Duggan, Mark G.; Johnston, Andrew; Guo, Audrey - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
rating acts as an automatic stabilizer in the labor market. We exploit the fact that penalties for layoffs vary by state … using detailed data on state tax schedules, and we measure whether firms react less to labor-demand shocks in the presence …. The results imply experience rating has a stabilizing influence on labor markets. Experience rating saved, for instance …