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difficult for firms to obey the law. Moreover, exceeding a threshold may result in costs for the firm such as establishing a … costs and side effects, we make several suggestions to simplify and unify the threshold regulations. …
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unfair dismissal, deregulating employment protection legislation can lower unemployment. However, proponents emphasize that … offer for and against national protection against wrongful dismissal. It then goes on to show that an economically efficient … employment protection legislation must create an incentive for both parties to minimize the sum of the adjustment costs and thus …
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organisation and influence costs of large interest groups, and increase their chances of institutionalising the income and … Civil oder des Common Law. Die Verfahren der Rechtschöpfung und Rechtsprechung in den Civil Law Ländern senken die Kosten …
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Presenteeism, i.e. attending work while sick, is widespread and associated with significant costs. Still, economic … positively related to presenteeism. Better dismissal protection, captured by higher tenure, is associated with slightly fewer …
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Using a large linked employeremployee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is associated with a lower separation rate to employment, in particular for men and workers with low tenure. While works council monopoly effects show up in all specifications, clear voice...
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number of employees may exceed different thresholds. Since crossing a threshold results in additional costs for the employer …
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Over the past three decades Germany has repeatedly deregulated the law on temporary agency work by stepwise increasing the maximum period for hiring-out employees and allowing temporary work agencies to conclude fixed-term contracts. These reforms should have had an effect on the employment...
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While it is a stylized fact that exporting firms pay higher wages than non-exporting firms, the direction of the link between exporting and wages is less clear. Using a rich set of German linked employer-employee panel data we follow over time plants that start to export. We show that the...
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Uncertainty as to returns plays a crucial role in plant-level investment decision making. The same also holds true for human capital investments such as further training for employees. Exploring this training relationship using plant-level data, we isolate the impact of uncertainty....
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