Employment Protection and Unemployment

Recently, political discussion about employment protection has again come to the fore in Europe. The most prominent example certainly is the struggle over the Contrat Première Embauche in France in 2006. Many officials claim that the loosening or reorganisation of the employment protection legislation would decrease unemployment because of more flexible labour markets. This is questioned by the advocates of employment protection. The book evaluates from a theoretical perspective the possible employment effects of some proposals made, namely an experience-rated unemployment insurance, severance payments, educational decisions and the interaction of employment protection and unionisation.

Autorentext

The Author: Nikolai Stähler, born in 1977, studied economics from 1998 until 2003 at the University of Regensburg (Germany) and the Universidad de Cantabria, Santander (Spain). From 2003 until 2006 he worked as a research assistant at the University of Mainz (Germany) and was member of the research group ,Heterogeneous Labor' founded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). He is currently working at the Department of Economics (Public Finance Division) of the Deutsche Bundesbank.

Inhalt
Contents: Employment protection Unemployment Wage bargaining Experience rating Severance payments Education.