Taxation of Temporary Jobs: Good Intentions with Bad Outcomes?

Pierre Cahuc; Olivier Charlot; Franck Malherbet; Helène Benghalem; Emeline Limon

doi:10.1093/ej/uez062

Taxation of Temporary Jobs: Good Intentions with Bad Outcomes?

Pierre Cahuc
, Olivier Charlot
, Franck Malherbet
, Helène Benghalem
, Emeline Limon

SciencesPo Paris
CY Cergy Paris Université
ENSAE
University of Lausanne
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This article analyses the consequences of the taxation of temporary jobs of short duration recently introduced in several European countries to induce firms to create more open-ended contracts and to increase the duration of jobs. The estimation of a job search and matching model on French data shows that the taxation of temporary jobs does not reach its objectives: it reduces the mean duration of jobs and decreases job creation, employment and welfare of unemployed workers.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	422-445
Number of pages	24
Journal	Economic Journal
Volume	130
Issue number	626
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/uez062
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2020
Externally published	Yes

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