Christopher Ragan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5737700 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Ragan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Ragan |
| SIGNATURE | RAGAN C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
When We're 65
Job Security and Labour Market Flexibility
This paper discusses the desirability of government-legislated job security. Job security may be beneficial to employed workers, but it can also impose a cost on unemployed workers by lowering labour market turnover and thereby increasing the average duration of unemployment spells. This externality can lead to self-reinforcing behaviour between workers at different firms: If most workers in the economy have job security then turnover will be low…
Employment Adjustment versus Hours Adjustment
Firms can adjust to shocks by laying off and hiring workers or by adjusting the hours worked by each worker. Adjustment of hours provides job security for employed workers. Adjustment of employment generates higher labor market turnover and, thus, better job prospects for the unemployed. Since high turnover lowers the expected cost of being laid off by reducing the expected duration of unemployment, there is a strategic complementarity between fi…
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Job Security and Labour Market Flexibility
This paper discusses the desirability of government-legislated job security. Job security may be beneficial to employed workers, but it can also impose a cost on unemployed workers by lowering labour market turnover and thereby increasing the average duration of unemployment spells. This externality can lead to self-reinforcing behaviour between workers at different firms: If most workers in the economy have job security then turnover will be low…
Employment Adjustment versus Hours Adjustment
Firms can adjust to shocks by laying off and hiring workers or by adjusting the hours worked by each worker. Adjustment of hours provides job security for employed workers. Adjustment of employment generates higher labor market turnover and, thus, better job prospects for the unemployed. Since high turnover lowers the expected cost of being laid off by reducing the expected duration of unemployment, there is a strategic complementarity between fi…
When We're 65
Economics (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Job security (2 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (2 works) · Management (2 works) · Unemployment (2 works) · Business (1 work) · Complementarity (molecular biology) (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work) · Duration (music) (1 work)