In writing this book, I increasingly became aware of the extent to which much of the finest
social science research has been devoted to the issue of unemployment. Unemployment …

Teil der Untersuchung durch einen korrigierten Variationskoeffizienten der Beschäftigung
gemessen. Die empirische Untersuchung stützt sich auf Daten aus dem Hannoveraner …

Firing costs, together with the legislative and regulatory frameworks governing employment
relations, are often blamed for poor labour market outcomes. Yet, research on the economic …

The paper explores the effect of protection lobbying by solving a firm's dynamic optimization
problem where there is uncertainty about future demand, the success of lobbying and non …

Two issues; the liberalisation of labour markets and monetary unification, have taken centre
stage in policy debates on the future of the European Union. We show that both have the …

Es frecuente achacar los malos resultados del mercado laboral a los costos del despido ya
las normas que rigen las relaciones de trabajo. Ahora bien, las investigaciones acerca de …

This paper provides an explanation for the observed positive relationship between youth
unemployment and the cost of firing workers. When the cost of firing workers is high, firms …

A simple model evaluating a firm's optimal employment reaction to an imminent recession is
presented. Firing costs shelter employment–and this effect is typically amplified by …

Ständig wird-insbesondere in Bezug auf Europa-über Inflexibilität am Arbeitsmarkt ge klagt.
Inflexibilität wird fiir Hysterese verantwortlich gemacht, so dass die in einer Rezession …

Sunk firing and hiring costs shelter existent employment. This effect is typically amplified by
uncertainty due to an option value of waiting. Thus, if (i) sunk firing costs are high, for …