Labor market rigidity and the success of economic reforms across more than one hundred countries
By: Alvaro Forteza and Martín Rama.
Contributors: Rama, Martín, 1956-; World Bank. Development Research Group. Poverty and Human Resources.
Series: Policy research working paper ;; 2521; Policy research working papers (Online) ;; 2521.
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Economic development -- Effect of Labor market on.; Manpower policy -- Econometric models.; Labor mobility -- Econometric models.; Labor unions -- Econometric models.
Description: Labor market policies and institutions affect the success of economic reform but probably more for political than for economic reasons. Growth appears not to be hurt by minimum wages and mandatory benefits. But the relative size of organized labor (in government and elsewhere) is crucial.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-35).
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