Journal for Labour Market Research

Table 7 Labour productivity (with EPL for TE)

From: The impact of temporary employment and employment protection on labour productivity: evidence from an industry-level panel of EU countriesEinfluss von befristeter Beschäftigung und Kündigungsschutz auf die Arbeitsproduktivität: Evidenz aus einem branchenspezifischen Panel von EU-Ländern

	(1) POLS	(2) FD	(3) FE
EPL for PE	0.003	0.004	0.004
EPL for PE	(0.002)	(0.005)	(0.003)
EPL for PE*FJR	−0.056	−0.103	−0.073
EPL for PE*FJR	(0.057)	(0.121)	(0.054)
EPL for TE	−0.004	−0.005	−0.005
EPL for TE	(0.002)^**	(0.005)	(0.002)^**
EPL for TE*FJR	0.042	0.076	0.033
EPL for TE*FJR	(0.046)	(0.113)	(0.035)
TUD	−0.001	−0.001	−0.001
TUD	(0.000)^**	(0.000)	(0.001)
Trend	0.025		0.026
Trend	(0.002)^***		(0.004)^***
Constant	4.535	0.016
Constant	(0.006)^***	(0.006)^**
Sector dummies	NO	NO	YES
Country dummies	NO	NO	YES
Year dummies	NO	YES	YES
Observations	1820	1690	1820
R-squared	0.2275	0.1289	0.9992

POLS: pooled ordinary least squares; FD: first difference; FE: fixed effects (dummy variable regression); EPL: employment protection legislation; FJR: frictionless job reallocation; TUD: trade union density
HAC Robust standard errors in brackets. ^*significant at 10 %, ^**significant at 5 %, ^***significant at 1 %

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