AGE-DEPENDENT EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION

This study examines age-dependent employment protection by extending the theory of equilibrium unemployment to account for a finite working life-time. The potential employment gains related to employment protection are high for older workers. But higher firing taxes for older workers increase job de...

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Volume:	121
Main Author:	Arnaud Chéron Jean-Olivier Hairault François Langot
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade Academic
Place of publication:	Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing 01.12.2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd OXFORD UNIV PRESS Wiley Subscription Services, Inc Wiley
published in:	The Economic journal (London) Vol. 121; no. 557; pp. 1477 - 1504
Data of publication:	20111201
ISSN:	0013-0133 1468-0297
EISSN:	1468-0297
Discipline:	Economics
Bibliography:	Corresponding author: Jean‐Olivier Hairault, University of Paris 1, 106‐112 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75647 Paris Cedex 13, France. Email We are grateful to two anonymous referees and the Editor particularly for their helpful remarks and suggestions. We are also indebted to P. Beaudry, G. Violante and A. Zylberberg and all participants at the following seminars and conferences for helpful comments: Crest (2007), Lausanne (2009), Luxembourg (2009), UBC‐Vancouver (2009) and SED (2009). This article is a revised version of the IZA Working Paper 3851. Financial support through a grant from Cepremap (Paris) is gratefully acknowledged. Any errors and omissions are ours. joh@univ‐paris1.fr .
Subjects:	Productivity Human capital Taxes Employment Employment termination Hiring Wages Unemployment Older workers Age Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Labor law Economics and Finance Humanities and Social Sciences MISMATCH OLDER WORKERS COMPUTER SEARCH MATCHING MODEL ASSIGNMENT EFFICIENCY REFORM UNEMPLOYMENT
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