Law and employment : lessons from Latin America and the Caribbean /
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 econom...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Otros Autores: | , |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2004.
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Colección: | National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 573 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 9780226322858 0226322858 9780226322827 0226322823 1281223573 9781281223579 |