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Downsizing, Job Insecurity, and Firm Reputation
Jeon, Doh-Shin; Shapiro, Joel - Barcelona Graduate School of Economics (Barcelona GSE) - 2004
the amount and timing of downsizing. This framework offers an explanation of conservative employment practices (such as … zero or reduced layoffs) based on firms having private information about their future profits. High retention rates and … predictions about when waves of downsizing will occur as opposed to one-time massive cuts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010547509
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Employment dynamics in a signaling model with workers' incentives
Weingarden, Alison - 2016
Many firms adjust employment in a "lumpy" manner -- infrequently and in large bursts. In this paper, I show that lumpy adjustments can arise from concerns about the incentives of remaining workers. Specifically, I develop a model in which a firm's productivity depends on its workers' effort and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011709242
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The health externalities of downsizing
Ahammer, Alexander; Grübl, Dominik; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2021
We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … control group. Based on highquality administrative data, we find evidence that downsizing has persistent effects on mental and … externalities due to downsizing imply non-negligible cost for firms, and that wage cuts may have similar effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012392218
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The health externalities of downsizing
Ahammer, Alexander; Grübl, Dominik; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2020
We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … control group. Based on highquality administrative data, we find evidence that downsizing has persistent effects on mental and … externalities due to downsizing imply non-negligible cost for firms, and that wage cuts may have similar effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012404923
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The health externalities of downsizing
Ahammer, Alexander; Grübl, Dominik; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2020
We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … control group. Based on high-quality administrative data, we find evidence that downsizing has persistent effects on mental … health externalities due to downsizing imply non-negligible cost for firms, and that wage cuts may have similar effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390277
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The health externalities of downsizing
Ahammer, Alexander; Grübl, Dominik; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2020
We show that downsizing has substantial externalities on the health of workers who remain in the firm. To this end, we … control group. Based on highquality administrative data, we find evidence that downsizing has persistent effects on mental and … externalities due to downsizing imply non-negligible cost for firms, and that wage cuts may have similar effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012437171
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Influence of outplacement on the protection of workers competencies
Klimczuk-Kochańska, Magdalena; Klimczuk, Andrzej - 2013
This paper presents the problem of workers lay off and loss along with their exit from the organization its key competencies - skills and knowledge. Importance of management of key competencies was described. The paper also presents outplacement as a way to maintain core competencies even during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201615
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The timing of mass layoff episodes : evidence from U.S. microdata
Weingarden, Alison - 2017
layoff episodes. Using limited dependent variable regressions, I find that layoffs respond to accumulated changes in a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802961
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Workforce Reductions in Theory and Practice: The Swedish Tobacco Monopoly in the 1920s
Karlsson, Tobias - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
accomplished by an in-depth study of an historical case; the downsizing process undertaken in the 1920s by the Swedish Tobacco … reducing headcount and, consequently, the diversity of downsizing processes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258158
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Wages, layoffs, and privatization: Evidence from Ukraine
Brown, J. David; Earle, John S.; Vakhitov, Vladimir - 2006
This paper estimates the effects of privatization on worker separations and wages using retrospective data from a national probability sample of Ukrainian households. Detailed worker characteristics are used to control for compositional differences and to assess types of observable 'winners' and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287960