Laws in most West European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance notice of layoff and the right to severance pay or other compensation if laid off. Many of these same countries also encourage hours adjustment in lieu of layoffs by providing prorated unemployment compensation to workers on reduced hours. This paper compares the adjustment of manufacturing employment and hours in West Germany, France and Belgium, three countries with strong job security regulations and well-established short-time compensation systems, with that in the United States. Although the adjustment of employment to changes in output is much slower in the German, French and Belgian manufacturing sectors than in U.S. manufacturing, the...
ADInternational audienceDepending on the country in question, the crisis has had different impacts o...
ADInternational audienceDepending on the country in question, the crisis has had different impacts o...
ADInternational audienceDepending on the country in question, the crisis has had different impacts o...
Laws in most West European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance ...
Laws in most West European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance ...
Laws in most West European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance ...
Laws in most West European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Depending on the country in question, the crisis has had different impacts on employment. We will an...
ADInternational audienceDepending on the country in question, the crisis has had different impacts o...
ADInternational audienceDepending on the country in question, the crisis has had different impacts o...
ADInternational audienceDepending on the country in question, the crisis has had different impacts o...
Laws in most West European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance ...
Laws in most West European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance ...
Laws in most West European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance ...
Laws in most West European countries give workers strong job rights, including the right to advance ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Like most Western European countries, Germany stringently regulates dismissals and layoffs. Critics ...
Depending on the country in question, the crisis has had different impacts on employment. We will an...
ADInternational audienceDepending on the country in question, the crisis has had different impacts o...
ADInternational audienceDepending on the country in question, the crisis has had different impacts o...
ADInternational audienceDepending on the country in question, the crisis has had different impacts o...