This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older U.S. studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...

This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older US studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...

The US Supreme Court has allowed employers to sweep employee claims of violation of most labour protective law into arbitration systems that employers unilaterally establish. The law would not allow employers in the UK, France or Germany to do so. This essay explores how and why that is so in...

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed employers to sweep employee claims of violation of most labor protective law into arbitration systems that employers unilaterally establish. The law would not allow employers in the United Kingdom, France, or Germany to do so. This essay explores how and why...

This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older U.S. studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...