unemployment and active labor market programs (ALMPs), utilizing a reform that decreased dismissal costs for small firms only …

In many countries, labor courts play a central role in the determination of firing costs by monitoring and supervising … legislation (EPL). To get some insights about the impact of labor courts on effective firing costs, we explore a new database that … did not fully translate the reduction of firing costs mandated by the new EPL to effective firing costs. …

This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness (> six … weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal …

This paper analyses the causal effects of weaker dismissal protection on the incidence of long-term sickness (> six … weeks). We exploit a German policy change, which shifted the threshold exempting small establishments from dismissal …