Plant Closings and Their Regulation in Maine, 1971-1982

This paper describes the plant closing regulations adopted in Maine during the 1971-81 period and documents a pattern of relatively poor compliance with the advance notice and severance pay requirements of the law. Data on the number of workers laid off in major plant closings, on prenotification of...

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Published in:Industrial & labor relations review 1984-01, Vol.37 (2), p.185-196
Main Authors: Folbre, Nancy R., Leighton, Julia L., Roderick, Melissa R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Economic impact
Economic regulation
Employment
Factories
Industrial regulation
Industry
Labor
Labor markets
Laws
Maine
Plant closings
Regulation
Relocation of industry
Shutdowns
Social conditions & trends
Social costs
Statistical analysis
Unemployment
Unemployment rates
Workforce
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Summary:This paper describes the plant closing regulations adopted in Maine during the 1971-81 period and documents a pattern of relatively poor compliance with the advance notice and severance pay requirements of the law. Data on the number of workers laid off in major plant closings, on prenotification of workers, and on state and local unemployment rates provide the basis for an econometric estimate of the effects of closings with and without early notification on local unemployment rates and the size of the local labor force. The results suggest that advance notification significantly lowers the unemployment resulting from a closing.
ISSN:0019-7939
2162-271X
DOI:10.1177/001979398403700202