during the last decade produced higher enforcement of labor regulations. The paper computes before-after estimates of the … effect of FTAs on labor inspections and exploits variation across countries using non-signers as a comparison group. The … of labor inspectors and a 60 percent increase in the number of inspections. The North American Free Trade Agreement …

smaller full-sample effects on school enrollment, child labor participation, and measures of health service use. One …. Consistent with this, we find a large effect on enrollment (and a nearly off-setting one on child labor) among only children, and …

through the labor mobility channel, whether resulting from direct support programs or indirect support via tax incentives. For …

part of the economic and the political agenda of most Caribbean countries. Labor market institutions play a crucial role …. This study analyzes six types of institutions: (i) labor legislation, related to collective bargaining and termination of … the Ministry of Labor, and proposes policies that could contribute to employment and competitiveness. The report adopts a …

We investigate how labor and investment demand at the firm level (gross as well as net and replacement investment … for the important changes and differences in labor and investment demand between the two subperiods and across the three …