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Extensive vs. Intensive Margin in Germany and the United States : Any Differences?
Merkl, Christian - 2010
This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013139060
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Job Loss Fears and (Extremist) Party Identification : First Evidence from Panel Data
Geishecker, Ingo - 2012
There is a large body of literature analyzing the relationship between objective economic conditions and voting behavior, but there is very little evidence of how perceived economic insecurity impacts on political preferences. Using seventeen years of household panel data from the German...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097869
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Works Councils, Quits and Dismissals in Germany
Grund, Christian - 2013
We examine the relationship between works councils and two different types of employment separation: dismissals by the firm and voluntary quits by employees. Based on representative data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we find a negative relationship between works councils and both kinds...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013082169
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The Nature and Extent of Job Separations in Germany : Some New Evidence from SOEP
Haile, Getinet A. - 2009
This paper analyses job separations in Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel spanning from 1984 to … of job separations in Germany. It brings to light some patterns of separations that have hitherto been unexplored. The …, particularly in the event of exogenous shocks. Targeting minorities in the face of a major shock of the sort experienced in Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158677
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The Gender Gap in Earnings Losses after Job Displacement
Illing, Hannah; Schmieder, Johannes F.; Trenkle, Simon - 2021
for women is scarce. Using administrative data from Germany, we apply an event study design in combination with propensity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013212439
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The Effect of Job Displacement on Subjective Well-Being
Song, Younghwan - 2017
Using matched data drawn from the 2010 and 2012 Displaced Workers Supplements of the Current Population Surveys and the 2010, 2012, and 2013 American Time Use Survey Well-Being Modules, this paper examines the effect of job displacement on various measures of subjective well-being. The results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012948611
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Judge Bias in Labor Courts and Firm Performance
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane; Patault, Bérengère; … - 2021
Does labor court uncertainty and judge subjectivity influence firms performance? We study the economic consequences of judge decisions by collecting information on more than 145,000 Appeal court rulings, combined with administrative firm-level records covering the whole universe of French firms....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315187
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The Costs of Job Loss in Russia
Lehmann, Hartmut - 2011
This paper is the first to analyze the costs of job loss in Russia, using unique new data from the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey over the years 2003-2008, including a special supplement on displacement that was initiated by us. We employ fixed effects regression models and propensity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131427
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Trade Union Membership and Dismissals
Goerke, Laszlo - 2010
In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members … show that roughly 50% of the observed raw differential in individual dismissal rates can be explained by the estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013137250
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Severance Pay Mandates : Firing Costs, Hiring Costs, and Firm Avoidance Behaviors
Parsons, Donald O. - 2011
The potentially adverse labor market effects of severance pay mandates are a continuing source of policy concern. In a seminal study, Lazear (1990) found that contract avoidance of severance pay firing costs was theoretically simple – a bonding scheme would do – but that empirically the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121754