Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5061287 Economics Letters 2010 5 Pages PDF
Abstract
The Italian employment protection legislation was modified in 1990 making more costly for small firms to dismiss employees. Using a difference-in-differences estimator to compare absenteeism rates in small and large firms we find a strong increase of shirking in small firms.
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Shirking and employment protection legislation: Evidence from a natural experiment
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