Beliefs about the determinants of success and employment protection

We show that part of the international variation in employment laws is due to different beliefs about the impact of hard work as opposed to luck and connections on success. In societies where a greater proportion of people relate their life prospects to chance and connections, stronger employment protection is in place. The prevalence of such beliefs is likely to hamper labor market reforms.

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Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Kyriacou, Andreas P.
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 116.2012, 1, p. 31-33
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Employment protection \| Beliefs \| Reverse causality \| Instrumental variables

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	D72 - Economic Models of Political Processes: Rent-Seeking, Elections, Legistures, and Voting Behavior ; J41 - Contracts: Specific Human Capital, Matching Models, Efficiency Wage Models, and Internal Labor Markets ; J81 - Working Conditions
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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