Employment protection and the consequences for displaced workers: A comparison of Belgium and Denmark

TY - UNPB

T1 - Employment protection and the consequences for displaced workers

T2 - A comparison of Belgium and Denmark

AU - Albæk, Karsten

AU - van Audenrode, Marc

AU - Browning, Martin

N1 - JEL Classification: J64

PY - 1999

Y1 - 1999

N2 - We compare the wage and employment consequences of a job displacement in Belgium and Denmark. These two countries both have generous unemployment insurance schemes but job protection laws vary dramatically between the two. Using comparable data we find that the incidence of displacement and the consequences for wages are similar in the two countries. The consequences for employment are very different with Danish workers experiencing much less unemployment after a displacement

AB - We compare the wage and employment consequences of a job displacement in Belgium and Denmark. These two countries both have generous unemployment insurance schemes but job protection laws vary dramatically between the two. Using comparable data we find that the incidence of displacement and the consequences for wages are similar in the two countries. The consequences for employment are very different with Danish workers experiencing much less unemployment after a displacement

KW - Faculty of Social Sciences

KW - displaced workers

KW - employment protection

M3 - Working paper

BT - Employment protection and the consequences for displaced workers

PB - Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen

CY - Cph.

ER -