We propose a model to evaluate the U.K.'s zero-hours contract (ZHC) a contract that exempts employers from the …

regarding the effect of transactions costs upon employment relationship. We then explore the empirical implications of this …

This paper offers a contract-based theory to explain the determination of standard hours, overtime hours and overtime … premium pay. We expand on the wage contract literature that emphasises the role of firm-specific human capital and that … explores problems of contract efficiency in the face of information asymmetries between the firm and the worker. We first …

theory of contract. Finally, the empirical literature on employment and labor law is reviewed. I conclude that many aspects … of employment law are consistent with the economic theory of contract - namely, that contracts are written and enforced …This chapter reviews the literature on employment and labor law. The goal of the review is to understand why every …

by their type of contract: permanent or fixed-term. Using a 21-year unbalanced Social Security records panel of over 76 … with policy implications relevant for Continental Europe and its dual structure of employment protection …

case of employer initiated job separations. According to the extensive literature on Employment Protection Legislation such … is that dismissal costs depend not only on whether the dismissal is deemed fair or unfair, but also on the nature …, economic vs. disciplinary, of the layoff. The second feature is that compensation for unfair dismissal or severance is …