The effect of trial periods in employment on firm hiring behavior

Recent changes in New Zealand law decreased the cost of dismissing employees within their first 3 months with an employer, with the aim of encouraging firms to increase hiring by reducing the associated risk. We use monthly linked employer–employee data and exploit the staggered introduction of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Sin Isabelle, Chappell Nathan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-09-01
Series:IZA Journal of Labor Policy
Subjects:
j08
j23
j63
j64
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2020-0009