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Employment protection, technology choice, and worker allocation
Bartelsman, Eric J.; Gautier, Pieter; Wind, Joris de - 2010
productivity and a risky technology with productivity subject to sizeable shocks. Strict EPL makes the risky technology relatively … less attractive because it is more costly to shed workers upon receiving a low productivity draw. We calibrate the model … mechanism can explain a considerable portion of the slowdown in productivity in the EU relative to the US since 1995 …
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The dynamics of the regulation of labor in developing and developed countries since 1960
Campos, Nauro; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2012
This paper examines both the determinants and the effects of changes in the rigidity of labor market legislation across countries over time. Recent research identifies the origin of the legal system as being a major determinant of the cross-country variation in the rigidity of employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629025
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Employment protection, workforce mix and firm performance
Ardito, Chiara; Berton, Fabio; Pacelli, Lia; Passerini, … - 2021
productivity in the long run. …
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Preferences for employment protection and the insider-outsider divide
Guillaud, Elvire; Marx, Paul - 2013
Insider-outsider theory suggests that in dual labour markets two groups have opposing preferences regarding protection against dismissals: insiders defend employment protection, because it increases their rents. Outsiders see it as a mobility barrier and demand deregulation. Similar divides are...
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The impact of restricting fixed-term contracts on labor and skill demand
Grasso, Giuseppe; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2023
This paper examines the impact of increasing the relative cost of fixed-term contracts on labor demand as well as the demand for standard measures of human capital and specific skill requirements. We evaluate a 2018 Italian labor law reform that raised the cost of fixed- term contracts while...
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From dual to unified employment protection : transition and steady state
Dolado, Juan J.; Lalé, Etienne; Siassi, Nawid - 2016
This paper analyses the optimal design of a single open-ended contract (SOEC) and studies the political economy of moving towards such a SOEC in a labour market where employment protection is highly discontinuous. We develop a computationally tractable approach to compare two economic...
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Evaluating labour market policy
Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2016
Labour market institutions are deemed to have a great influence on the level and structure of employment. This holds for regulation on employment protection, minimum wages or tax/benefit systems as well as active labour market policies. This is why policy makers implement labour market reforms...
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How stable is labour market dualism? : reforms of employment protection in nine European countries
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2019
Labour market segmentation currently is at the forefront of national and European policy debates. While the European Commission and the OECD try to promote what they see as more inclusive policies, academic observers remain skeptical. Particularly the dualisation literature points to stable...
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Labor market regulation and firm adjustments in skill demand
Bottasso, Anna; Bratti, Massimiliano; Cardullo, Gabriele; … - 2023
We study how changes in labor market regulation may trigger firm adjustments in skill demand. Leveraging rich administrative data from Italy, we investigate the effects of a reform that reduced firing costs for permanent employees and tightened temporary contracts' regulation to increase job...
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Employment protection, job insecurity, and job mobility
Bertoni, Marco; Chinetti, Simone; Nisticò, Roberto - 2023
This study leverages the Italian Jobs Act reform as a natural experiment to examine the impact of reduced employment protection on job insecurity and job mobility. The reform significantly lowered protection for open-ended contract workers in large firms hired after March 7, 2015, and introduced...
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