TY  - JOUR
AU  - Ehrenberg,Ronald G.
AU  - Jakubson,George H.
TI  - Advance Notice Provisions in Plant Closing Legislation:  Do They Matter?
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 2611
PY  - 1988
Y2  - June 1988
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2611
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w2611.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Cornell Higher Education Research Institute
271 Ives Hall East
Ithaca, NY  14853-3901
Tel: 607/255-3026
Fax: 607 255 4496
E-Mail: rge2@cornell.edu
AB  - This paper evaluates the cases for and against plant closing legislation. In spite of the growth of legislative efforts in the area, there has been surprisingly little effort devoted to analyzing what the effects are of existing plant closing legislation, of provisions in privately negotiated collective bargaining agreements that provide for advance notice in case of plant shutdowns and/or layoffs, and of voluntary employer provision of advance notice. The paper summarizes the results of previous research, and our own empirical analyses that used the January 1984 Bureau of Labor Statistics Survey of Displaced Workers, on the effects of advance notice on displaced workers' durations of nonemployment and post-displacement earnings. Based upon these findings, implications for public policy are drawn.
ER  -