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dc.contributor.authorSá, Filipaen
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-09-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:29:32Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:29:32Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008032631en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34804-
dc.description.abstractHigh levels of employment protection reduce hiring and firing and have a theoretically ambiguous effect on the employment level. Immigrants, being new to the labor market, may be less aware of employment protection regulations and less likely to claim their rights, which may create a gap between the costs for employers of hiring a native relative to hiring an immigrant. This paper tests that hypothesis drawing on evidence for the EU and on two natural experiments for Spain and Italy. The results suggest that strict employment protection legislation (EPL) gives immigrants a comparative advantage relative to natives. Stricter EPL is found to reduce employment and reduce hiring and firing rates for natives. By contrast, stricter EPL has no effect on most immigrants and may even increase employment rates for those who have been in the country for a longer time.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3414en
dc.subject.jelJ6en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordEmployment protectionen
dc.subject.keywordimmigrationen
dc.subject.stwKündigungsschutzen
dc.subject.stwBeschäftigungseffekten
dc.subject.stwMigrantenen
dc.subject.stwAsymmetrische Informationen
dc.subject.stwArbeitsnachfrageen
dc.subject.stwKündigungen
dc.subject.stwEU-Staatenen
dc.subject.stwSpanienen
dc.subject.stwItalienen
dc.titleDoes employment protection help immigrants? Evidence from European labor markets-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn560862180en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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