Abstract Mit den Themen Arbeits- und Gesundheitsschutz in der Leiharbeit widmet sich der Beitrag zwei problematischen betrieblichen Handlungsfeldern mit hoher empirischer Relevanz. Auf der Basis repräsentativer, quantitativer sowie betrieblicher, qualitativer Untersuchungen wird danach gefragt,...

Unionists and politicians frequently claim that globalization lowers employment protection of workers. This paper tests this hypothesis in a panel of 28 OECD countries from 1985 to 2003, differentiating between three dimensions of globalization and two labor market segments. While overall...

"This paper studies the effect of employment protection on worker productivity and firm output in the context of a public school system. In 2004, the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) signed a new collective bargaining agreement that gave principals the flexibility to...