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Judge Bias in Labor Courts and Firm Performance
Author:
Mr. Pierre Cahuc
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Stéphane Carcillo
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Series:
IMF Working Papers
Volume/Issue:
Volume 2021: Issue 031
Language:
English
Publication Date:
12 Feb 2021
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513569383.001
ISBN:
9781513569383
ISSN:
1018-5941
Pages:
72
Keywords:
Dismissal compensation; judge bias; firm survival; WP; pro-worker bias; appeal court rulings database; firm's employment; judge level
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Does labor court uncertainty and judge subjectivity influence firms’ performance? We study the economic consequences of judge decisions by collecting information on more than 145,000 Appeal court rulings, combined with administrative firm-level records covering the whole universe of French firms. The quasi-random assignment of judges to cases reveals that judge bias has statistically significant effects on the survival, employment, and sales of small low-performing firms. However, we find that the uncertainty associated with the actual dispersion of judge bias is small and has a non-significant impact on their average outcomes.
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