Job Creation and Labor Reform in Latin America

This paper studies the effects of labor-regulation reform using data for 10,396 firms from 14 Latin American countries. Firms are asked both how many permanent workers they would have hired and how many they would have terminated if labor regulatio...

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Main Author:	Kaplan, David S.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE PRODUCTIVITY COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CREATIVE DESTRUCTION DISMISSAL DISMISSALS DISPLACED WORKER DISPLACED WORKERS DISPLACEMENT EARNINGS LOSSES ECONOMICS EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE TURNOVER EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT INCREASES EMPLOYMENT STATISTICS FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM LEVEL FIRM SIZE FIRM TURNOVER FLEXIBLE LABOR MARKETS HIRING INFORMAL ECONOMIES INFORMAL ECONOMY JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB MARKET JOB ROTATION JOB SECURITY JOB SECURITY REGULATION JOB SECURITY REGULATIONS JOB TURNOVER JOBS LABOR DEMAND LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATOR LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET REFORM LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR REGULATION LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR TURNOVER LATIN AMERICAN MINIMUM WAGES NET EMPLOYMENT NET EMPLOYMENT GAINS PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT PERMANENT JOB PERMANENT JOBS PERMANENT WORKERS PREVIOUS RESULTS PREVIOUS SECTION PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY EFFECTS PRODUCTIVITY GAINS RETAIL TRADE RIGID LABOR MARKET RIGID LABOR MARKETS SEASONAL WORKERS SOCIAL PROTECTION TEMPORARY JOBS TEMPORARY WORKERS TERMINATION TOTAL EMPLOYMENT TOTAL WORKER UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNIONS WORK IN PROGRESS WORKER WORKING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/09/9817220/job-creation-labor-reform-latin-america http://hdl.handle.net/10986/6774

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Job Creation and Labor Reform in Latin America

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