Are judges biased by labor market conditions

By Andrea Ichino, Michele Polo, Enrico Rettore. 2003

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Court Enforcement and Firm Productivity: Evidence from a Bankruptcy Reform in Brazil (2013, unknown): “Ichino et al. (2003) show that judicial enforcement can lead to different outcomes in similar firing cases made under the same national laws, especially when such laws leave a wide range of possible interpretations to judges.”
The economics of employment protection (2001, background): “On the other hand, the deterrent effect in respect of new hires during boom periods might be small because it would not otherwise have taken many new hires to reestablish the equality between marginal revenue product and wages.”
The Effect of Employment Protection Legislation and Financial Market Imperfections on Investment: Evidence from a Firm-Level Panel of EU Countries (2009, unknown): “Also, the interpretation of the regulations by the court generates variation in EPL strictness over time and across countries that is not captured by the indices, e.g. court decisions may be affected by underlying labour market performance (Ichino et al., 2003).”
Setting It Right: Employment Protection, Labour Reallocation and Productivity (2011, background): “Ichino et al. (2003) and Bertola et al. (2000) suggest that jurisprudence may be affected by underlying labour market conditions; for instance, there is evidence that judges’ decisions tend to be particularly favourable to workers when unemployment is high.”
Employment Regulations Through the Eyes of Employers: Do They Matter and How Do Firms Respond to Them? (2004, unknown): “Ichino et al. (2003) and Bertola et al. (2000) suggest that jurisprudence may be affected by the underlying labor market conditions; for instance there is evidence that judges’ decisions tend to be particularly favorable to workers when unemployment is high.”
Productivity, seniority and wages: new evidence from personnel data (2001, background): “S.(14) Therefore, in both ̄rms more senior workers are observed to earn substantially higher wages and the question addressed by MA is whether this e®ect has to be attributed to productivity or to other reasons.”