address this question, we provide a comprehensive empirical investigation based on panel data from Germany, where workers …

Dismissal protection has experienced many statutory changes in Germany in the past decades. This paper estimates the … effects of dismissal protection on the hazard of leaving the establishment using as identification that workers employed … before the legal amendment maintained their previous dismissal protection. Utilizing linked employer-employee data (LIAB …

In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members … show that roughly 50% of the observed raw differential in individual dismissal rates can be explained by the estimated …

This paper studies signs and reasons of decline of job stability in West Germany. Using data from the German Socio …

This paper studies the evolution of job stability in West Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we …