Employment protection legislation : evolution, effects, winners and losers / Per Skedinger ; translated from the Swedish by Laura A. Wideburg.
2010
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Author
Title
Employment protection legislation : evolution, effects, winners and losers / Per Skedinger ; translated from the Swedish by Laura A. Wideburg.
Uniform Title
Effekter av anställningsskydd. English
Published
Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2010]
Copyright
©2010
Call Number
K1773 .S5413 2010
ISBN
9781848447561 (hardbound)
1848447566 (hardbound)
1848447566 (hardbound)
Description
xiv, 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)515407814
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-172) and index.
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Table of Contents
List of figures
vii
List of tables
viii
Foreword / Assar Lindbeck
ix
Author's preface
xiii
1.
Introduction
1
Employment protection in the public discourse
3
The state of research
5
The organization of the book
9
2.
The design and evolution of employment protection legislation
19
What is employment protection legislation?
20
Evolution over time
25
Are all equal before the law?
38
Implementation and enforcement
45
3.
What are the conceivable effects of employment protection legislation?
57
4.
Why legislation?
67
5.
Empirical studies on the effects of employment protection legislation
75
Cross-country studies: aggregate data
79
Cross-country studies: disaggregate data
91
Within-country studies
99
Studies of perceived job security and psychological well-being
113
6.
Conclusions and discussion
123
Theoretical findings
124
Empirical findings
126
Policy implications and future research
130
Appendix
137
Bibliography
153
Index
173