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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; 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786961
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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. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931859
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Union Density, Productivity and Wages
Barth, Erling - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943707
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Sindicalismo: o fim do contra poder?
Sampaio, José João - 2000
Departing from a stable industrial relationship, supported by logic of economic massification and the correspondent legal framework, it is our objective to approach the new industrial relations environment, emerging from the modifications on the enterprise organisation models, towards the new...
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Sindicalismo: o fim do contra poder?
Sampaio, José João - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
Departing from a stable industrial relationship, supported by logic of economic massification and the correspondent legal framework, it is our objective to approach the new industrial relations environment, emerging from the modifications on the enterprise organisation models, towards the new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008678291
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115200
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Evidence on the impact of minimum wage laws in an informal sector: Domestic workers in South Africa
Dinkelman, Taryn; Ranchhod, Vimal - Research Program in Development Studies, Woodrow Wilson … - 2010
What happens when a previously uncovered labor market is regulated? We exploit the in- troduction of a minimum wage in South Africa and variation in the intensity of this law to identify increases in wages and formal contract coverage, and no signicant eects on employment on the intensive or...
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