Employment protection, technology choice, and worker allocation

"Using a country-industry panel dataset (EUKLEMS) we uncover a robust empirical regularity, namely that high-risk innovative sectors are relatively smaller in countries with strict employment protection legislation (EPL). To understand the mechanism, we develop a two-sector matching model where...

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Main Authors: Bartelsman, Eric J., Gautier, Pieter A., de Wind, Joris
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Bonn 2010
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19184884124919020669-employment-protection,-technol.htm

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