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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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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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Do Public Subsidies of Union Membership Increase Union Membership Rates?
Barth, Erling; Bryson, Alex; Dale-Olsen, Harald - 2021
Using administrative linked employer-employee data for Norway we estimate the impact of changes in tax subsidies for union membership on individuals' membership probabilities. Increased subsidisation of the union good increases union take-up, while increased union fees reduce the demand for...
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How regulations impact the labor market : a review of the literatures on product and labor market regulations
Alzate, David; Carranza, Eliana; Duran-Franch, Joana; … - 2024
This paper provides an extensive review of the literatures on product and labor market regulations and their effects on labor market outcomes. It uncovers the interdependence of these two types of regulations, an area that has received limited attention in research. The paper highlights why...
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Market Wages Below Productivity and the Employment Effects of Minimum Wages
Ayaita, Adam; Klesczewski, Diethelm - 2020
is based on the insight that market wages may be systematically below workers’ average productivity even in a competitive …
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The impact of the national minimum wage on labour productivity in Britain
Croucher, Richard; Rizov, Marian - 2012
In this paper we explore the link between firm labour productivity and the introduction of the NMW over a more than ten … data to calculate firm-specific labour productivity measures and then aggregate them to the level of the low-paying sectors …, aggregate LPC sector labour productivity has been significantly positively affected by the NMW in the long run; the effects …
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Different Pokes for Different Folks : The Importance of Ensuring Mandatory Vaccinations Remain a State Police Power Even in the Midst of a Pandemic
Stagg, Edrius - 2022
In an effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government sought to issue an emergency temporary standard through its federal agency, OSHA, as a way to mandate employers with 100+ employees to create policy that will mandate those employees to become vaccinated or submit to weekly...
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Minimum wage shocks, firms and employment : evidence from Africa
Bazillier, Rémi; Moraga-Fernández, María - 2025
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COVID-19 and Labour Law : Argentina. Update 2 July 2020
Chiuffo, Facundo Martin - 2020
Argentina has had a profound regulatory activity to counteract the coronavirus pandemic so far and its consequences, which appear to worsen as time goes by. Based on the experience of other countries, a strict lockdown was put into place at an early stage, which has been opening up slowly but...
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Impact of the Labor Market Policies for Ensuring Employment
Terziev, Venelin - 2019
This paper is a result of several years of efforts related to the study of the social policies applied on unemployment and employment and a study of the impact of the National Program "From Social Assistance to Employment" of the national labor market. The possibilities for social integration...
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