TY - GEN
AU - Fajnzylber, Pablo
AU - World Bank Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit
AU - Malloney, William Francis
TI - How comparable are labor demand elasticities across countries?
PB - World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit
KW - Elasticity (Economics) Chile
KW - Elasticity (Economics) Colombia
KW - Elasticity (Economics) Mexico
KW - Labor demand Chile
KW - Labor demand Colombia
KW - Labor demand Mexico
KW - Labor market Chile
KW - Labor market Colombia
KW - Labor supply Mexico
PY - 2001
N2 - "August 2001
N2 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-21)
N2 - Title from title screen as viewed on Sept. 04, 2002
N2 - Even accounting for the large variance induced by different estimation techniques, one probably cannot say much about the flexibility of different labor markets based on comparisons of the estimated elasticity of demand. Colombia, for example, which has severe restrictions on firing workers, has much higher long-run wage elasticities than Chile, which has no such restrictions
BT - Policy research working paper ; 2658
CY - Washington, D.C
UR - http://slubdd.de/katalog?TN_libero_mab2
ER -
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