Sick workers in many countries receive sick pay during their illness- related absences from the workplace. In several countries, the social security system insures firms against their workers' sickness absences. However, this insurance may create moral hazard problems for firms, leading to the...

We investigate whether the costs of job displacement differ between blue collar and white collar workers. In the short run earnings and employment losses are substantial for both groups but stronger for white collar workes. In the long run, there are only weak effects for blue collar workers but...

Der vorliegende Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, wie sich die Qualität der sozialen Beziehung zwischen einem Mitarbeiter und seinem Vorgesetzten auf den Umgang mit Konflikten auswirkt. Zur Charakterisierung der Beziehungsqualität unterscheiden wir fünf Beziehungstypen: die...