Taxation of Temporary Jobs: Good Intentions with Bad Outcomes?

Pierre Cahuc, Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet, Helène Benghalem and Emeline Limon

The Economic Journal, 2020, vol. 130, issue 626, 422-445

Abstract: This article analyses the consequences of the taxation of temporary jobs of short duration recently introduced in several European countries to induce firms to create more open-ended contracts and to increase the duration of jobs. The estimation of a job search and matching model on French data shows that the taxation of temporary jobs does not reach its objectives: it reduces the mean duration of jobs and decreases job creation, employment and welfare of unemployed workers.

Date: 2020
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