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More alike than different: the Spanish and Irish labour markets before and after the crisis
(Springer Nature, 2012)
Spain and Ireland might seem at first to feature very different labour markets, which go from very tight to very flexible labour conditions. Our analysis, however, goes beyond this simplistic argument ...
The unintended consequences of childcare regulation: evidence from a regression discontinuity design
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
In several countries governments fund childcare provision but in many others it is privately funded as labor regulation mandates that firms have to provide childcare services. For this later case, there ...
Do reductions of standard hours affect employment transitions?: evidence from Chile
(Elsevier, 2013)
This study exploits the reduction of weekly working hours from 48 to 45 announced in Chile in 2001 and implemented in 2005. Our results suggest that non-anticipatory behavior of firms was found on key ...
Does a mandatory reduction of standard working hours improve employees' health status?
(Wiley, 2016)
Most of the empirical evidence regarding the impact of reductions of standard working hours analyzes its effects on employment outcomes, family life balance, and social networks, but there is no empirical ...