Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20340
Year of Publication: 
2004
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 1105
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Based on a large employer-employee matched data set, the paper investigates the effects of variable enforcement of German dismissal protection legislation on the employment dynamics in small establishments. Specifically, using a difference-in-differences approach, we study the effect of changes in the threshold scale exempting small establishments from dismissal protection provisions on worker flows. In contrast to the predictions of the theory, our results indicate that there are no statistically significant effects of the dismissal protection legislation on worker turnover.
Subjects: 
employment protection
linked employer-employee data set
difference-in-differences
Germany
JEL: 
J21
J58
J23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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