Är anställningsskydd ett hinder för hög produktivitet?

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Är anställningsskydd ett hinder för hög produktivitet?
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Abstract

I en ny rapport belyser ekonomie doktor Eva Uddén Sonnegård anställningsskyddets effekter på produktivitetsutvecklingen. Sonnegård har gått igenom vad internationell forskning säger när det gäller ekonomiska effekterna av anställningsskydd.

Skattningar på amerikanska data visar att visar att ett strikt anställningsskydd har en negativ effekt på totalfaktorproduktiviteten, TFP. Även skattningar på OECD-data visar att tillväxten i totalfaktorproduktivitet påverkas negativt av ett anställningsskydd som binder.

Studier visar också att det är viktigt med att reformer av anställningsskyddet ingår i ett större reformpaket lättnader av regleringarna på produktmarknaderna. Dessutom är det viktigt med en arbetsmarknadspolitik som underlättar omställning till nya jobb för den som förlorar arbetet.

Uddén Sonnegård, E. (2018). Är anställningsskydd ett hinder för hög produktivitet? (Arbetsmarknadsprogrammet rapport nr. 6). Stockholm: Ratio.


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