Autor, Donohue and Schwab (2006)

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.

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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

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Case law (MSWord file)
Appendix Table A1 (MSExcel file)
Law dataset (dta file)