Based on a large employer-employee matched data set, the paper investigates the effects of variable enforcement of German dismissal protection legislation on the employment dynamics in small establishments. Specifically, using a difference-in-differences approach, we study the effect of changes...

Im Beitrag wird die Grundgesamtheit der in der Beschäftigten-Historik des IAB erfassten Betriebe zur Analyse der Beschäftigungsdynamik in Betrieben unterschiedlicher Größe verwendet. Damit werden erstmals alle Sektoren der Wirtschaft in einer derartigen Analyse abgedeckt. Die Ergebnisse...

The linked employer-employee dataset of the IAB (LIAB) is created by matching the data of the IAB establishment panel and the process-produced data of the Federal Employment Services (in particular the IAB). The distinctive feature of these data is the combination of information about...

Since the early 90's the West German firms have to deal with sharp changes of economic environment: the German Unification, the emerging competitors in the east European countries and the deregulation of several labour market institutions. We analyse the wage structure, the wage changes and the...