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| Author: | Oyer, P. Schaefer, S. |
| Title: | Layoffs and litigation |
| Journal: | RAND Journal of Economics
2000 : SUMMER, VOL. 31:2, p. 345-358 |
| Index terms: | LAY-OFFS LITIGATION LABOUR MARKETS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The authors study a possible link between two recent U.S. labor market trends: increased wrongful termination litigation and more frequent mass layoffs. They argue that if workers are more likely to sue when fired than when dismissed as part of a layoff, then increases in the expected costs to firms of such suits should induce substitution toward layoffs and away from individual firings. |
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