The Impact of Firing Costs on Turnover and Unemployment: Evidence from the Colombian Labour Market Reform

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 389-410

  Kugler, Adriana D ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exit hazard rates; Firing costs; Grouping estimators; Labour market reform; Selection biases; Worker turnover

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041544032     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008711819429     Document Type: Article

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