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Reduction of Employment Protection in Europe: A Comparative Fuzzy-Set Analysis

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  • Wolfgang Ochel
  • Anja Rohwer
  • Anja Hülsewig

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Since the middle of the 1980s many European countries have reduced the strictness of their employment protection mainly by relaxing it for temporary jobs. These countries are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The article explores the conditions of the reduction of employment protection and takes a closer look at the combination of causal factors. It uses fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fuzzy-set QCA).

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  • Wolfgang Ochel & Anja Rohwer & Anja Hülsewig, 2009. "Reduction of Employment Protection in Europe: A Comparative Fuzzy-Set Analysis," CESifo Working Paper Series 2828, CESifo.
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    Keywords

    employment protection; fuzzy-set QCA; political economy;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
    • J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy

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