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The labor market in Panama: An analysis of the employment impact of the labor code

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This study represents an attempt to determine to what degree well-meant labor market policies negatively influence employment and hence unemployment levels. To do this a survey - referred to hereafter as the Labor Code Survey (LCS) - of firms in Panama was carried out. This survey is unique not only for Panama - such a broad-based attempt to analyze the impact of labor market regulations has not been carried out anywhere else. The study as it stands, however, is not considered by the author to be complete, as neither the entire depth of the information gathered for the project could be presented here, nor are possible issues from the employees' side explicitly covered in this approach. The author would thus welcome comments on issues which could be analyzed further and criticism of aspects neglected or overly stressed.

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  • Spinanger, Dean, 1984. "The labor market in Panama: An analysis of the employment impact of the labor code," Kiel Working Papers 221, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
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    1. Simon Rottenberg, 1981. "The Economics of Legal Minimum Wages," Books, American Enterprise Institute, number 971842, September.
    2. Donges, Juergen B. & Spinanger, Dean, 1983. "Interventions in labour markets: An overview," Kiel Working Papers 175, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
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    2. Spinanger, Dean, 1986. "Speaking up about the labor code: A survey of employed and unemployed in Panama," Kiel Working Papers 263, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
    3. Spinanger, Dean, 1987. "Does trade performance say anything about efficient industrialization policies? Some evidence from Pacific Rim Countries," Kiel Working Papers 302, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
    4. Schweickert, Rainer & Nunnenkamp, Peter & Hiemenz, Ulrich, 1992. "Stabilisierung durch feste Wechselkurse: Fehlschlag in Entwicklungsländern - Erfolgsrezept für Osteuropa?," Kiel Discussion Papers 181, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).
    5. Spinanger, Dean, 1988. "Tapping Brazil's labour potential: Trends and insights," Kiel Working Papers 323, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
    6. Fischer, Bernhard & Spinanger, Dean, 1986. "Factor market distortions and export performance: An eclectic review of the evidence," Kiel Working Papers 259, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.

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