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The OECD And Job Protection: New Findings But Old Policy Recipes On ‘Your Wage Or Your Job

Janssen, Ronald, (2016), “The OECD And Job Protection: New Findings But Old Policy Recipes On ‘Your Wage Or Your Job”, Social Europe, 7 Ιουλίου

One of the key findings from the 2016 Employment Outlook just released by the OECD is that easier firing does not create jobs. Moreover, the OECD also finds that loosening job protection in the middle of an economic downturn results in immediate and substantial job losses. However, instead of cautioning policy makers against the danger of putting an already too weak recovery at risk, the OECD resorts to all sorts of arguments as to why a lowering of job protection can be done even in times of economic downturn.

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