One proposal frequently raised to increase flexibility of the German labour market is the liberalization of the job protection law. It applies to those establishments with more than a cut-off number of employees. The argument examined in this paper is that this step in legal regulation hinders...

One of the proposals most frequently raised to increase flexibility of the German labour market is the liberalization of the job protection law. It applies only to those firms employing a more than a cut-off number of employees. Thus, firms just above the cut-off face considerably higher...

A frequently-raised proposal in aid of increasing the flexibility of the German labour market, is the liberalisation of the job protection law. This law applies to those establishments with more than a specified cut-off number of employees. The argument examined in this paper is that this...