Labor Market Regulations : What Do We Know about Their Impacts in Developing Countries?

Labor market regulation is a high-profile, and often contentious, area of public policy. Although these regulations have been studied most extensively in developed countries, there is a growing body of literature on their effects in developing coun...

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Main Author:	Betcherman, Gordon
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCOUNTING ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS ADVERSE EFFECTS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT ASSESSING LABOR MARKET BARGAINING POWER BUSINESS CYCLE CAPITAL INVESTMENTS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COLLECTIVE DISMISSAL COMPETITIVENESS CONTRACT LABOR CREATIVE DESTRUCTION CROSS-SECTIONAL DATA DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DISMISSAL DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME EARNING EARNINGS INEQUALITY ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC POLICIES ECONOMIC THEORY EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT DURATION EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT EFFECT EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT FORMS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT IMPACT EMPLOYMENT IMPACTS EMPLOYMENT LEVELS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENT PATTERNS EMPLOYMENT PERFORMANCE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION RULES EXOGENOUS VARIABLES FAIR FINANCIAL MARKET FIRING COSTS FIRM ENTRY FIRM SIZE FIRM SIZE DISTRIBUTION GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES IMPERFECT INFORMATION INCOME INDUSTRIAL LABOR INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS INNOVATION INNOVATIONS JOB CREATION JOB LOSS JOB MARKET JOB PERFORMANCE JOB SECURITY JOB TENURE JOB TURNOVER JOBS LABOR ADJUSTMENT LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET DYNAMICS LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET REFORM LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKET REGULATION LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR POLICIES LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR REALLOCATION LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR SUPPLY LABOR TURNOVER LABOUR LABOUR DEMAND LABOUR LAWS LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOUR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES LABOUR MARKET REFORM LABOUR MARKET REFORMS LABOUR MARKET REGULATION LABOUR REALLOCATION LABOUR REGULATION LABOUR STUDIES LAYOFFS LEARNING LITERATURE LIVING STANDARDS LOW UNEMPLOYMENT LOW-WAGE EMPLOYMENT MARKET DEVELOPMENTS MARKET DISTORTIONS MARKET FAILURES MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET POWER MARKET WAGES MIGRATION MINIMUM WAGE MINIMUM WAGES MOTIVATION MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY MULTIFACTOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH MUNICIPALITIES OCCUPATION OPEN ACCESS PAPERS PENALTIES PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT PERMANENT JOBS PERMANENT WORKER PERMANENT WORKERS POLITICAL ECONOMY POLITICAL PROCESS PRODUCTIVITY EFFECT PRODUCTIVITY EFFECTS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY LEVELS PUBLIC FINANCE PUBLIC POLICY REGULAR CONTRACTS REGULAR WORKERS REGULATORY FRAMEWORK RESEARCH FINDINGS RESEARCH INSTITUTE RESEARCH METHODS RESEARCHERS RISK MANAGEMENT SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT TAX ADMINISTRATION TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE UNIONS TRAINING COSTS TRANSACTION COSTS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNION DENSITY UNSKILLED LABOR UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE BILL WAGE COMPRESSION WAGE DIFFERENTIALS WAGE DISPERSION WAGE DISTRIBUTION WAGE EFFECT WAGE EFFECTS WAGE FLOOR WAGE GAINS WAGE INCREASE WAGE INCREASES WAGE INEQUALITY WAGE POLICIES WAGE POLICY WAGE SET WORKER WORKERS WORKING CONDITIONS
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Labor Market Regulations : What Do We Know about Their Impacts in Developing Countries?

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