Do flexibility-enhancing reforms imply more employment instability? Using individual-level data from harmonised … in and out of employment. Results indicate that reforms making product markets more competitive increase transitions out … of employment for less qualified and low-income workers. Less qualified and low-income workers have very high job exit …

that offer the advantage of reporting monthly transitions between employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for … individuals. Between 2005 and 2012, the annual probability of leaving employment averaged 10% across OECD countries. Jobless …