We provide the first systematic evidence on the effectiveness of a contested policy in Germany to help displaced workers. So-called “transfer companies” (Transfergesellschaften) employ displaced workers for a fixed period, during which time workers are provided with job-search assistance and...

Disaggregation of the labor market: The Balkanization of labor markets. Labor markets: their character and consequences. Effect of environment and administration on job evaluation.--The limits of union power over wages: Labor's income share and the labor movement. The impacts of unions on the...