Labor Market Flexibility and Unemployment: New Empirical Evidence of Static and Dynamic Effects

被引：0

作者：

Bernal-Verdugo, Lorenzo E. ^{[1
]}

Furceri, Davide ^{[2
,3
]}

Guillaume, Dominique ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Chicago, 1126 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637 USA

[2] Int Monetary Fund, Washington, DC 20431 USA

[3] Univ Palermo, IMF, Washington, DC 20431 USA

来源：

COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC STUDIES | 2012年 / 54卷 / 02期

关键词：

labor market; flexibility; unemployment;

D O I：

10.1057/ces.2012.3

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between labor market flexibility and unemployment outcomes. Using a panel of 97 countries from 1985 to 2008, the results of the paper suggest that improvements in labor market flexibility have a statistically and significant negative impact on unemployment outcomes (over unemployment, youth unemployment, and long-term unemployment). Among the different labor market flexibility indicators analyzed, hiring and firing regulations and hiring costs are found to have the strongest effect.

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