robust. -- Productivity ; EPL ; labour market institutions ; difference-in-differences …This paper examines the impact of employment protection legislation on productivity in the OECD, using annual cross …-country aggregate data on the degree of regulations and industry-level data on productivity from 1982 to 2003. We adopt a "difference …

This paper examines the impact of employment protection legislation on productivity in the OECD, using annual cross …-country aggregate data on the degree of regulations and industry-level data on productivity from 1982 to 2003. We adopt a "difference …-in-differences" framework, which exploits likely differences in the productivity effect of dismissal regulations in different industries. Our …

This paper examines the impact of employment protection legislation on productivity in the OECD, using annual cross …-country aggregate data on the degree of regulations and industry-level data on productivity from 1982 to 2003. We adopt a "difference …-in-differences" framework, which exploits likely differences in the productivity effect of dismissal regulations in different industries. Our …

productivity in the long run. …

evaluate the impact of less stringent Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) for temporary employment (TE) in EU countries. A … reduced form model is estimated to identify the overall effect on labour productivity growth. The advantage of using industry …-level data is fourfold. First, as in standard cross-country studies, the cross-country variation of EPL is still exploited …

(EPL) aggregate score proposed by the OECD. Results reveal a clear EPL gradient: job disruption has a positive and … significant impact on older workers' psychological distress especially in those countries where EPL is more binding. The present …