2023

This Chapter was initially drafted during the Obama Administration. The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) had been negotiated and, although it had not yet been ratified in the United States, the Administration and majority of policymakers were in favor of its implementation. Since that...

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The Pond Separates Cultures but Not Values : A Comparative Look at the French Codification of Right to Withdrawal of Labor and the American Concept of At-Will Employment

Wazlavek, Thomas D. Aaron - 2021

The differences and similarities of the United States common law concept of “right to work” and the modern development in France of the right to withdraw labor, after the “yellow vest” movement in 2018, demonstrate a parallel diminution of workers’ rights. These changes are motivated...

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