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Employment Protection Legislation and Job Reallocation across Sectors, Firms and Workers: A Survey

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  • Pierre Cahuc

    (ECON - Département d'économie (Sciences Po) - Sciences Po - Sciences Po - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Institute of Labor Economics, CEPR - Center for Economic Policy Research)

  • Marco G Palladino

    (Banque de France)

Abstract

This paper provides a review of the existing literature on the effects of employment protection legislation (EPL) on job allocation across industries, firms, and workers, and its implications for innovation and economic growth. We analyze empirical studies to assess how EPL influences resource allocation, firm dynamics, and labor market segmentation. The review highlights the heterogeneous effects of EPL on different firms and workers' groups. Additionally, we discuss the channels identified in the structural literature through which EPL-induced job reallocation affects productivity, innovation, and overall growth. While existing evidence demonstrates the significant influence of EPL on all these outcomes, further quantification of these effects remains a research challenge.

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  • Pierre Cahuc & Marco G Palladino, 2024. "Employment Protection Legislation and Job Reallocation across Sectors, Firms and Workers: A Survey," Sciences Po Economics Publications (main) hal-05446770, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:spmain:hal-05446770
    DOI: 10.4337/9781839106958
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    1. Adachi, Daisuke & Kambayashi, Ryo & Kawaguchi, Kohei, 2025. "Employers' Unilateral Settlement of Dismissal Disputes," SocArXiv 89xgj_v1, Center for Open Science.
    2. Angelone, Paolo & Canale, Rosaria Rita, 2025. "Italian labour productivity: a wage-led decline," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 493-503.
    3. Cahuc, Pierre, 2024. "The micro and macro economics of short-time work," Handbook of Labor Economics,, Elsevier.

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    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • O47 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity - - - Empirical Studies of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence

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