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On the Inverse Relationship between Unemployment and Absenteeism: Evidence from Natural Experiments and Worker Heterogeneity
Fahr, René; Frick, Bernd - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Although an inverse relationship between sickness absence and unemployment has been documented in a number of studies … whether this empirical regularity is due to changes in the individual costs of absence when unemployment increases (incentive … the unemployment benefit entitlement system with monthly absence data for East and West Germany for the years 1991 …
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Eine multivariate Szenarienanalyse zur Gerechtigkeitswahrnehmung be-triebsbedingter Kündigungen
Pfeifer, Christian; Sohr, Tatjana - In: Schmollers Jahrbuch : Journal of Applied Social Science … 128 (2008) 3, pp. 381-404
The paper analyses the impact of several factors on the perceived fairness of layoffs. The em-pirical analysis is based on a telephone survey, in which 3000 individuals in working age were interviewed. This survey allows for the first time to assess fairness perceptions of the employment...
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Wage posting or wage bargaining? : evidence from the employers’ side
Brenzel, Hanna; Gartner, Hermann; Schnabel, Claus - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2013
"Using a representative establishment dataset, this paper is the first to analyze the incidence of wage posting and wage bargaining in the matching process from the employer's side. We show that both modes of wage determination coexist in the German labor market, with about two-thirds of hirings...
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A First Look at Incidence and Outcomes of Unfair Dismissal Claims under Fair Work, WorkChoices and the Workplace Relations Act
Oslington, Paul; Freyens, Benoit Pierre - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 16 (2013) 2, pp. 295-306
Debate over regulation of dismissals has been intense in recent years, and renewed in the lead-up to the 2012 review of the operation of the Fair Work Act. This paper reviews the economically relevant aspects of the legislative changes from the Workplace Relations Act which operated from...
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The Demand for Individual Grievance Procedures in Germany and Spain: Labour Law Changes versus Business Cycle/La demanda de reclamaciones laborales individuales en Alemania y Españ...
FRICK, BERND; MALO, MIGUEL A.; GARCIA MARTINEZ, PILAR; … - In: Estudios de Economía Aplicada 30 (2012) Abril, pp. 283-310
17 autonomous regions of Spain (1987-2006) show that labour market characteristics, such as the unemployment and the … “workers’ rights”. Thus, the individual costs of unemployment are better predictors of the demand for individual grievance …
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China's Labour Market in Transition: Job Creation, Migration and Regulation
Herd, Richard; Koen, Vincent; Reutersward, Anders - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in agriculture has declined, against the backdrop of ongoing urbanisation. Over 200 million people have been drawn into urban areas through official or unofficial migration, despite...
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Mega-Cases, Diversity, and the Elusive Goal of Workplace Reform
Levit, Nancy - 2007
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The Effect of Employment Protection on Labor Productivity
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2015
The theoretical predictions of how employment protection affects firm productivity are ambiguous. In this paper I study the effect of employment protection rules on labor productivity using micro data on Swedish firms. A reform of the employment protection rules in 2001 made it possible for...
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Soglie Dimensionali e Regolazione del Rapporto di Lavoro in Italia.
Principe, Gianni - Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) - 2003
Among the factors commonly addressed to explain the size structure of Italian firms, peculiarly characterised by a high number of small units, the existence of dimensional thresholds for many aspects of the Italian labour regulation has a key role. The paper overviews all labour rules, fixed by...
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The Impact of German Job Protection Legislation on Job Creation in Small Establishments - An Application of the Regression Discontinuity Design
Burgert, Derik - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
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...
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