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IZA
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Employment Protection and Product Market Regulation
by
Winfried Koeniger, Andrea Vindigni
(October 2003)
Abstract:
Product market regulation and employment protection are highly correlated across OECD
countries. Using an augmented model of monopolistic competition we show why in countries
with more regulated product markets, incumbent workers prefer to protect jobs relatively
more. Product market regulation increases the scope for employment protection because
firms can bear the cost of employment protection more easily and still break even. Moreover,
product market regulation decreases employment so that the workers' outside option
becomes relatively worse. This increases the incentive to protect the job.
Text: See Discussion Paper No. 880
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