Can Wage Subsidies Boost Employment in the Wake of an Economic Crisis? : Evidence from Mexico

Can Wage Subsidies Boost Employment in the Wake of an Economic Crisis? : Evidence from Mexico

The rise in unemployment during an economic crisis poses a significant concern to policy makers. This paper measures the effect of a program in Mexico that granted firms in certain industries wage subsidies if they decided to keep their workers ins...

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Main Author: Bruhn, Miriam
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
FIRING RESTRICTIONS
JOBS
PRODUCING GOODS
UNEMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT
LABOR MARKET
TRAINING COSTS
WORKERS
WAGE‐SUBSIDY
SEVERANCE PAYMENTS
LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
WAGES
WAGE SUBSIDY
SKILLED WORKERS
MINIMUM WAGE
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS
WAGE SUBSIDIES
JOB TENURE
LABOR FORCE
PROBIT REGRESSION
WORK SCHEDULE
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS
JOB
RISING UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR STATISTICS
PRIVATE SECTOR
MINIMUM WAGES
DISPLACEMENT EFFECT
WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAM
LABOR MARKET POLICIES
EMPLOYMENT TRENDS
ACTIVE LABOR
WAGE‐SUBSIDY PROGRAM
EMPLOYMENT LEVELS
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES
DISPLACEMENT EFFECTS
CREATING JOBS
DISPLACEMENT
WORKER
EMPLOYEE
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
COLLEGE GRADUATES
UNEMPLOYED
JOB LOSS
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
MEDICAL CARE
LABOUR
EMPLOYMENT RETENTION
LABOR
DISADVANTAGED WORKERS
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS
WAGE EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES
INDUSTRIES
WAGE EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYEES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26085106/can-wage-subsidies-boost-employment-wake-economic-crisis-evidence-mexico
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24149

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/03/26085106/can-wage-subsidies-boost-employment-wake-economic-crisis-evidence-mexico
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24149

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