estimated negative impact of wrongful dismissal laws in the US on productivity and the positive effect on the number of …

The data indicate that non-wage labour costs in Germany have reached a record high in recent years. From 1972 to 2001 …, the ratio of non-wage labour costs to direct compensation in West German manufacturing industry rose from 55.6 per cent to … 81.2 per cent. The topic of non-wage labour costs is increasingly being discussed among and between the political parties …

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 …

variation in notice duration across firms, we estimate the productivity loss of notice. The estimates of benefits and costs …