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Employment protection legislation, labor courts, and effective firing costs
Jimeno, Juan F.; Martínez-Matute, Marta; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 9 (2020) 2, pp. 1-26
In many countries, labor courts play a central role in the determination of firing costs by monitoring and supervising the procedures for dismissals, and, eventually, deciding severance payments mandated by the employment protection legislation (EPL). To get some insights about the impact of...
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Does the quality of industrial relations matter for the macro economy? A cross-country analysis using strikes data
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2006
indicator - and our macro performance outcome is the unemployment rate. Independent of the role of other institutions, good … industrial relations do seem to matter: greater strike volume is associated with higher unemployment. Holding country effects …
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Labor Market Institutions and Long-Term Effects of Youth Unemployment
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Murao, Tetsushi - 2014
worker who experiences a one-percentage-point higher unemployment rate while the worker is 16-24 years old has a 0 ….14 percentage-point higher unemployment rate at ages 25-29 and 0.03 percentage points higher at ages 30-34. The persistence of this …
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Does it pay to be a woman? Labour demand effects of maternity-related job protection and replacement incomes
Scheubel, Beatrice - 2014
In countries with strong employment protection laws it is often considered to be unwise to hire a woman in childbearing age because she might get pregnant. However, such labour demand e ects of job protection measures related to maternity leave are often rather anecdotal. To provide analytical...
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Does job security hamper employment prospects?
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus; Skedinger, Per - 2018
unemployment and active labor market programs (ALMPs), utilizing a reform that decreased dismissal costs for small firms only … unemployment and some ALMPs. Our results suggest that there was less screening of new hires after the reform, and that … liberalization of EPL mitigates the stigma associated with unemployment and participation in ALMPs. …
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Labour Market Developments and Social Welfare
Vidovic, Hermine - 2013
setting and employment in the NMS fell dramatically. In all NMS unemployment insurance schemes as well as minimum wage …
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A Cross-National Perspective on Unemployment and First Births
Schmitt, Christian - In: European Journal of Population 28 (2012) 3, pp. 303-335
This article investigates the impact of unemployment on the likelihood of having a first child. Using micro-data from … Germany, and the UK (1994–2001). The results highlight weak negative effects of unemployment on family formation among men …, which can be attributed to the inability to financially support a family. Among women, unemployment exerts a positive effect …
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Labour's law?
Jahn, Elke J.; Wagner, Thomas - 2001
A cross section analysis of 23 OECD members shows that there is an 'antagonistic' relationship between the legal protection of investor interests on the one hand and labour interests on the other: the stronger the legal protection of investor rights in a country, the less developed are the...
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Corporate governance and employee power in the boardroom: An applied game theoretical analysis
Balsmeier, Benjamin; Bermig, Andreas; Dilger, Alexander; … - 2011
The discussion about employee representation on supervisory boards has received much attention from scholars and politicians around the world. We provide new insights to this ongoing debate by employing power indices from game theory to examine the real power of employees on boards and its...
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Employment protection
Scarpetta, Stefano - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Laws on hiring and firing are intended to protect workers from unfair behavior by employers, to counter imperfections in financial markets that limit workers’ ability to insure themselves against job loss, and to preserve firm-specific human capital. But by imposing costs on firms’...
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