Im Durchschnitt des Jahres 1990 dürfte die Zahl der Beschäftigten in der Industrie um rund 410.000 unter den …

Event study methodology was used to assess the effects of both layoff and employment guarantee announcements on …, industrial-relation-effect, and signalling-effect hypotheses. The results show that both layoff announcements and employment …

Optimal layoff rules in closed form are derived for all workers in a firm that downsizes under uncertainty and faces … future productivity growth, and low layoff option values. The empirical analysis based on personnel records from a Dutch …

both groups, headcount reduction occurs in less-productive and financially distressed firms, resorting to downsizing as a …

downsizing. Drawing on economic and management views, the authors aims to assess the potential positive or negative effect of … workforce) and product (i.e. number of innovations) innovations on employee downsizing. Design/methodology/approach – The … potential number of employees affected by firms’ downsizing strategies by designing, for example, public subsidies systems that …

, downsizing and technological change. These forces are affecting the availability of jobs, the sectoral composition of employment …