TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Gielen, Anne C.
AU  - Tatsiramos, Konstantinos
        TI  - Quit Behavior and the Role of Job Protection
        PY  - 2012/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6540
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6540
        AB  - Job protection reduces job turnover by changing firms' hiring and firing decisions. Yet the effect of job protection on workers' quit decisions and post-quit outcomes is still unknown. We present the first evidence using individual panel data from 12 European countries, which differ both in worker turnover rates and in the level of job protection. We find that workers are less likely to quit their job in countries with more job protection, but conditional on quitting they receive higher wages. This evidence can be explained by increased mobility costs associated with higher expected risk of post-quit layoff and job mismatch.
        KW  - labor mobility
KW  - employment protection
KW  - institutions
KW  - wages
KW  - job satisfaction
        ER  -