This paper proposes a model of firms' optimal employment policies under linear adjustment costs. The authors find that firing costs have a larger effect on firms' propensity to fire than to hire, and (slightly) increase average long-run employment. Calibrating the model with realistic parameter values, they argue that high firing costs, slower and more uncertain growth, and lower attrition rates after the first oil shock can explain some features of employment's dynamic behavior in the largest European countries. Copyright 1990 by The Review of Economic Studies Limited.
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