Arbeitspapier
Quit behavior and the role of job protection
Job protection reduces job turnover by changing firms' hiring and firing decisions. Yet the effect of job protection on workers' quit decisions and post-quit outcomes is still unknown. We present the first evidence using individual panel data from 12 European countries, which differ both in worker turnover rates and in the level of job protection. We find that workers are less likely to quit their job in countries with more job protection, but conditional on quitting they receive higher wages. This evidence can be explained by increased mobility costs associated with higher expected risk of post-quit layoff and job mismatch.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 6540
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility; Promotion
- Subject
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institutions
employment protection
labor mobility
job satisfaction
wages
Arbeitnehmerschutz
Arbeitsmobilität
Kündigung
Arbeitszufriedenheit
Lohn
Schätzung
Europa
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Gielen, Anne C.
Tatsiramos, Konstantinos
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2012
- Handle
- Last update
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Gielen, Anne C.
- Tatsiramos, Konstantinos
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2012
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Zierinitiale: Q(uit)
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Zierinitiale: Q(uit)
Notice to quit
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Fairness and Frictions: The Impact of Unequal Raises on Quit Behavior
Worker well-being and quit intentions: Is measuring job satisfaction enough?
Job characteristics and their effect on the intention to quit apprenticeship
Zierinitiale: Q(uit)