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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Labour Econ. 2018 Aug 13;54:116–134. doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2018.08.001

Table 2:

List of States by the Degree of Employment Protection

Classification List of States
No Protection Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Nevada
Strong Protection Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming