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Do Employment Protections Reduce Productivity? Evidence from U.S. States

Autor, David H. - 2007

Theory predicts that mandated employment protections may reduce productivity by distorting production choices. Firms … Business Database, our estimates suggest that wrongful-discharge protections reduce employment flows and firm entry rates … mandated employment protections reduce productive efficiency as theory would suggest. However, our analysis also presents some …

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Trading Places : Mobility Responses of Native and Foreign-Born Adults to the China Trade Shock

Autor, David H.; Dorn, David; Hanson, Gordon H. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Previous research finds that the greater geographic mobility of foreign than native-born workers following economic shocks helps to facilitate local labor market adjustment to shifting regional economic conditions. We examine the role that immigration may have played in enabling U.S. commuting...

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