Beckmann, Michael - In: Mitteilungen aus der Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung 33 (2000) 4, pp. 594-608
"Since the 1980s drastic staff reductions have been observed in many German firms which are lasting until today and have rather gained in intensity. Previous theoretical and empirical studies put this down in particular to unfavourable demand conditions on the goods market, wages that are too...