Identifying the effects of firing restrictions through size-contingent differences in regulation

Labour Economics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 482-511

  Schivardi, Fabiano ^a   Torrini, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b BANK OF ITALY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Employment policies; Firing costs; Firm size distribution; Matched data

Indexed keywords

EID: 42949162712     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2007.03.003     Document Type: Article

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