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Worker representation and temporary employment in Germany : the deployment and extent of fixed-term contracts and temporary agency work
Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino; Grunau, Philipp; … - 2018
This study examines the potential impact of works councils and unions on the deployment of fixed-term contracts and agency temps. We report inter al. that works councils are associated with a higher number of temporary agency workers when demand volatility is high while the opposite holds for...
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The use of flexible working contracts in West Germany : evidence from an establishment panel
Boockmann, Bernhard; Hagen, Tobias - 2001
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...
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Regulating Dismissals : The Impact of Unfair Dismissal Legislation on the Common Law Contract of Employment
Sutherland, Carolyn - 2011
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...
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Kündigungsschutzrecht in den USA und in Deutschland: ein Beitrag zur ökonomischen Rechtsvergleichung
Kirstein, Roland; Kittner, Michael; Schmidtchen, Dieter - 2000
) als in Deutschland. Die erwartete Abfindungszahlung kann in beiden Rechtssystemen durchaus gleich hoch ausfallen (in … Deutschland ist die Wahrscheinlichkeit einer Abfindung höher, in den USA die Höhe der Zahlung). Eine institutionenökonomische … Analyse zeigt darüber hinaus, daß die Beteiligung des Betriebsrates an Kündigungen in Deutschland opportunistisches Verhalten …
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From deregulation to re-regulation : trend reversal in German labour market institutions and its possible implications
Walwei, Ulrich - 2015
From the mid-1980s until 2005 the German labour market was characterised by continuous deregulation. In the period of an improving German labour market, the German governments have since imposed measures to re-regulate the labour market in order to strengthen employees' rights. At the same time...
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Does fixed-term contract employment raise firms' adjustment-speed? Evidence from an establishment panel for West-Germany
Hagen, Tobias - 2001
Fixed-term labour contracts were liberalised in Germany in order to raise the flexibility of the labour market. However, empirical studies using industry-level data find no significant effect of FTCs on employment adjustment. This paper investigates the impact of FTC employment on firms?...
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Firms and Early Retirement : Offers that One Does Not Refuse
Bellmann, Lutz - 2007
According to the Hutchens (1999) model, early retirement is not explained as a result of maximizing expected individual utility but rather as a demand-side phenomenon arising from a firm's profit-maximizing behaviour. Firms enter into contracts with their employees that include clauses about...
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Does Fixed-Term Contract Employment Raise Firms' Adjustment-Speed? Evidence from an Establishment Panel for West-Germany
Hagen, Tobias - 2003
Fixed-term labour contracts were liberalised in Germany in order to raise the flexibility of the labour market. However, empirical studies using industry-level data find no significant effect of FTCs on employment adjustment. This paper investigates the impact of FTC employment on firms'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014091221
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Brauchen wir einen allgemeinen Kündigungsschutz?
Jahn, Elke J. - 2002
Angesichts der seit mehr als zwei Jahrzehnten andauernden Massenarbeitslosigkeit ist das Kündigungsschutzrecht in den meisten kontinentaleuropäischen Ländern in den Mittelpunkt der Kontroverse um die Flexibilisierung der Arbeitsmärkte gerückt. Kritiker des Kündigungsschutzes behaupten,...
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Preferences for employment protection and the insider-outsider divide
Guillaud, Elvire; Marx, Paul - 2013
Insider-outsider theory suggests that in dual labour markets two groups have opposing preferences regarding protection against dismissals: insiders defend employment protection, because it increases their rents. Outsiders see it as a mobility barrier and demand deregulation. Similar divides are...
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