Using Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) data for 21 countries, I study the impact of employment protection laws (EPL) on job content. Economic theories predict that stricter protection increases workers' willingness to make firm-specific investments. These...

"This book provides an analytical and critical reading of the state of knowledge on legislation relating to employment protection and its impacts on unemployment, jobs creation, productivity and more generally efficiency of the labor market."