Job and worker turnover in German establishments
We use a simple non-parametric regression approach to measure the relationship between employment growth, hirings and separations in a large panel of German establishments over the period 1993--2014. Although it is often claimed that firms in Europe have less flexibility in their ability to hire an...
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| author | Bellmann, Lutz Gerner, Hans-Dieter Upward, Richard |
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| description | We use a simple non-parametric regression approach to measure the relationship between employment growth, hirings and separations in a large panel of German establishments over the period 1993--2014. Although it is often claimed that firms in Europe have less flexibility in their ability to hire and fire, we find that the relationship between employment growth and worker flows in German establishments is very similar to the behaviour of US establishments. The relationship is stable over time, even during the 2008-09 economic crisis, and across different types of establishment. We verify our results with independent measures from administrative data. We suggest that this result is due to: the strong relationship between employment reductions and voluntary separations; the low level of "churning"; and the heterogeneity of jobs within establishments. |
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| spelling | nottingham-401572020-05-04T19:43:16Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/40157/ Job and worker turnover in German establishments Bellmann, Lutz Gerner, Hans-Dieter Upward, Richard We use a simple non-parametric regression approach to measure the relationship between employment growth, hirings and separations in a large panel of German establishments over the period 1993--2014. Although it is often claimed that firms in Europe have less flexibility in their ability to hire and fire, we find that the relationship between employment growth and worker flows in German establishments is very similar to the behaviour of US establishments. The relationship is stable over time, even during the 2008-09 economic crisis, and across different types of establishment. We verify our results with independent measures from administrative data. We suggest that this result is due to: the strong relationship between employment reductions and voluntary separations; the low level of "churning"; and the heterogeneity of jobs within establishments. Wiley 2018-07-01 Article PeerReviewed Bellmann, Lutz, Gerner, Hans-Dieter and Upward, Richard (2018) Job and worker turnover in German establishments. Manchester School, 86 (4). pp. 417-445. ISSN 1467-9957 Job turnover Worker turnover Hirings and separations http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/manc.12187/full doi:10.1111/manc.12187 doi:10.1111/manc.12187 |
| spellingShingle | Job turnover Worker turnover Hirings and separations Bellmann, Lutz Gerner, Hans-Dieter Upward, Richard Job and worker turnover in German establishments |
| title | Job and worker turnover in German establishments |
| title_full | Job and worker turnover in German establishments |
| title_fullStr | Job and worker turnover in German establishments |
| title_full_unstemmed | Job and worker turnover in German establishments |
| title_short | Job and worker turnover in German establishments |
| title_sort | job and worker turnover in german establishments |
| topic | Job turnover Worker turnover Hirings and separations |
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