Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/49464
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
CESifo Working Paper No. 3558
Publisher: 
Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo), Munich
Abstract: 
This paper deals with the effects of labour market institutions on unemployment in a panel of 19 OECD countries for the period 1960 to 2000. In contrast to many other studies, we use long time series and analyze cyclically adjusted trend values of the unemployment rate. Our novel contribution is the estimation of panel models where we allow for heterogeneous effects of institutions on unemployment. Our main results are that on the average a tighter employment protection, a higher tax burden on labour income and a more generous unemployment insurance system increase, whereas a higher centralization of wage negotiations decreases unemployment. The strength of the effects differs considerably between countries.
Subjects: 
employment protection
labour market institutions
unemployment
international comparison
JEL: 
J23
E24
J50
Document Type: 
Working Paper
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