Fajnzylber, Pablo
[VerfasserIn]
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Malloney, William Francis
[Sonstige Person, Familie und Körperschaft]World Bank Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Unit
How comparable are labor demand elasticities across countries?
Erschienen:
Washington, D.C: World Bank, Latin America and the Caribbean Region, Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Sector Unit, 2001
Online-Ausg.
Erschienen in:Policy research working paper ; 2658
Anmerkungen:
"August 2001
Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-21)
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Beschreibung:
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