David Autor
Autor, Donohue and Schwab (2006): ReStat
The Costs of Wrongful-Discharge Laws
David H. Autor, John J. Donohue III and Stewart J. Schwab
Review of Economics and Statistics, 88(2), May 2006, 211 - 231.
Downloads (all datasets, do-files, and log files zipped):
Table
1. Difference-in-Differences Estimates of the Impact of Wrongful
Discharge Laws on State Employment-to-Population Ratio and Hourly
Earnings: Contrasting Outcomes in Years 2 and 3 Following Adoption with
Years 1 and 2 Preceding Adoption
Table
2. Difference-in-Differences Estimates of the Impact of
Wrongful-Discharge Laws on Employment and Hourly Wages, 1978–1999:
Contrasting the Impact of any Impact of any Doctrine Versus Specific
Doctrines
Table
3. Difference-in-Differences Estimates of the Impact of Wrongful
Discharge Laws on Employment-to-Population Ratios: Estimates by Adopter
Cohorts, 1978-1999
Table
4. Difference-in-Differences Estimates of the Impact of
Wrongful-Discharge Laws on Log Employment-to-Population Ratios for
Years 1978-1999: Testing Sensitivity to Selection of Pre- and
Post-Adoption Treatment Periods
Table
5. Estimates of the Impact of Wrongful-Discharge Laws on Log
Employment-to-Population Ratios by Gender, Age and Education Subgroups,
1978-1999
Table
6. Difference-in-Differences Estimates of the Impact of
Wrongful-Discharge Laws on Employment Levels, 1970-1999: Annual
Estimates from the Current Population Survey and Current Employment
Statistics
Table 7. Estimated Impact of Wrongful-Discharge Laws on Annual Job Flows in Manufacturing, 1973 to 1988
Table A1. Wrongful-Discharge Laws by Region, State, and Year (See downloads for wrongful-discharge legal data)
Table
A2. Difference-in-Differences Estimates of the Impact of
Wrongful-Discharge Laws on State Employment-to-Population Ratio and
Hourly Earnings, 1978–1999: Models Excluding Previously Treated
State-Month Observations from the Control Sample
Table A3. Relationship Between Job Creation and Destruction and Employment in Manufacturing, 1973 to 1988
Figure
1. State Log Employment-to-Population Ratios Before and After Adoption
of Implied-Contract Exception: Monthly Leads and Lags from 4 Years
Before to 8 Years After Adoption
Figure
2. State Log Employment-to-Population Ratios Before and After Adoption
of Public Policy Exception: Monthly Leads and Lags from 4 Years Before
to 8 Years After Adoption
Figure
3. State Log Employment-to-Population Ratios Before and After Adoption
of Good-Faith Exception: Monthly Leads and Lags from 4 Years Before to
8 Years After Adoption
Download wrongful-discharge legal data (not zipped):
Case law (MSWord file)
Appendix Table A1 (MSExcel file)
Law dataset (dta file)
