This Paper explores the influence of on-the-job training on the employment effect of firing costs. It shows that on …-the-job training (generating firm specific skills) causes firing costs to have a contractionary influence on average employment (over …

Temporary employment contracts allowing unrestricted dismissals were introduced in Spain in 1984 and quickly came to … account for most new jobs. In 1997, however, the Spanish government attempted to reduce the incidence of temporary employment … contract regulations on employment and worker flows. Using data from the Spanish Labor Force Survey, we find that the reduction …

The paper examines the employment and unemployment implications of permitting unemployed people to use part of their … unemployment benefits to provide employment vouchers to the firms that hire them. This opportunity to transfer unemployment … policy would be costless to the government since the cost of the employment vouchers is set equal to the amount saved on …

This paper explores the optimal design of subsidies for hiring unemployed workers (‘employment vouchers’ for short) in … vouchers on employment and unemployment, the analysis shows how the optimal policy depends on the rates of hiring and firing …

The paper explores the employment implications of allowing people the opportunity of using a portion of their … incapacity benefits to provide employment vouchers for employers that hire them. The analysis indicates that introducing this … policy could increase employment, raise the incomes of incapacity benefit recipients, and reduce employers’ labour costs. …

opportunity to use part of their unemployment benefits to provide employment vouchers to the firms that hire them. The vouchers …