The unemployment effect of hiring and firing regulation in developing countries: survey evidence

Horst Feldmann

doi:10.1080/13504851.2013.829176

The unemployment effect of hiring and firing regulation in developing countries: survey evidence

Horst Feldmann

Department of Economics

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Using the results of surveys of senior company managers to measure the strictness of hiring and firing regulation, this article finds that stricter regulation moderately increased unemployment in developing countries over 1992 to 2008.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1603-1607
Journal	Applied Economics Letters
Volume	20
Issue number	18
Early online date	23 Sept 2013
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2013.829176
Publication status	Published - 2013

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