Does employment protection reduce productivity? Evidence from US states

Economic Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 521, 2007, Pages

  Autor, David H ^a,b   Kerr, William R ^a,b   Kugler, Adriana D ^a,b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; FIRM SIZE; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY; WORKING CONDITIONS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34347380322     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0297.2007.02055.x     Document Type: Article

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