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Enforcement of Labor Regulation, Informal Labor, and Firm Performance

This paper investigates how enforcement of labor regulation affects the firm's use of informal employment and its impact on firm performance. Using firm level data on informal employment and firm performance, and administrative data on enforcement of regulation at the city level, the authors sh...

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Main Authors: Almeida, Rita, Carneiro, Pedro
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
AVERAGE WAGE
AVERAGE WAGES
CITIES
DISMISSAL
DISMISSALS
DISMISSED WORKERS
EMPLOYEE
EMPLOYERS
EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS
EMPLOYMENT LAW
EXOGENOUS VARIABLES
FIRING
FIRING COSTS
FIRM LEVEL
FIRM PERFORMANCE
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP
HIGH WAGE
HIRING
HOURS OF WORK
ILLEGAL EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT
INFORMAL LABOR MARKETS
INFORMAL SECTOR
JOB SECURITY
JOB SECURITY REGULATION
JOB TENURE
JOBS
LABOR CONTRACT
LABOR CONTRACTS
LABOR COSTS
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR FORCE
LABOR LAW
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS
LABOR MARKET REGULATION
LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS
LABOR MARKETS
LABOR PRODUCTIVITY
LABOR REGULATION
LABOR REGULATIONS
LARGE CITIES
LAWS
MINIMUM WAGES
PAID WORKERS
PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT
PERMANENT WORKERS
PRESENT EVIDENCE
PREVIOUS SECTION
PRIVATE SECTOR
PRIVATE SURVEY FIRM
PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH
PRODUCTIVITY REGRESSIONS
RETIREMENT
SEVERANCE PAYMENT
SEVERANCE PAYMENTS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
SOCIAL SECURITY
SUPPLIERS
TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT
TEMPORARY WORKERS
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT
TRANSPORT
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
UNIONS
WAGE RATE
WORK IN PROGRESS
WORK LOAD
WORK PERMIT
WORKER
WORKERS
WORKING
WORKING HOURS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/10/6350158/enforcement-labor-regulation-informal-labor-firm-performance
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8409

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