Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/73850 
Year of Publication: 
2005
Series/Report no.: 
ifo Working Paper No. 15
Publisher: 
ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, Munich
Abstract: 
This paper deals with the effects to labour market institutions on labour market performance. We analyse the employment threshold (the minimum growth rate necessaryto keep employment constant) which is an indicator for the labour intensity of production. We show for 17 OECD countries for the period 1971 to 2002 that the strictness of employment protection, the extent of wage bargaining co-ordination and the tax wedge reduce the labour intensity of production and raise the employment threshold.
Subjects: 
Employment protection
labour market institutions
labour demand
internationaln comparison
JEL: 
E24
J23
J50
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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