Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Market Outcomes : Theory, Evidence and Lessons for Croatia
In response to prolonged recession, in April 2010 the Croatian Government adopted an Economic Recovery Program to safeguard macroeconomic stability and support faster recovery of the private sector. A central element of the program is revision of l...
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ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT ANNUAL LEAVE AVERAGE WAGE BARGAINING POWER BUSINESS CYCLE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE DISMISSAL COLLECTIVE DISMISSALS COMPENSATION PACKAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT CONTINGENT WORKERS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISADVANTAGED WORKER DISADVANTAGED WORKERS DISCUSSIONS DISMISSAL DISMISSED WORKER DISMISSED WORKERS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC THEORY EFFICIENCY WAGES EMERGING MARKET EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT LEVEL EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT STABILITY FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM ENTRY FIRM LEVEL HIRING INDEXATION INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INEXPERIENCED WORKERS INFLATION INFLEXIBLE LABOR INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATION JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB LOSSES JOB OPENINGS JOB SEARCH JOB SECURITY JOB SEEKERS JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKET SITUATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR RESOURCES LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOUR MARKET POLICIES LABOUR MARKET REFORMS LONG TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LONGTERM UNEMPLOYMENT MANDATORY SEVERANCE MANDATORY SEVERANCE PAY MARKET VOLATILITY MASS LAYOFFS MINIMUM WAGE OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PAYROLL TAXES PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTECTING WORKERS PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS REAL WAGES RECOMMENDATIONS REDUNDANCY REDUNDANT WORKERS REGULAR CONTRACTS REGULAR JOBS REGULAR WORKERS RIGID LABOR MARKET RIGID WAGES SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SICK LEAVE SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY STAFF SUBSTITUTE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY WORK TEMPORARY WORKERS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE UNIONS TRIPARTITE UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS UNINTENDED EFFECTS UNION ACTIVITY UNION DENSITY UNION MEMBERSHIP WAGE BARGAINING WAGE BARGAINING SYSTEM WAGE BILL WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE GROWTH WAGE RIGIDITIES WAGE STRUCTURE WORKER RIGHTS WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT |
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ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT ANNUAL LEAVE AVERAGE WAGE BARGAINING POWER BUSINESS CYCLE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE DISMISSAL COLLECTIVE DISMISSALS COMPENSATION PACKAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT CONTINGENT WORKERS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISADVANTAGED WORKER DISADVANTAGED WORKERS DISCUSSIONS DISMISSAL DISMISSED WORKER DISMISSED WORKERS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC THEORY EFFICIENCY WAGES EMERGING MARKET EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT LEVEL EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT STABILITY FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM ENTRY FIRM LEVEL HIRING INDEXATION INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INEXPERIENCED WORKERS INFLATION INFLEXIBLE LABOR INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATION JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB LOSSES JOB OPENINGS JOB SEARCH JOB SECURITY JOB SEEKERS JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKET SITUATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR RESOURCES LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOUR MARKET POLICIES LABOUR MARKET REFORMS LONG TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LONGTERM UNEMPLOYMENT MANDATORY SEVERANCE MANDATORY SEVERANCE PAY MARKET VOLATILITY MASS LAYOFFS MINIMUM WAGE OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PAYROLL TAXES PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTECTING WORKERS PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS REAL WAGES RECOMMENDATIONS REDUNDANCY REDUNDANT WORKERS REGULAR CONTRACTS REGULAR JOBS REGULAR WORKERS RIGID LABOR MARKET RIGID WAGES SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SICK LEAVE SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY STAFF SUBSTITUTE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY WORK TEMPORARY WORKERS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE UNIONS TRIPARTITE UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS UNINTENDED EFFECTS UNION ACTIVITY UNION DENSITY UNION MEMBERSHIP WAGE BARGAINING WAGE BARGAINING SYSTEM WAGE BILL WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE GROWTH WAGE RIGIDITIES WAGE STRUCTURE WORKER RIGHTS WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT World Bank Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Market Outcomes : Theory, Evidence and Lessons for Croatia |
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In response to prolonged recession, in
April 2010 the Croatian Government adopted an Economic
Recovery Program to safeguard macroeconomic stability and
support faster recovery of the private sector. A central
element of the program is revision of labor regulations to
create a more dynamic labor market by ensuring labor force
flexibility and job security. The goal is to increase the
labor force participation rate and ensure that it has the
skills and competencies required by the evolving and dynamic
private sector. The Croatian Ministries of Finance and labor
asked the World Bank for support in design of possible labor
legislation reform. The objective of this note is to
benchmark Croatia's legislation and help identify legal
constraints on achieving a more dynamic and flexible labor
market. Changes to employment protection legislation (EPL)
can be politically difficult. They therefore need to be
preceded by a public information campaign explaining their
rationale and by dialogue with social partners. The central
message to be conveyed to the public is that relaxing the
most rigid provisions of the labor law will eventually lead
to better employment prospects, shorter spells of
unemployment, less informality, and higher productivity and
ultimately incomes. This involves moving from protecting
jobs to protecting workers an idea known as flexicurity. |
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Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Market Outcomes : Theory, Evidence and Lessons for Croatia |
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Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Market Outcomes : Theory, Evidence and Lessons for Croatia |
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Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Market Outcomes : Theory, Evidence and Lessons for Croatia |
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Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Market Outcomes : Theory, Evidence and Lessons for Croatia |
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Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Market Outcomes : Theory, Evidence and Lessons for Croatia |
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employment protection legislation and labor market outcomes : theory, evidence and lessons for croatia |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/07/16406294/employment-protection-legislation-labor-market-outcomes-theory-evidence-lessons-croatia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12902 |
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okr-10986-129022021-04-23T14:03:03Z Employment Protection Legislation and Labor Market Outcomes : Theory, Evidence and Lessons for Croatia World Bank ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT AGGREGATE UNEMPLOYMENT ANNUAL LEAVE AVERAGE WAGE BARGAINING POWER BUSINESS CYCLE COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENTS COLLECTIVE DISMISSAL COLLECTIVE DISMISSALS COMPENSATION PACKAGE COMPETITIVENESS CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT CONTINGENT WORKERS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS DISADVANTAGED WORKER DISADVANTAGED WORKERS DISCUSSIONS DISMISSAL DISMISSED WORKER DISMISSED WORKERS ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC EFFECTS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC RECOVERY ECONOMIC THEORY EFFICIENCY WAGES EMERGING MARKET EMPLOYEE EMPLOYERS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS EMPLOYMENT DYNAMICS EMPLOYMENT GROWTH EMPLOYMENT LEVEL EMPLOYMENT OFFICES EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION EMPLOYMENT RATE EMPLOYMENT RATES EMPLOYMENT STABILITY FEMALE EMPLOYMENT FIRING FIRING COSTS FIRM ENTRY FIRM LEVEL HIRING INDEXATION INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS INEXPERIENCED WORKERS INFLATION INFLEXIBLE LABOR INFORMAL EMPLOYMENT INFORMAL SECTOR INNOVATION JOB CREATION JOB DESTRUCTION JOB LOSSES JOB OPENINGS JOB SEARCH JOB SECURITY JOB SEEKERS JOBS LABOR COSTS LABOR DEMAND LABOR ECONOMICS LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR LAW LABOR LAWS LABOR LEGISLATION LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET INDICATORS LABOR MARKET INSTITUTIONS LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET REFORMS LABOR MARKET REGULATIONS LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITY LABOR MARKET SEGMENTATION LABOR MARKET SITUATION LABOR MARKETS LABOR PRODUCTIVITY LABOR PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH LABOR REGULATIONS LABOR RELATIONS LABOR RESOURCES LABOUR LABOUR MARKET LABOUR MARKET OUTCOMES LABOUR MARKET POLICIES LABOUR MARKET REFORMS LONG TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LONGTERM UNEMPLOYMENT MANDATORY SEVERANCE MANDATORY SEVERANCE PAY MARKET VOLATILITY MASS LAYOFFS MINIMUM WAGE OLDER WORKERS ON-THE-JOB TRAINING PAYROLL TAXES PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVE FIRMS PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PROTECTING WORKERS PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS REAL WAGES RECOMMENDATIONS REDUNDANCY REDUNDANT WORKERS REGULAR CONTRACTS REGULAR JOBS REGULAR WORKERS RIGID LABOR MARKET RIGID WAGES SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS SEVERANCE PAYMENTS SICK LEAVE SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY STAFF SUBSTITUTE TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TEMPORARY WORK TEMPORARY WORKERS TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE UNIONS TRIPARTITE UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE FUND UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNEMPLOYMENT SPELLS UNINTENDED EFFECTS UNION ACTIVITY UNION DENSITY UNION MEMBERSHIP WAGE BARGAINING WAGE BARGAINING SYSTEM WAGE BILL WAGE DETERMINATION WAGE GROWTH WAGE RIGIDITIES WAGE STRUCTURE WORKER RIGHTS WORKING CONDITIONS WORKING HOURS YOUNG WORKERS YOUTH EMPLOYMENT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT In response to prolonged recession, in April 2010 the Croatian Government adopted an Economic Recovery Program to safeguard macroeconomic stability and support faster recovery of the private sector. A central element of the program is revision of labor regulations to create a more dynamic labor market by ensuring labor force flexibility and job security. The goal is to increase the labor force participation rate and ensure that it has the skills and competencies required by the evolving and dynamic private sector. The Croatian Ministries of Finance and labor asked the World Bank for support in design of possible labor legislation reform. The objective of this note is to benchmark Croatia's legislation and help identify legal constraints on achieving a more dynamic and flexible labor market. Changes to employment protection legislation (EPL) can be politically difficult. They therefore need to be preceded by a public information campaign explaining their rationale and by dialogue with social partners. The central message to be conveyed to the public is that relaxing the most rigid provisions of the labor law will eventually lead to better employment prospects, shorter spells of unemployment, less informality, and higher productivity and ultimately incomes. This involves moving from protecting jobs to protecting workers an idea known as flexicurity. 2013-03-25T17:04:16Z 2013-03-25T17:04:16Z 2011-07 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/07/16406294/employment-protection-legislation-labor-market-outcomes-theory-evidence-lessons-croatia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12902 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Croatia |