Eines der am häufigsten genannten Vorschläge in der Diskussion um die Deregulierung des Arbeitsmarktes ist die Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzgesetzes (KSchG). Für kleine Unternehmen stellt, so die Hypothese, der Schwellenwert im Kündigungsschutzgesetz ein Einstellungshindernis dar, da sie...

Eines der am häufigsten genannten Vorschläge, um den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt zu flexibilisieren, ist die Lockerung des Kündigungsschutzgesetzes. Es findet Anwendung für Betriebe, die einen Schwellenwert an Mitarbeitern überschreiten. Die These, die in dieser Arbeit untersucht werden soll,...

In this paper we use a reform in the applicability of the Protection Against Dismissal Act or Kuendigungsschutzgesetz in Germany to identify employment effects of the legislation for small establishments. Using a panel of establishments for the period 1997-2001, we find some evidence that a...

This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...

This paper investigates under which conditions firms use fixed-term contracts, subcontracted and freelance work. Using a probit model which accounts for unobserved heterogeneity, we find that positive changes in expected or actual turnover are associated with a higher probability of employing...

This paper examines the impact of English and Australian unfair dismissal legislation on the common law rules which govern the termination of the employment contract. To explore this issue, the paper first outlines some general approaches to the interaction between statute law and the common...

The Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) has been at the heart of many analyses with regard to its macroeconomic impact on the labor market outcomes. However, some more recent literature studies the effects of the EPL, specially concerning the individual dismissal, on the behavior of economic...