Jaramillo, Fidel; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Sembenelli, … - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 75 (1993) 4, pp. 640-48
In this paper we analyze the structure of adjustment costs for labor. In particular, the question whether hiring and firing costs are asymmetric is addressed. We maintain the standard assumption of quadratic adjustment costs, but allow the multiplicative coefficient to differ for the firing and...