The effect of employment protection on firms' worker selection

S Butschek, J Sauermann - Journal of Human Resources, 2024 - jhr.uwpress.org
To estimate the causal effect of employment protection on firms' worker selection, we study a
policy change that reduced dismissal costs for the employers of more than a tenth of …

Internationalisation as a boost for many firms: evidence from Germany

R Frey, S Goldbach - Review of World Economics, 2024 - Springer
The advantages of globalisation have been increasingly called into question, and
protectionist tendencies have entered the stage. So what experiences have firms had after …

Domestic and foreign acquisitions, plant survival and employment effects

R Bandick, M Koch - Applied Economics Letters, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
We estimate causal treatment effects of domestic and foreign acquisitions on plant survival,
employment (growth) and the skill composition within acquired plants. To do so, we look at …

Benefits of internationalisation for acquirers and targets-But unevenly distributed

R Frey, S Goldbach - 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
In some countries around the world, the advantages of globalisation have been increasingly
called into question recently. In particular, takeovers by foreign firms raise suspicions of …