Law and employment: lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Chicago University of Chicago Press c2004
Schriftenreihe:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Measuring the impact of minimum wages - William F. Maloney and Jairo Nun̋ez Mendez -- - Labor market reforms and their impact over formal labor demand and job market turnover - Jaime Saavedra and Máximo Torero -- - Effect of job security regulations on labor market flexibility - Adriana D. Kugler -- - Determinants of labor demand in Columbia, 1976-1996 - Mauricio Cárdenas and Raquel Bernal -- - Impact of regulations on Brazilian labor market performance - Ricardo Paes de Barros and Carlos Henrique Corseuil -- - Effects of labor market regulations on employment decisions by firms - Guilermo Mondino and Silvia Montoya -- - Who benefits from labor market regulations? Chile, 1960-1998 - Claudio E. Montenegro and Carment Pagés -- - Unions and employment in Uruguay - Adriana Cassoni, Steven G. Allen, and Gaston J. Labadie -- - Labor market policies and employment duration - Hugo A. Hopenhayn -- Labor market regulation and employment in the Caribbean - Andrew S. Downes, Nlandu Mamingi, and Rose-Marie Belle Antoine -- - Labor demand in Latin America and the Caribbean - Daniel S. Hamermesh
Law and Employment analyzes the effects of regulation and deregulation on Latin American labor markets and presents empirically grounded studies of the costs of regulation. Numerous labor regulations that were introduced or reformed in Latin America in the past thirty years have had important economic consequences. Nobel Prize-winning economist James J. Heckman and Carmen Pagés document the behavior of firms attempting to stay in business and be competitive while facing the high costs of complying with these labor laws. They challenge the prevailing view that labor market regulations affect on
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ISBN:9780226322858
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