Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/81481 
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Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IFN Working Paper No. 865
Publisher: 
Research Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Stockholm
Abstract: 
This article surveys the literature and adds to the evidence on the impact of employment protection legislation on employment. While stringent employment protection contributes to less turnover and job reallocation, the effects on aggregate employment and unemployment over the business cycle are more uncertain. Exploitation of partial reforms and the use of micro data in recent research appear not to have affected results regarding employment and unemployment in any systematic way. Labour market prospects of young people and other marginal groups seem to worsen as a consequence of increased stringency of the legislation. It is debatable whether marginal groups have gained much from the widespread policy strategy to liberalize regulations of temporary employment and leave regulations of regular employment intact. My own analysis suggests that increased stringency of regulations for regular work is associated with a higher incidence of involuntary temporary employment, particularly among the young.
Subjects: 
Job security
Employment effects
Employment protection reforms
JEL: 
J23
J50
K31
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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