Abstract
Many European countries during the 1990s and early 2000s tried to raise labor market flexibility by relaxing their employment
protection legislation. This paper investigates whether the reforms have influenced job and employment stability for labor
market entrants in Germany and Italy. Duration models are estimated using comparable administrative data for the two countries.
The results provide, to some extent, evidence of a decrease in job stability. However, this is not accompanied by a compensating
increase in employment stability during the first 3 years after labor market entry.
protection legislation. This paper investigates whether the reforms have influenced job and employment stability for labor
market entrants in Germany and Italy. Duration models are estimated using comparable administrative data for the two countries.
The results provide, to some extent, evidence of a decrease in job stability. However, this is not accompanied by a compensating
increase in employment stability during the first 3 years after labor market entry.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-30
- DOI 10.1007/s12122-011-9123-8
- Authors
- Gianna Claudia Giannelli, Department of Economics, University of Florence, CHILD and IZA, Via delle Pandette 9, 50127 Firenze, Italy
- Ursula Jaenichen, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (IAB), Regensburger Str. 104, 90478 Nürnberg, Germany
- Claudia Villosio, LABORatorio R. Revelli, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Via Real Collegio 30, 10024 Moncalieri (Turin), Italy
- Journal Journal of Labor Research
- Online ISSN 1936-4768
- Print ISSN 0195-3613