Employment protection and the consequences for displaced workers: a comparison of Belgium and Denmark

Karsten Albæk, Marc Van Audenrode and Martin Browning
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Marc Van Audenrode: Univesité Laval, Québec

No 99-11, Discussion Papers from University of Copenhagen. Department of Economics

Abstract: We compare the wage and employment consequences of a job displacement in Belgium and Denmark. These two countries both have generous unemployment insurance schemes but job protection laws vary dramatically between the two. Using comparable data we find that the incidence of displacement and the consequences for wages are similar in the two countries. The consequences for employment are very different with Danish workers experiencing much less unemployment after a displacement.

Keywords: displaced workers; international comparisons; employment protection; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J64 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 1999-05
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