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Quits, layoffs, and job destruction

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  • Wolter Hassink
  • Lourens Broersma

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We examine the quit-layoff distinction and its implications for job destruction from the employer's perspective. Using a set of panel data of Dutch firms, we get the following results. First, in addition to layoffs, quits contribute to the speed of downward adjustment of labour. Second, about 22% of the jobs of workers who resigned are destroyed. It is not clear-cut whether these resignations are initiated by employers or employees.

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  • Wolter Hassink & Lourens Broersma, 2003. "Quits, layoffs, and job destruction," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 35(18), pages 1911-1914.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:applec:v:35:y:2003:i:18:p:1911-1914
    DOI: 10.1080/0003684032000163329
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