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Reorganization of Firms and Job Stability: A Theoretical Approach

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. This paper seeks to provide a theoretical explanation to the contradictory results found by the empirical literature concerning the effects of recent workplace organizational changes on job stability. We develop an endogenous job destruction model à la Mortensen‐Pissarides (1994) where a modernizing firm may offer to the worker a tayloristic job (traditional organization) or a holistic job (modern organization). We then study the evolution of job stability during the transition from a tayloristic to a holistic organization. Our results point towards the importance of the restructuring costs supported by firms during the modernizing trajectory as the main factor responsible for the variations in job stability.

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  • Eva Moreno‐Galbis, 2007. "Reorganization of Firms and Job Stability: A Theoretical Approach," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 21(3), pages 389-418, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:labour:v:21:y:2007:i:3:p:389-418
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9914.2007.00383.x
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    1. Philippe Askenazy & Eva Moreno Galbis, 2007. "The Impact of Technological and Organizational Changes on Labor Flows. Evidence on French Establishments," LABOUR, CEIS, vol. 21(2), pages 265-301, June.
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