Job protection
Subtitle: the macho hypothesis
By: by Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc.
Contributors: Cahuc, Pierre.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1192; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1192
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Job security.
Description: "This paper shows that employment protection is influenced by the male breadwinner conception which is itself shaped by religions. First, by using international individual surveys, we document that Catholics, Muslims and Orthodoxs are more likely to support such "macho values" than Protestants and atheists. Second, we develop a model showing that such a macho bias yields support to job protection legislation. This prediction is strongly supported by OECD panel data regressions including country-fixed effects"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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