Labour Contract Regulations and Workers' Wellbeing: International Longitudinal Evidence

Andrea Salvatori

No 4685, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: All industrialized countries have Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) for permanent workers and Restrictions on the use of Temporary Employment (RTE). The (ambiguous) effects of these on the levels of employment and unemployment have been extensively studied, but nothing is known empirically about their well-being implications. Using longitudinal data from the European Community Household Panel, the author conducts the first study of the link between both EPL and RTE and workers' wellbeing. The results provide evidence that both permanent and temporary employees gain from reforms that ease restrictions on temporary employment but leave firing costs for permanent workers unchanged. This finding contrasts with common claims found in the political economy literature.

Keywords: employment protection legislation; temporary employment; job satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 45 pages
Date: 2010-01
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eec, nep-eur, nep-hap, nep-lab and nep-reg
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Published - published in: Labour Economics, 2010, 17 (4), 667-678

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