Arbeitspapier
Fixed-term contracts and dismissal protection: Evidence from a policy reform in Germany
In our paper, we analyze the impact of German employment protection legislation on the firms' employment adjustment patterns. We explore a reform of the Protection Against Dismissal Act (PADA) in 2004 that decreased the employment protection in small establishments and thus generated a quasi-experiment. Extending previous studies we distinguish between open-ended and fixed-term contracts, as the latter might be used to circumvent the PADA. Difference-in-differences estimations based on IAB Establishment Panel data show no overall effect of the reform on firms' employment adjustment patterns. However, the proportion of hirings based on fixed-term contracts decreases.
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: Working Paper Series in Economics ; No. 320
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Bellmann, Lutz
Gerner, Hans-Dieter
Hohendanner, Christian
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
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Lüneburg
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2014
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:43 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Bellmann, Lutz
- Gerner, Hans-Dieter
- Hohendanner, Christian
- Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
Entstanden
- 2014