ABSTRACT

This paper analyses the impact of employment protection legislation on the evolution of employment and unemployment in European Union economies during the Great Recession. The results show that employment protection did not have a significant impact on employment growth. Regarding unemployment rates, we obtain contrasting results: high employment protection for temporary workers was associated with larger increases in unemployment rates, whereas high protection for permanent workers against individual dismissal was associated with lower increases in unemployment rates. Nonetheless, employment protection for permanent in conjunction with that for temporary workers had a positive impact on unemployment rates.

摘要

本文分析了就业保护立法对大衰退期间欧盟经济体就业和失业演变的影响。结果表明，就业保护对就业增长没有显着影响。关于失业率，我们得到了对比鲜明的结果：对临时工的高就业保护与失业率的较大增长有关，而对长期工人免于个人解雇的高保护与失业率的较低增长有关。尽管如此，永久性就业保护与临时工就业保护对失业率产生了积极影响。