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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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Policy Note
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	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
Online Access:	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