The perverse effects of partial employment protection reform: The case of French older workers
Luc Behaghel
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Résumé
French firms laying off workers aged 50 and above have to pay a tax to the unemployment insurance system, known as the Delalande tax. We evaluate the impact of this tax on layoffs as well as on hiring, taking advantage of several changes in the measure since its introduction in 1987. A legislative change in 1992 exempted firms from the tax for workers who were hired after age 50. Following this change, the transition rate from unemployment to employment increased significantly for workers over 50 compared to workers under 50. The difference is sizeable: between one third and one half of the initial transition rate. Evidence on the effect on layoffs is less clear cut. The impact is sizeable only for the most stringent tax schedule, after 1998.
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Economies et financesFormat du dépôt | Notice |
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Type de dépôt | Article dans une revue |
Titre |
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The perverse effects of partial employment protection reform: The case of French older workers
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Résumé |
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French firms laying off workers aged 50 and above have to pay a tax to the unemployment insurance system, known as the Delalande tax. We evaluate the impact of this tax on layoffs as well as on hiring, taking advantage of several changes in the measure since its introduction in 1987. A legislative change in 1992 exempted firms from the tax for workers who were hired after age 50. Following this change, the transition rate from unemployment to employment increased significantly for workers over 50 compared to workers under 50. The difference is sizeable: between one third and one half of the initial transition rate. Evidence on the effect on layoffs is less clear cut. The impact is sizeable only for the most stringent tax schedule, after 1998.
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Auteur(s) |
Luc Behaghel
1, 2, 3
, Bruno Crépon
2
, Béatrice Sédillot
4
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PSE -
Paris School of Economics
( 301309 )
- 48 boulevard Jourdan 75014 Paris
- France
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CREST -
Centre de Recherche en Économie et Statistique
( 2579 )
- 5, Avenue Henry Le Chatelier
91120 Palaiseau
- France
3
LEA -
Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée
( 37750 )
- France
4
DARES -
Direction de l'animation de la recherche, des études et des statistiques
( 172175 )
- DARES : 39-43, quai André Citroën - 75902 - PARIS CEDEX 15
- France
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Page/Identifiant |
696-721
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Numéro |
3-4
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Audience |
Non spécifiée
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Date de publication |
2008-04
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Volume |
92
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Localisation géographique du document |
UR 1043 Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquée, Centre de recherche de Paris, 75014 PARIS, FRA
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Public visé |
Scientifique
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Voir aussi |
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Indexation contrôlée |
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Mots-clés |
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Employment protection, Older workers, Layoff, Hiring
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DOI | 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2007.12.004 |
ProdINRA | 23397 |
UT key WOS | 000254397600019 |
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