The Impact of Employment Protection Legislation on the Unemployment Rate in Selected OECD Countries
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Keywords
Employment protection; unemployment; labor market flexibility;
All these keywords.JEL classification:
- J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings
- J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
- J83 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Workers' Rights
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAB-2015-04-02 (Labour Economics)
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