Employment regulations through the eyes of employers - do they matter and how do firms respond to them?
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- Pierre, Gaëlle & Scarpetta, Stefano, 2004. "Employment Regulations through the Eyes of Employers: Do They Matter and How Do Firms Respond to Them?," IZA Discussion Papers 1424, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA).
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Keywords
Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Environmental Economics&Policies; Public Health Promotion; Labor Policies; Labor Management and Relations; Environmental Economics&Policies; Labor Management and Relations; Health Monitoring&Evaluation; Labor Standards; Banks&Banking Reform;JEL classification:
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
- K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law
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