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Does the effect of employment protection depend on the composition of unemployment?

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  • Bastgen, Andreas

    (Department of Economics, University of Applied Sciences Dortmund)

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"I develop an equilibrium-matching model with job rationing and endogenous layoffs in order to investigate whether the composition of unemployment (rationing versus frictional) influences the way firing costs affect employment. The model suggests that firing costs lead to a strong adverse employment effect if unemployment is mainly caused by job rationing, whereas in labor markets driven by search frictions firing costs have only a negligible impact on employment. The paper tests this hypothesis using data on the adoption of wrongful-dismissal laws adopted by U.S. state courts during the 1970s and 1980s. Results indicate that for two of the three wrongful-dismissal laws investigated, unemployment composition is crucial for the induced employment effects." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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  • Bastgen, Andreas, 2024. "Does the effect of employment protection depend on the composition of unemployment?," Journal for Labour Market Research, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany], vol. 58(1), pages 1-21.
    • Handle: RePEc:iab:iabjlr:v:58:p:art.21
    DOI: 10.1186/s12651-024-00380-z
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    Keywords

    USA ; Auswirkungen ; Beschäftigungseffekte ; friktionelle Arbeitslosigkeit ; Kosten ; Kündigungsrecht ; Kündigungsschutz ; Rationalisierung ; Arbeitgeberkündigung ; Sucharbeitslosigkeit ; Arbeitslosigkeit ; Ursache ; 1970-2000;
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    JEL classification:

    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O38 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Government Policy

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