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Employment protection and capital-labor ratios
Janiak, Alexandre; Wasmer, Etienne - 2014
Employment protection (EPL) has a well known negative impact on labor flows as well as an ambiguous but often negative effect on employment. In contrast, its impact on capital accumulation and capital-labor ratio is less well understood. The available empirical evidence suggests a non-monotonic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010387699
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Employment Protection Reform and Unemployment Inequality in a Matching Model (Reforme De La Protection De L'Emploi Et Inegalites Face Au Chomage Dans Un Modele D'Appariement)
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck - 2007
This paper studies the impact of an unemployment protection legislation reform - a substitution between an experience … rated tax and firing costs - on the level and structure of unemployment by skills. In this purpose, we consider a matching … free entry condition and the tax rate aimed at financing unemployment benefits results from a balanced budget constraint …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014050738
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Discrimination and employment protection
Holden, Steinar; Rosén, Åsa - 2009
We study a search model with employment protection legislation. We show that if the output from the match is uncertain ex ante, there may exist a discriminatory equilibrium where workers with the same productive characteristics are subject to different hiring standards. If a bad match takes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274292
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Discrimination and emplyoment protection
Holden, Steinar; Rosén, Åsa - 2009
We study a search model with employment protection legislation. We show that if the output from the match is uncertain ex ante, there may exist a discriminatory equilibrium where workers with the same productive characteristics are subject to different hiring standards. If a bad match takes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010285604
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Discrimination and emplyoment protection
Holden, Steinar; Rosén, Åsa - 2009
We study a search model with employment protection legislation. We show that if the output from the match is uncertain ex ante, there may exist a discriminatory equilibrium where workers with the same productive characteristics are subject to different hiring standards. If a bad match takes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003885420
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Discrimination and employment protection
Holden, Steinar; Rosén, Åsa - 2009
We study a search model with employment protection legislation. We show that if the output from the match is uncertain ex ante, there may exist a discriminatory equilibrium where workers with the same productive characteristics are subject to different hiring standards. If a bad match takes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003891703
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Layoff costs and efficiency with asymmetric information
Delacroix, Alain; Wasmer, Etienne - 2009
Wage determination under asymmetric information generates inefficiencies due to excess turnover. Severance pay and layoff taxes can improve efficiency. We show that inefficient separations can even be fully removed with fixed separation taxes in the case where the relevant private information is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003906313
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Education and the welfare gains from employment protection
Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck - 2010
unemployment and welfare. We show that firing costs and temporary employment have opposite effects on educational choices. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003941789
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Employment Protection and Capital-Labor Ratios
Janiak, Alexandre - 2014
Employment protection (EPL) has a well known negative impact on labor flows as well as an ambiguous but often negative effect on employment. In contrast, its impact on capital accumulation and capital-labor ratio is less well understood. The available empirical evidence suggests a non-monotonic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013049729
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Education and the Welfare Gains from Employment Protection
Charlot, Olivier - 2010
unemployment and welfare. We show that firing costs and temporary employment have opposite effects on educational choices. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013146825