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The impact of employment protection on the industrial wage structure
Heywood, John S.; O'Mahony, Mary; Siebert, William S.; … - 2018
This paper tests whether the job security offered by stricter employment protection legislation (EPL) undermines positive compensating wage differentials that would otherwise be paid. Specifically, we ask whether industries with relatively more need for layoffs and labour flexibility have lower...
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Geschlechterspezifische Aspekte des Kündigungsschutzes
Stein, Peter - In: Geschlechtergerechtigkeit : Festschrift für Heide Pfarr, (pp. 279-295). 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014565406
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Labor law and innovation revisited
Francis, Bill B.; Kim, Incheol; Wang, Bin; Zhang, Zhengyi - In: Journal of banking & finance 94 (2018), pp. 1-15
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Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence : first evidence from Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hiesinger, Karolin - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012267172
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Dismissal protection and long-term sickness absence - first evidence from Germany
Gürtzgen, Nicole; Hiesinger, Karolin - 2020
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012253039
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How German Labor Courts Decide : An Econometric Case Study
Berger, Helge; Neugart, Michael - 2010
Courts are an important element in the institutional framework of labor markets, often determining the actual degree of employment protection. German labor courts provide a vivid example in this regard. However, we know relatively little about actual court behavior. A unique data set on German...
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Relaxed dismissal protection : effects on the hiring and firing behaviour of small firms
Bauernschuster, Stefan - 2009
to react quickly to new challenges. This paper uses the latest change in dismissal protection legislation in Germany as a …
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'Take it or Go to Court' - The Impact of Sec. 1a of the German Protection Against Dismissal Act on Severance Payments
Goerke, Laszlo - 2010
In 2004, a section was added to the German Protection against Dismissal Act, establishing a new procedure to dismiss an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141087
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An Economic Analysis of Dismissal Legislation : Determinants of Severance Pay in West Germany
Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2009
courts but also the costs of a suit have an impact. Using West German panel data for 1991-2006, we find that the employees …' costs resulting from a suit and the legal determinants of such transfers affect the incidence of severance payments. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014200917
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Labor Laws and Innovation
Acharya, Viral V. - 2013
We provide empirical evidence that strong dismissal laws appear to have a positive effect on the innovative pursuits of … innovation, we identify the effect of dismissal laws by exploiting the time-series variation generated by staggered country … stringent laws governing dismissal of employees. In addition, stringent dismissal laws disproportionately influence innovation in …
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