The theoretical predictions of how employment protection affects firm productivity are ambiguous. In this paper I study … the effect of employment protection rules on labor productivity using micro data on Swedish firms. A reform of the … employment protection rules in 2001 made it possible for small firms with less than eleven employees to exempt two workers from …

This paper analyses recruitment practices to Samhall, a state-owned company that provides sheltered employment for … individuals with severe work disabilities. Besides providing employment for disabled workers and rehabilitating them to employment …

relatively fewer hours before being separated. Among the young, however, both employment and hours are negatively affected …This paper examines the effects of collectively agreed increases in real minimum wages on employment transitions and … hours among manual workers in the Swedish retail sector over the period 2001–05. The findings indicate that increases in …

Many developing countries would like to increase the share of modern or formal sectors in their employment. One way to …, previous research on the issue has been limited by the paucity of long data sets for firm operations. We examine employment … from domestic ones. Employment growth is relatively high in foreign-owned establishments, although foreign firms own …