labor in favor of employing free skilled workers, thereby incentivizing the masses to engage in broad-based human capital …

Sick workers in many countries receive sick pay during their illness-related absences from the workplace. In several … countries, the social security system insures firms against their workers’ sickness absences. However, this insurance may create … blue-collar workers’ sickness absences was abolished (firms did not receive a similar refund for their white-collar workers …

employed workers in competitive labor markets. The reason is that employers may not comply with the minimum wage legislation … and instead pay a lower subminimum wage rate. If workers are risk neutral, we prove that working hours and welfare are … invariant to the minimum wage rate. If workers are risk averse and imprudent (which is the empirically likely case), then …

show that roughly 50% of the observed raw differential in individual dismissal rates can be explained by the estimated …

In 2004, a section was added to the German Protection against Dismissal Act, establishing a new procedure to dismiss an …

Employment protection legislation (EPL) is an important determinant of workers' perceived future labour market …, but also the employment protection of other workers that matters for individual prospects and well-being. We contribute to … this literature by examining how such cross-effects on well-being are mediated by a workers' perceived risk of job loss and …

Dismissal disputes occur mostly in recessions and often lead to long and costly contract termination procedures. This … framework that corresponds with general dismissal legislation, but is sufficiently flexible to accommodate country …