Feature: Employment Protection Legislation
Journal
Economic Journal
ISSN
0013-0133
ISSN-Digital
1468-0297
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2007-06-22
Author(s)
Abstract
Employment protection legislation (EPL) is an important labour market policy whose strictness differs greatly across OECD countries. The collection of articles in this Feature provides new theoretical and empirical results which highlight the impact of EPL on productivity, job and firm turnover, (un)employment and the incidence of temporary contracts. Importantly, the effect of EPL is shown to differ across types of workers and firms. This yields new insights on the incentives for labour market reform.
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Volume
117
Number
521
Start page
F185
End page
F188
Pages
4
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
261015