Employment Protection Legislation and Its Impact on the Elasticity of Employment in OECD Countries

• Autorzy: Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski , Przemysław Włodarczyk

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Znaczenie prawnej ochrony zatrudnienia dla elastyczności zatrudnienia w krajach OECD

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article explores the impact of employment protection legislation on the elasticity of employment with respect to GDP. We present the essence and scope of changes in employment protection and specify the theoretical mechanisms of its impact on the labor market. We also measure this impact using data for 23 OECD countries in the 2002-2014 period. In the short term, we should expect the existence of a non-linear (U-shaped) relationship between the level of employment protection legislation (EPL) and the elasticity of employment. In the long term, however, EPL is perceived as neutral for the level of employment as flexible wages enable employers to accommodate changes in the labor market situation. The hypothesis of the long-term neutrality of EPL for labor market categories was confirmed with the use of panel cointegration tests. The hypothesis concerning the impact of EPL on short-term labor market adjustments was confirmed only for the global crisis period. (original abstract)

Celem artykułu jest analiza wpływu prawnej ochrony zatrudnienia (p.o.z.) na elastyczność zatrudnienia względem PKB. W artykule zaprezentowano znaczenie, zakres i tendencje zmian obserwowanych w ochronie zatrudnienia, określono mechanizmy jej wpływu na sytuację panującą na rynku pracy oraz dokonano ich weryfikacji opierając się na danych dla 23 krajów członkowskich OECD w latach 2002-2014. W krótkim okresie należy oczekiwać istnienia nieliniowej (U-kształtnej) zależności pomiędzy poziomem ochrony zatrudnienia a jego elastycznością względem zmian PKB. W długim okresie p.o.z. staje się natomiast neutralna dla zmienności zatrudnienia w związku z tym, że elastyczne płace umożliwiają pracodawcom łatwiejsze dostosowanie się do sytuacji panującej na rynku pracy. Przeprowadzone testy panelowej kointegracji pozwoliły na potwierdzenie hipotezy o długookresowej neutralności prawnej ochrony zatrudnienia. Hipoteza dotycząca wpływu p.o.z. na charakter krótkookresowych dostosowań kategorii rynku pracy została potwierdzona jedynie dla okresu światowego kryzysu gospodarczego. (abstrakt oryginalny)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Employment; Flexible employment; Polish Act on Employment and Unemployment; Labour legislation; Research of macroeconomic relationships; Panel data

PL

Zatrudnienie; Elastyczność zatrudnienia; Ustawa o zatrudnieniu i bezrobociu; Ustawodawstwo pracy; Badanie zależności makroekonomicznych; Dane panelowe

• Czasopismo: Gospodarka Narodowa
• Rocznik: 2017
• Numer: nr 3
• Strony: 29--53

Twórcy

autor

Eugeniusz Kwiatkowski

• University of Lodz, Poland

autor

Przemysław Włodarczyk

• University of Lodz, Poland

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