Between-Firm Redistribution Of Profit In Competitive Industries: Why Labor Market Policies May Not Work
- Topics:
- Organization
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- CERGE-EI
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Overview: Empirical studies document differences in firms' response to the introduction of various labor market policies. In particular, large and mature firms tend to participate more actively in the targeted employment subsidy programs (under which firms receive subsidies for hiring disadvantaged workers). This paper offers an explanation for this phenomenon and argues that it might have important consequences for policy making.
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Format: PDF | Size: 475KB | Date: Jun 2004 | Pages: 45






