This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...

Industrial relations are in flux in many nations, perhaps most notably in Germany and Britain. That said, comparatively little is known in any detail of the changing pattern of the institutions of collective bargaining and worker representation in Germany and still less in both countries about...

Wie betriebliche Interessenvertretungen die Digitalisierung in Einrichtungen der Altenpflege mitgestalten, ist bislang unerforscht. In diese Lücke zielt eine Online-Befragung von 186 Mitarbeitervertret*innen, Betriebs- und Personalrät*innen, die das IAT im Herbst 2019 durchgeführt hat. Im...

As was recognized by Bentham, skillfulness is an important source of pleasure. Humans like achievement and to excel in tasks relevant to them. This paper provides controlled experimental evidence that striving for pleasures of skill can have negative moral consequences and causally reduce moral...