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TL;DR: The effects of regulation and deregulation on Latin American labor markets are analyzed in this article, where the authors show that mandated benefits reduce employment, have a disruptive impact on turnover rates and labor market flexibility, promote inequality, and discriminate against marginal workers.

TL;DR: In this article, the economic effects of legal amendments on two types of labor laws: employment protection and labor dispute resolution legislation were studied using manufacturing data for India, and they found that laws that increase employment protection or the cost of labor disputes substantially reduce registered sector employment and output.

TL;DR: In this article, the economic effects of labor dispute resolution legislation and employment protection legislation in the manufacturing sector were studied. And they found that laws that increase the cost of dispute resolution or employment protection substantially reduce registered sector employment and output, although the costs of industrial dispute regulation on output is larger.

TL;DR: The typical victims of property crime in Latin America come from rich and middle class households and tend to live in larger and faster growing cities as discussed by the authors, which is a reflection of the inability of many cities in the region to keep up with the increasing demands for public safety brought about by a hasty and disorderly urbanization process.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine the economic effects of employment protection legislation in a sample of developed and developing countries by implementing a difference-in-differences test, which is based on the hypothesis that employment protection regulations are more binding in sectors of activity exposed to higher volatility in demand or supply shocks.