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The Doing Business Indicators: Measurement issues and political implications

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Janine Berg () (International Labour Office, Economic and Labour Market Analysis Department)
Sandrine Cazes () (International Labour Office, Economic and Labour Market Analysis Department)

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Paper provided by International Labour Office in its series Economic and Labour Market Papers with number 2007-06.

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Date of creation: 2007
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  1. Benito Arruñada, 2007. "Pitfalls to Avoid when Measuring Institutions: Is 'Doing Business' Damaging Business?," Economics Working Papers 1040, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, revised Aug 2007. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Verick, Sher, 2004. "Threshold Effects of Dismissal Protection Legislation in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 991, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  3. Rafael La Porta & Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes & Andrei Shleifer & Robert W. Vishny, 1998. "Law and Finance," Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 106(6), pages 1113-1155, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  4. Pierre, Gaelle & Scarpetta, Stefano, 2004. "Employment regulations through the eyes of employers - do they matter and how do firms respond to them?," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3463, The World Bank. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Adriana Marshall, 2004. "Labour market policies and regulations in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico: Programmes and impacts," Employment strategy papers 2004-13, International Labour Office. [Downloadable!]
  6. Peter Auer, 2007. "In search of optimal labour market institutions," Economic and Labour Market Papers 2007-03, International Labour Office. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Manuela Goretti, 2008. "Wage-Price Setting in New EU Member States," IMF Working Papers 08/243, International Monetary Fund. [Downloadable!]
  2. Benito Arruñada, 2008. "How Doing Business Jeopardizes Institutional Reform," Economics Working Papers 1088, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra. [Downloadable!]
  3. Paul Benjamin & Jan Theron, 2007. "Costing, Comparing and Competing Developing an Approach to the Benchmarking of Labour Market Regulation," Working Papers 96107, University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit. [Downloadable!]
  4. Vandenberg, Paul, 2008. "Is Asia adopting flexicurity? A survey of employment policies in six countries," Economic and Labour Market Papers 2008-04, International Labour Office. [Downloadable!]
  5. Simon Deakin & Prabirjit Sarkar, 2008. "Assessing the Long-Run Economic Impact of Labour Law Systems: A Theoretical Reappraisal and Analysis of New Time Series Data," WEF Working Papers 0043, ESRC World Economy and Finance Research Programme, Birkbeck, University of London. [Downloadable!]
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