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Employment protection is often related to costs incurred by firms when they fire a worker. The stability of the employment relationship, enhanced by employment protection, is also favourable to the productivity of the job. We analyse employment protection focusing on this trade-off between adjustment costs and productivity. We show that from a welfare point of view there is an optimal degree of employment protection.

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Keywords: employment protection; hold-up; human capital; reforms; welfare;

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• J41 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - Labor Contracts
• J63 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Turnover; Vacancies; Layoffs
• J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies - - - Public Policy

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