The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed employers to sweep employee claims of violation of most labor protective law into arbitration systems that employers unilaterally establish. The law would not allow employers in the United Kingdom, France, or Germany to do so. This essay explores how and why...

The US Supreme Court has allowed employers to sweep employee claims of violation of most labour protective law into arbitration systems that employers unilaterally establish. The law would not allow employers in the UK, France or Germany to do so. This essay explores how and why that is so in...

What members do unions protect? This question is relevant to an ongoing debate about union wage distribution. This paper investigates how unionization affects the relationship between involuntary job loss and a worker's unobservable ability. Taking advantage of detailed micro-level panel data...

This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older US studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...

This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older U.S. studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...

This paper analyzes the role of the extensive vis-à-vis the intensive margin of labor adjustment in Germany and in the United States. The contribution is twofold. First, we provide an update of older U.S. studies and confirm the view that the extensive margin (i.e., the adjustment in the number...

Der Verlust des Arbeitsplatzes hat erhebliche finanzielle Folgen für ältere Beschäftigte. Wer im Alter von Anfang bis Mitte 50 den Job verliert, büßt mehrere ganze Jahreseinkommen ein. Im Zeitverlauf gibt es steigende Einkommenseinbußen für Männer, während sie für Frauen...