• Title of article

    Employment protection and effort among German employees

  • Author/Authors

    Regina T. Riphahn، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2004
  • Pages
    5
  • From page
    353
  • To page
    357
  • Abstract
    Using a difference-in-difference approach and cross-sectional data from the German Socioeconomic Panel, it is shown that high levels of employment protection increase absenteeism by up to 35 percent or about 3 days/year.
  • Keywords
    Effort , Shirking , Absenteeism , Public sector , Employment protection
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Serial Year
    2004
  • Journal title
    Economics Letters
  • Record number

    435557