Blatter, Marc; Muehlemann, Samuel; Schenker, Samuel - Institut für Strategie und Unternehmensökonomik … - 2008
data on directly measured hiring costs in order to quantify both their magnitude and determinants at the firm-level. Our … results show that hiring costs are substantial, as average hiring costs amount to more than one-quarter of wage payments …. However, the level of hiring costs differs sharply by industry, occupation and the economic environment of the firm …