Employment Protection and Unemployment Benefits: On Technology Adoption and Job Creation in a Matching Model

We analyse the effects of different labour-market policies (employment protection, unemployment benefits, and payroll taxes) on job creation and technology choices in a model where firms are matched with workers of different productivity and wages are determined by ex post bargaining. The model is c...

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Main Author: Lommerud, Kjell Erik (author)
Other Authors: Straume, Odd Rune (author), Vagstad, Steinar (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2018
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/65682
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/65682