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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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2020-09-01
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Series: | IZA Journal of Labor Policy |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/izajolp-2020-0009 |