Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Markets in Transition : Assessing the Effects of the Labor Code in Armenia

The effects of employment protection legislation (EPL) on a country's labor market are clear in theory but empirical evidence is only starting to catch up. In particular, EPL is not robust as an indicator of overall unemployment, but previous panel data analyses have shown it affects the flow o...

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Main Author:	Hartwell, Christopher A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Employment Unemployment Wages Intergenerational Income Distribution Aggregate Human Capital E240 Labor Turnover Vacancies Layoffs J630 Labor Law K310 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets Industry Studies Population P230
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5821

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spelling	okr-10986-58212021-04-23T14:02:23Z Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Markets in Transition : Assessing the Effects of the Labor Code in Armenia Hartwell, Christopher A. Employment Unemployment Wages Intergenerational Income Distribution Aggregate Human Capital E240 Labor Turnover Vacancies Layoffs J630 Labor Law K310 Socialist Systems and Transitional Economies: Factor and Product Markets Industry Studies Population P230 The effects of employment protection legislation (EPL) on a country's labor market are clear in theory but empirical evidence is only starting to catch up. In particular, EPL is not robust as an indicator of overall unemployment, but previous panel data analyses have shown it affects the flow of workers into and out of employment. Examining monthly and quarterly data from Armenia, I find that the country's package of EPL has this same effect, and worker flows have slowed under the country's new Labor Code. The paradox of where Armenia's workforce is going still remains but can be hypothesized as entering the informal sector. 2012-03-30T07:34:43Z 2012-03-30T07:34:43Z 2010-10 Journal Article European Journal of Comparative Economics 18242979 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5821 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Armenia
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description	The effects of employment protection legislation (EPL) on a country's labor market are clear in theory but empirical evidence is only starting to catch up. In particular, EPL is not robust as an indicator of overall unemployment, but previous panel data analyses have shown it affects the flow of workers into and out of employment. Examining monthly and quarterly data from Armenia, I find that the country's package of EPL has this same effect, and worker flows have slowed under the country's new Labor Code. The paradox of where Armenia's workforce is going still remains but can be hypothesized as entering the informal sector.
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title	Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Markets in Transition : Assessing the Effects of the Labor Code in Armenia
title_short	Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Markets in Transition : Assessing the Effects of the Labor Code in Armenia
title_full	Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Markets in Transition : Assessing the Effects of the Labor Code in Armenia
title_fullStr	Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Markets in Transition : Assessing the Effects of the Labor Code in Armenia
title_full_unstemmed	Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Markets in Transition : Assessing the Effects of the Labor Code in Armenia
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Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Markets in Transition : Assessing the Effects of the Labor Code in Armenia

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