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The effect of employment protection on firms’ worker selection

Sebastian Butschek and Jan Sauermann
Published online before print May 09, 2022, 0919-10433R1; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0919-10433R1
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†Sebastian Butschek is post-doctoral researcher at Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck. E-mail:
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‡Jan Sauermann is associate professor at the Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy (IFAU). He is also affiliated with Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) and UCLS at Uppsala University
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