Taxation of Temporary Jobs: Good Intentions with Bad Outcomes?

Pierre Cahuc, Olivier Charlot, Franck Malherbet, Helène Benghalem and Emeline Limon
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Helène Benghalem: CREST - Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique - ENSAI - Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Analyse de l'Information [Bruz] - X - École polytechnique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - ENSAE Paris - École Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Économique - IP Paris - Institut Polytechnique de Paris - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UNIL - Université de Lausanne = University of Lausanne
Emeline Limon: DARES - Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques - Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Santé

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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: 2020-02-01
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Published in The Economic Journal, 2020, 130 (626), pp.422-445. ⟨10.1093/ej/uez062⟩

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DOI: 10.1093/ej/uez062

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