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How substitutable are workers? : evidence from worker deaths
Jäger, Simon; Heining, Jörg - 2022
We estimate how exogenous worker exits affect firms' demand for incumbent workers and new hires. Drawing on administrative data from Germany, we analyze 34,000 unexpected worker deaths, which, on average, raise the remaining workers' wages and retention probabilities. The average effect masks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013454899
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How substitutable are workers? : evidence from worker deaths
Jäger, Simon; Heining, Jörg - 2022
We estimate how exogenous worker exits affect firms' demand for incumbent workers and new hires. Drawing on administrative data from Germany, we analyze 34,000 unexpected worker deaths, which, on average, raise the remaining workers' wages and retention probabilities. The average effect masks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013463641
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Location decisions in a changing labour market environment
Frank, Björn - 2003
We study the location of various film-related services (such as camera rental, casting agencies or pyrotechnic services), the main determinant of interest being the human capital specificity. We show that firms which supply services with a lower firm specificity locate farther away from one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011439248
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Location decisions in a changing labour market environment
Frank, Björn - 2003
We study the location of various film-related services (such as camera rental, casting agencies or pyrotechnic services), the main determinant of interest being the human capital specificity. We show that firms which supply services with a lower firm specificity locate farther away from one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010260702
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Working time accounts and turnover
Launov, Andrey - 2019
literature suggests that working time accounts are likely to reduce turnover and inhibit increase in unemployment during … recessions. In a model of optimal labour demand I show that working time account does not necessarily guarantee lower turnover at … a firm level. Turnover may be reduced or increased depending on whether the firm meets economic downturn with surplus or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111324
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Firms' wage structures, workers' fairness perceptions, job satisfaction and turnover intentions : evidence from linked employer-employee data
Mohrenweiser, Jens; Pfeifer, Christian - 2019
and turnover intentions, and (3) the contribution of the fairness considerations on the overall effects of the wage … structure variables on workers' job satisfaction and turnover intentions. The findings suggest that equity and social status …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140308
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Working time accounts and turnover
Launov, Andrey - 2019
destruction at almost any level of firm’s productivity. Model predictions are consistent with dynamics of aggregate turnover in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012120270
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Working time accounts and turnover
Launov, Andrey - 2017
literature suggests that working time accounts reduce turnover and inhibit increase in unemployment during recessions. In a model … of optimal choice of hours by a firm I show that working time account does not necessarily guarantee lower turnover …. Turnover may be reduced or increased depending on whether a firm meets economic downturn with surplus or deficit of hours and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636662
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How fast do newly founded firms mature? Empirical analyses on job quality in start-ups
Brixy, Udo; Kohaut, Susanne; Schnabel, Claus - 2004
labour turnover rates, ceteris paribus. Moreover, bargaining coverage rates and wages in new firms are lower than in similar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297202
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How fast do newly founded firms mature? Empirical analyses on job quality in start-ups
Brixy, Uwe; Kohaut, Susanne; Schnabel, Claus - 2005
labour turnover rates, ceteris paribus. Moreover, bargaining coverage rates and wages in new firms are lower than in similar …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266765