TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Algan, Yann
AU  - Cahuc, Pierre
        TI  - Job Protection: The Macho Hypothesis
        PY  - 2004/Jun/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 1192
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp1192
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - political economy
KW  - job protection
KW  - religion
        ER  -