Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - In: Journal of Economics and Statistics (Jahrbuecher fuer … 221 (2001) 4, pp. 353-370
Summary measures of the overall strictness of a country's employment protection laws have proven popular constructs in cross-country studies of the covariation of labour market institutions and macroeconomic outcomes. Portugal occupies an unenviable position in the rankings, and is often alleged...