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In:
Labour Economics
16 (2009), 1, 107-118
| Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg
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Severance pay is a vital part of employment protection legislation (EPL). We investigate the incidence and level of severance pay for dismissed employees. Our theoretical model predicts that not only the law and its interpretation by labour courts but also the costs of a suit have an impact. Using West German panel data for 1991-2006, we find that the employees' costs resulting from a suit and ...
In:
International Review of Law and Economics
30 (2010), 1, 71-85
| Laszlo Goerke, Markus Pannenberg
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Whereas the preferences of consumers are a cornerstone of market economies, preferences of employees e.g., regarding the preferred amount of paid labour, usually are not. However, we have strong evidence that differences between aspired and actually worked weekly hours have a serious negative impact on life, job and health satisfaction. This paper investigates the gap between employees’ preferences ...
In:
International Journal of Public Policy
5 (2010), 4, 357-372
| Gerd Grözinger, Wenzel Matiaske, Verena Tobsch
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In:
Catherine McLaughlin ,
Health Policy and the Uninsured
Washington, D.C.: Urban Institute Press
| Jonathan Gruber, Brigitte C. Madrian
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Nürnberg:
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB),
2008,
(IAB Discussion Paper No. 24/2008)
| Carola Grün, Wolfgang Hauser, Thomas Rhein
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Using data for West Germany from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we analyse the impact of transitions from unemployment to full-time employment on life satisfaction, with special focus on the influence of job quality. We apply various indicators of job quality (self-reported job satisfaction, wages, type of contract, and indicators of the fit between the worker and job requirements). We control for ...
In:
Journal of Labor Research
31 (2010), 3, 285-306
| Carola Grün, Wolfgang Hauser, Thomas Rhein
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Bonn:
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
2000,
(IZA DP No. 221)
| Christian Grund
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In:
Schmalenbach Business Review (sbr)
53 (2001), 3, 229-239
| Christian Grund
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Bonn:
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA),
2003,
(IZA DP No. 875)
| Christian Grund
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Many previous studies try to discover job preferences by directly asking individuals. Since it is not sure, whether answers to these surveys are relevant for actual behaviour, this empirical examination offers a new approach based on representative German data. Employees who quit their job and find a new one, compare the two jobs with respect to eight job characteristics: type of work, pay, chances ...
In:
International Journal of Human Resource Management
24 (2013), 15, 2825-2850
| Christian Grund