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How Does Employment Protection Legislation Affect Unemployment in Tunisia? A Search Equilibrium Approach
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Mr. Domenico Fanizza
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Miss Taline Koranchelian
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Series:
IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2005: Issue 092
Language:
English
Publication Date:
01 May 2005
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451861112.001
ISBN:
9781451861112
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
17
Keywords:
WP; equilibrium unemployment
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This paper applies a search matching model with firing restrictions to examine whether the existence of firing restrictions affects the outcome of the matching process and the natural rate of unemployment in Tunisia. The paper concludes that the removal of firing restrictions is likely to produce a favorable but limited impact on unemployment in Tunisia.
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