Equal pay for equal work is discussed in many different legal and political contexts. Our study explores one consequence of this formula, the effect of social comparison for wage acceptance, in multilateral ultimatum games. The results of our laboratory experiments indicate that the availability...

Bis heute fehlen in der empirischen Forschung zum HR-Outsourcing umfangreiche verlaessliche Daten hinsichtlich der Nutzung von Personaldienstleistungen durch Unternehmen. Anhand der Auswertungen unserer Befragung von 1021 Unternehmen untersuchen wir die Charakteristika der Nachfrager nach...

A firm with stochastic demand can rely on hired hands when demand is low and rent additional labour when demand is higher. For high demand this implies the co-employment of hired hands, paid directly by the firm, and of rented hands who are paid by a rental agency. This may cause severe problems...

This paper develops a comprehensive explanatory approach to the outsourcing of Human Resource (HR) functions and the resulting demand or non-demand for personnel services by companies (e.g., interim management, outplacement services, consulting in the field of HR management). Starting from the...

We study the relevance of fairness norms in an experimental scenario in which hired and rented hands are co-employed and stochastic influences and multiple reference points for fairness further increase complexity. Co-employment of hired and rented hands is an example out of a broader class of...

Unternehmen k�nnen R�ckzahlungsklauseln einsetzen, um das Investitionsrisiko bei arbeitgeberseitig finanzierten Weiterbildungsma�nahem zu steuern. Allerdings sollte, so theoretische �berlegungen, der Einsatz diese Instrumentes von der Auspr�gung einiger Faktoren des...

In Germany, the law concerning the continued payment of wages in case of an employee illness has been changed several times and been the topic of intensive political discussions for some years now. At the same time, most European countries operate, like Germany, sick payment schemes as mandated...