Job stability trends, layoffs, and transitions to unemployment
Subtitle: an empirical analysis for West Germany
By: by Annette Bergemann, Antje Mertens.
Contributors: Mertens, Antje, 1967-
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1368; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1368
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Job security -- Germany (West); Layoff systems -- Germany (West); Unemployment -- Germany (West); Labor mobility -- Germany (West)
Description: "This paper studies the evolution of job stability in West Germany. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we first show that the median elapsed tenure declined for men between 1984 and 1999. Second, estimating proportional Cox hazard models with competing risks and controls for stock sampling, we are able to distinguish the reasons for job separation and different transition states. We show that the decline in the stability of men's jobs can be attributed partly to an increase in layoffs and partly to an increase in transitions to unemployment. However, these two developments are not significantly related to each other. Some evidence is presented that downsizing of large firms might be responsible for part of the decline in job stability"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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