Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/148988 
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Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
KOF Working Papers No. 405
Publisher: 
ETH Zurich, KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Zurich
Abstract: 
The effect of employment protection legislation (EPL) on unemployment and employment levels is still an unresolved issue in the literature. To tackle this issue is the aim of this meta-analysis. Drawing on evidence from 72 studies, I find that EPL has no statistically significant effect on the unemployment level. Based on 42 studies, I find that EPL decreases the employment level. Analysing study hetero- geneity reveals that the quality of the identification strategy matters for the results. In particular, studies that account for unobserved heterogeneity across countries or exploit variation at the country level confirm the main findings of the meta-analysis.
Subjects: 
Employment Protection Legislation
Unemployment
Employment
Meta-Analysis
JEL: 
J8
J20
J21
J65
C49
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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