Da-Rocha, José-María - 2016
We assess the quantitative impact of firing costs on aggregate total factor productivity (TFP) in a dynamic general …-equilibrium framework where the distribution of establishment-level productivity is not invariant to the policy. Firing costs not only … losses. Firing costs equivalent to 5 year's wages imply a drop in TFP of more than 20 percent. Factor misallocation accounts …