We develop a model to analyze the implications of firing costs on incentives for R & D and international specialization. The key idea is that, to avoid paying firing costs, the country with a rigid labor market will tend to produce relatively secure goods, at a late stage of their product life...

Seit Bestehen des Kündigungsschutzgesetzes wird in Politik, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft über seine potenziellen Auswirkungen auf den Arbeitsmarkt und die Beschäftigung diskutiert. Das Kernstück und zugleich den zentralen Streitpunkt bei einer Vielzahl betriebsbedingter Kündigungen bilden...

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Why Identity? -- 3. “That’s Not the Way We Do It at Gentay”: Feedback Mismatches -- 4. “I Wasn’t the Same Person”: Time Mismatches -- 5. “Me Caveman . . . I Club Deer”: Status Mismatches -- 6. “On the Mommy...

We compile a novel high-frequency, detailed geographic dataset on mass layoffs from U.S. state labor departments. Using recent advances in difference-in-difference estimation with staggered treatment, we find that locally-mandated stay-at-home orders issued March 16–22, 2020 triggered mass...

Chapter 1: Artificial Intelligence and the Law -- Chapter 2: Artificial Intelligence and Access to Justice -- Chapter 3: Criminal Justice System and AI -- Chapter 4: Autonomous Vehicles -- Chapter 5: Autonomous Weapons -- Chapter 6: Inequality -- Chapter 7: Social Protection -- Chapter 8: Human...