“…The authors of this paper demonstrate that the construction of this instrument involves simplifications, estimations and omissions that make it highly suspect as an indicator of employees' protection. Empirical tests do not confirm the predicted negative effects of laws to protect employment. …”

“…The EU policy studies make up a rich empirical territory, ranging from food security and chemicals to energy, climate change, and gender…”

“…These iron law of neoclassical thinking came under discussion after negative employment effects of minimum wage increases in empirical studies were difficult to find. …”

“…Using establishment data from Germany, our empirical analysis confirms that the incidence of a works council is significantly associated with an increased likelihood that the establishment provides more workplace health promotion than required by law. …”

“…"According to French law, employers have to pay at least six months salary to employees whose seniority exceeds two years in case of unfair dismissal. …”

“…We address concerns about causality in several ways, including exploiting variation in laws regulating the investment behaviour of pension funds and insurance companies across countries and over time. …”

“…They also consider theoretical and empirical questions about employee share ownership."…”

“…"Social movement studies have grown enormously in the last few decades, spreading from sociology and political science to other fields of knowledge, as varied as geography, history, anthropology, psychology, economics, law and others. With the growing interest in the field, there has been also an increasing need for methodological guidance for empirical research. …”

“…It draws on contributions by leading experts across a range of disciplines, including economics, law, political science and industrial relations. …”

“…In practice, changes in tax laws contributed to promoting the change. Empirical evidence shows that income concentration has increased at the top. …”

“…He also brilliantly demonstrates that the language of the ancient works of law and religion (words like “guilt,” “sin,” and “redemption”) derive in large part from ancient debates about debt, and shape even our most basic ideas of right and wrong. …”

“…They look back to the origin of the Poor Law tradition, and the development of empirical investigation and of policy following Rowntree’s and Charles Booth’s studies. …”

“…"This paper provides empirical evidence in support of the view that the quality of institutions is an important determinant of long-term growth of European countries. …”

“…"The emergence in the European Union of new modes of governance (NMG) such as the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) has produced an enormous literature that falls into four broad categories: a theoretical approach seeks to explain why such methods emerged and locates them in existing theories of European integration, policy-making and institutional change; a strongly normative approach extols the non-hierarchical, deliberative virtues of NMG and ‘soft’ law and prioritizes the potential of the OMC as a font of ‘social learning’; a more empirical approach assesses new modes in operation across different policy areas and countries; and a more critical approach assesses the claims made on the OMC’s behalf as an effective instrument of policy making. …”

“…It provides empirical and model-based analyses on the impacts and the interactions of structural policies, highlighting synergies between growth and inclusiveness, while acknowledging that structural policy changes need to be country-specific to reflect national conditions and social preferences. …”

“…Karaivan decides to take the law into his own hands and becomes obsessed by his violent wish for revenge. …”

“…Overall, the results tend to support the call for structural reforms in general and reforms enhancing the efficiency of public administration and regulation, the rule of law and the fight against rent-seeking and corruption in particular."…”

“…Its growth appears linked to labour market deregulation, the encroachment of commercial law on labour law, and the spread of practices such as outsourcing and contracting-out. …”

“…Its growth appears linked to labour market deregulation, the encroachment of commercial law on labour law, and the spread of practices such as outsourcing and contracting-out. …”

“…We also study regime changes in central macro relationships such as regime change in the credit - output link, the Phillips curve and in Okun’s law."…”