Labour contract regulations and workers' wellbeing: International longitudinal evidence

Andrea Salvatori

Labour Economics, 2010, vol. 17, issue 4, 667-678

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 wellbeing 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; Wellbeing; Job; satisfaction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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