In this paper, job mobility is analyzed with microdata on job turnover intentionsfrom a single survey covering 25 countries. Making reference to the vast psychology literatureon this topic, it is argued that these intentions are good predictors for actual turnovers. Sincecross-national evidence...

We use a static framework characterized by both moral hazard and holdup problems. In the model the optimal allocation of bargaining power balances these frictions. We examine the impact of improved monitoring on that optimal allocation and its impact upon effort, investment, profits and rents....

We compare the effect of legal and institutional competition for the design of labor institutions in an environment characterized by holdup problems in human and physical capital. We compare autarky with the two country case, assuming that capital is perfectly mobile and labor immobile. We...

Obwohl in der Schweizerischen Bundesverfassung der Grundsatz verankert ist, dassFrauen und Männer den gleichen Lohn für gleichwertige Arbeit erhalten sollen,belegen zahlreiche empirische Studien, dass Frauen in der Schweiz immer nochbedeutend weniger verdienen als Männer. Auch wenn man die...