Employment protection legislation, labor courts, and effective firing costs

In many countries, labor courts play a central role in the determination of firing costs by monitoring and supervising the procedures for dismissals, and, eventually, deciding severance payments mandated by the employment protection legislation (EPL). To get some insights about the impact of labor c...

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Autores: Jimeno, Juan F., Martínez Matute, Marta, Mora-Sanguinetti, Juan S.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/695620
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/695620
https://dx.doi.org/10.2478/izajole-2020-0002
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Employment protection legislation
firing costs
labor courts
unemployment
Economía
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Sumario:In many countries, labor courts play a central role in the determination of firing costs by monitoring and supervising the procedures for dismissals, and, eventually, deciding severance payments mandated by the employment protection legislation (EPL). To get some insights about the impact of labor courts on effective firing costs, we explore a new database that contains information on labor courts' intervention in firings before and after the implementation of significant EPL reforms modifying severance payments and procedures for dismissals. Our results suggest that labor court rulings on economic dismissals did not fully translate the reduction of firing costs mandated by the new EPL to effective firing costs.