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 |
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Main Author: |
Arnaud Chéron
Jean-Olivier Hairault François Langot |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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Trade Academic |
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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 |
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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 . |
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