Dismissals for Cause:The Difference That Just Eight Paragraphs Can Make

This paper provides evidence about the effects of dismissals-for-cause requirements, aspecific component of employment protection legislation that has received little attentiondespite its potential relevance. We study a quasi-natural experiment generated by a lawintroduced in Portugal in 1989: out of the 12 paragraphs in the law that dictated the costlyprocedure required for dismissals for cause, eight did not apply to firms employing 20 orfewer workers...

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Year of publication:	2007-10-01
Authors:	Martins, Pedro S.
Institutions:	Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn>
Subject:	Arbeitsschutz \| Arbeieter \| Lohn

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Extent:	310272 bytes 39 p. application/pdf
Series:	IZA - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit - Discussion Papers IZA Discussion Paper ; No. 3112 (2007)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Classification:	E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings ; Pay salaries and social benefits ; Individual Working Papers, Preprints ; No country specification
Source:	USB Cologne (business full texts)

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