On-the-job training, firing costs and employment

This paper explores the influence of on-the-job training on the employment effect of firing costs. It shows that on-the-job training (generating firm specific skills) causes firing costs to have a contractionary influence on average employment (over the booms and recessions of the business cycle).

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Year of publication:	2003
Authors:	Díaz-Vázquez, Pilar ; Snower, Dennis J.
Publisher:	Bonn : Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Subject:	Berufsbegleitende Ausbildung \| Kündigung \| Kosten \| Lohnverhandlungstheorie \| Beschäftigungseffekt \| Konjunktur \| Theorie \| average employment \| firing costs \| on-the-job training

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Series:	IZA Discussion Papers ; 910
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Working Paper
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	372807658 [GVK] hdl:10419/3068 [Handle]
Classification:	E24 - Employment; Unemployment; Wages ; J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; J23 - Employment Determination; Job Creation; Demand for Labor; Self-Employment ; J24 - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity ; J32 - Nonwage Labor Costs and Benefits; Private Pensions
Source:	EconStor

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