Contributions in empirical labour economics [Elektronische Ressource] / von Christian Pfeifer

Contributions in Empirical Labour Economics Von der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktor der Wirtschaftswissenschaften - Doctor rerum politicarum - genehmigte Dissertation von Diplom-Ökonom Christian Pfeifer geboren am 9. Mai 1977 in Hannover. 2007 Referent: Prof. Dr. Patrick A. Puhani Korreferent: Prof. em. Dr. Knut Gerlach Tag der Promotion: 28.11.2007 Abstract Six chapters analyse several topics in labour economics. Different datasets and microeconometric methods are used to get new insights into the following issues: (1) fixed-term contracts and employment adjustment, (2) works councils, collective contracts and quits, (3) fairness perceptions of layoffs, (4) wages, hierarchical levels and absenteeism, (5) medium-term development of average treatment effects on participants of a wage subsidy program, (6) comparison between propensity score matching and linear regression when estimating homogenous and heterogeneous treatment effects. Even though the used datasets are from Germany, the results contribute to international discussions on internal labour markets, industrial relations, social and organisational justice, personnel economics, and evaluation of labour market programs.