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If not placing jobs at risk, to the extent employment protection laws constrain business owners from dismissing under-performing managers, those laws act as a constraint on firm productivity and therefore on workers’ wages.

即使没有使工作面临风险，只要就业保护法限制企业主解雇表现不佳的经理，这些法律就会制约企业的生产率，进而制约工人的工资。