Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/58610 
Year of Publication: 
2012
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 6540
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Job protection reduces job turnover by changing firms' hiring and firing decisions. Yet the effect of job protection on workers' quit decisions and post-quit outcomes is still unknown. We present the first evidence using individual panel data from 12 European countries, which differ both in worker turnover rates and in the level of job protection. We find that workers are less likely to quit their job in countries with more job protection, but conditional on quitting they receive higher wages. This evidence can be explained by increased mobility costs associated with higher expected risk of post-quit layoff and job mismatch.
Subjects: 
institutions
employment protection
labor mobility
job satisfaction
wages
JEL: 
J28
J62
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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