Using micro data from the 1986-87 Canadian Labour Market Activity Survey, the author examines the wage effect of laws requiring advance notice of layoffs and in some cases also requiring severance payments to laid-off workers. The results suggest that incumbent workers protected by advance...

Using Canadian Displaced Workers Survey data for 1981-86, the author studies the effect of Canadian advance notice laws on displaced workers' jobless durations. By considering statutory notice requirements, rather than actual notice provision, the author is able to avoid the problems associated...