The cost of job security regulation: evidence from Latin American labor markets
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- James J. Heckman & Carmen Pages, 2000. "The Cost of Job Security Regulation: Evidence from Latin American Labor Markets," NBER Working Papers 7773, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Pagés, Carmen & Heckman, James J., 2000. "The Cost of Job Security Regulation: Evidence from Latin American Labor Markets," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 1094, Inter-American Development Bank.
- Carmen Pagés-Serra & James J. Heckman, 2000. "The Cost of Job Security Regulation: Evidence from Latin American Labor Markets," Research Department Publications 4227, Inter-American Development Bank, Research Department.
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- K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
- J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
- J88 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Public Policy
- J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
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