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Title Law and employment : lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean / edited by James Heckman and Carmen Pagés.

Publication Info. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 573 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents 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.
Summary 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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Subject Labor market -- Latin America.
Labor market.
Latin America.
Labor market -- Caribbean Area.
Caribbean Area.
Labor laws and legislation -- Latin America.
Labor laws and legislation.
Labor laws and legislation -- Caribbean Area.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Heckman, James J. (James Joseph)
Pagés, Carmen.
Other Form: Print version: Law and employment. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2004 0226322823 9780226322827 (DLC) 2004047874 (OCoLC)54767596
ISBN 9780226322858 (electronic book)
0226322858 (electronic book)
9780226322827 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
0226322823 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1281223573
9781281223579
0226322823 (cloth ; alkaline paper)