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The effects of displacement on self-employment survival
Nykvist, Jenny (contributor) - 2008
A large literature has studied the effect of displacement on labor market outcomes in general, but none has evaluated how the displaced manage as self-employed. This paper studies how the survival of the business is affected by displacement in connection to entry, using a discrete-time...
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Industry shutdown rates and permanent layoffs : evidence from firm-worker matched data
Huynh, Kim P.; Ostrovsky, Yuri; Petrunia, Robert J.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 6 (2017) 7, pp. 1-31
Firm shutdown creates a turbulent situation for workers as it leads directly to layoffs for its workers. An additional consideration is whether a firm’s shutdown within an industry creates turbulence for workers at other continuing firms. Using data drawn from the Longitudinal Worker File, a...
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CEO Dismissal : The Role of Investment Analysts
Wiersema, Margarethe - 2020
While poor firm performance has been shown to be an important predictor of CEO dismissal, financial performance alone … cannot explain the increased incidence of CEO dismissal. The complex and ambiguous relationship between poor firm performance … and CEO dismissal is due in part to the uncertainty that surrounds the board's evaluation of the firm's CEO. In this study …
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The Firm's Role in Displaced Workers' Earnings Losses
Scott-Clayton, Judith E. - 2019
We use employer-employee matched administrative data from Ohio to study the role of firm pay premiums in explaining the …
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The Firm's Role in Displaced Workers' Earnings Losses
Moore, Brendan - 2019
We use employer-employee matched administrative data from Ohio to study the role of firm pay premiums in explaining the …
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Examining the incidence of downsizing and its effect on estabilishment performance
Cappelli, Peter - 2000
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Layoffs and Corporate Performance : Evidence Based on the US Tech Industry
SABA, ZANNATUS - 2023
This study investigates the impact of mass workforce reductions on the performance of publicly traded US tech firms from Q1-2020 to Q1-2023, being robust to multiple proxies across four performance parameters. Findings reveal decreased investment and operating performance during layoff quarters,...
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From a Shareholder to Stakeholder Orientation : Evidence from the Analyses of Chief Executive Dismissal in Large U.S. Firms
Shin, Shoonchul; Lee, Juyoung; Bansal, Pratima (Tima) - 2022
The post-Enron era is marked with growing discourse of stakeholders, sustainability, and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Commentators debate whether U.S. corporations have indeed moved towards a stakeholder orientation, given the difficulties in measuring such a shift. We assess this...
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Outsourcing at will : unjust dismissal doctrine and the growth of temporary help employment
Autor, David H. - 2000
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The extent and consequences of downward nominal wage rigidity
Altonji, Joseph G.; Devereux, Paul J. - 1999
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