. Firing costs help employers indicate that they will not oust employees instead of making promised payments, enabling early …

. Firing costs help employers indicate that they will not oust employees instead of making promised payments, enabling early …

entail less training, in firms with higher firing costs. Our study highlights the potential adverse effects of EPL on worker … training in dual labour markets, owing to larger firms seeking to avoid the higher costs of EPL by means of temporary contracts. …

entail less training, in firms with higher firing costs. Our study highlights the potential adverse effects of EPL on worker … training in dual labour markets, owing to larger firms seeking to avoid the higher costs of EPL by means of temporary contracts. …

I exploit the adoption of state-level labor protection laws as an exogenous increase in employee firing costs to … examine how the costs associated with discharging workers affect capital structure decisions. I find that firms reduce debt … costs. I also document that, following the adoption of these laws, a firm's degree of operating leverage rises, earnings …

In many countries, labor courts play a central role in the determination of firing costs by monitoring and supervising … legislation (EPL). To get some insights about the impact of labor courts on effective firing costs, we explore a new database that … did not fully translate the reduction of firing costs mandated by the new EPL to effective firing costs. …

reduced dismissal costs for the employers of over a tenth of Sweden's workforce. Our difference-in-differences analysis of … their hiring standards in response to changes in dismissal costs. …

estimated negative impact of wrongful dismissal laws in the US on productivity and the positive effect on the number of …