How important is imperfect competition in the product market for employment dynamics? To investigate this, we formulate … a theoretical model of employment adjustment with imperfect competition in the product market, search frictions, and … convex adjustment costs. From this model, we derive a structural equation for employment that we estimate on firm-level data …

human resource management to other firms; and many will adopt "low-road" employment practices to keep labor costs low …

ratios, in the presence of strong social norms against female employment. One such channel is women's desired labor supply …

normal retirement age in Germany did not prolong employment of older men. The reason for this surprising result is that … retirement option for the long-term insured. Bridge options allowed employers to terminate employment considerably earlier than … of the bridge options. Therefore mainly employers with high employment adaption costs induced employees to use a bridge …

This paper evaluates the effects of the Hungarian disability employment quota, which requires firms over a certain size …-level data to estimate the effect on the quota on the employment of persons with disabilities, when the tax increased from very …