In this Paper, I analyse the pros and cons of implementing structural reforms of the labour market in booms versus …

specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment … for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …

Unemployment insurance and employment protection are typically discussed and studied in isolation. ln this paper, we … employment protection - in the form of layoff taxes; indeed, optimality requires that layoff taxes be equal to unemployment …, risk neutral firms, and random shocks to productivity. We show that, in the 'first best', unemployment insurance comes with …

We use three general equilibrium frameworks with jobs and unemployed workers to study the effects of government … mandated unemployment insurance (UI) and employment protection (EP). To illuminate the forces in these models, we study how UI … representative family model with employment lotteries has no labour market frictions and complete markets. The adverse welfare state …

We document the presence of a trade-off between unemployment benefits (UB) and employment protection legislation (EPL …) in the provision of insurance against labour market risk. Different countries’ locations along this trade-off represent … the strictness of EPL, the generosity of UBs and the amount of redistribution involved by the financing of unemployment …

We document the presence of a trade-off between unemployment benefits (UB) and employment protection legislation (EPL …) in the provision of insurance against labour market risk. The mix of quantity restrictions and price regulations adopted … two dimensions: employment status — there are insiders and outsiders — and skills — low and high skills. We show that if …

-risk innovative sectors are relatively smaller in countries with strict employment protection legislation (EPL). To understand the …

The theoretical effects of labour regulations such as employment protection legislation (EPL) on innovation is …

positive links between employment protection, depression and the consumption of various psychotropic drugs. Tenure and firm …Unlike many other contracts, employment contracts are subject to various external administrative procedures governing … Health Survey) including details on work-related stress and the consumption of various medications, including anti …

likely to favour labour market rigidities that in turn reduces the exposure of individuals to the market economy, and thus …