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Deadwood Labor? The Effects of Eliminating Employment Protection for Older Workers

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  • Emmanuel Saez
  • Benjamin Schoefer
  • David G. Seim

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We analyze mandatory retirement in Sweden which eliminates entirely employment protection at age 67. Employment falls by about 10 percent and total average earnings by about 20 percent immediately at age 67. 8 percent of jobs separate immediately due to loss of protection, with effects stemming from jobs with stronger initial employment protection (long tenure, firms subject to “last in, first out” rules), and those in the public sector. We examine effects on continuing jobs. While wages appear rigid, we uncover novel, sizable intensive-margin hours reductions, resulting in an 8 percent drop in earnings conditional on staying on the job.

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  • Emmanuel Saez & Benjamin Schoefer & David G. Seim, 2023. "Deadwood Labor? The Effects of Eliminating Employment Protection for Older Workers," NBER Working Papers 31797, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    • Handle: RePEc:nbr:nberwo:31797
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    1. Marco Francesconi & Daniela Sonedda, 2024. "Does Weaker Employment Protection Lower the Cost of Job Loss?," CESifo Working Paper Series 11417, CESifo.

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