Die zeitweise Verlagerung von Arbeitskräften in die Arbeitslosigkeit: eine "neue" personalpolitische Flexibilisierungsstrategie? (Temporary layoffs: a "new" strategy for increased flexibility in Germany?)

Stefan Liebig and Andrea Hense

Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research, 2007, vol. 40, issue 4, 399-417

Abstract: "In the German debate on firms' flexibility strategies, one strategy for handling the fluctuation of labour requirements is mainly ignored: the temporary laying off of employees and their subsequent reemployment by the same employer (recalls). This paper focuses on describing the extent of recalls in Germany and analysing their determinants. The main hypothesis is that even in Germany recalls are a firm-specific strategy to respond to cyclical labour demands, which is not restricted to certain sectors or branches. In order to demonstrate this, recalls are located in the context of strategies used by German firms to adjust their cyclical demand for labour. The paper then discusses why it is rational both from the viewpoint of a single firm and from the viewpoint of laid-off workers to implement recalls and to wait to be rehired and what external conditions are necessary for using recalls as a personnel strategy. The results are based on the linked employer-employee dataset (LIAB) of the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and support the assumption of a firm-specific use of recalls. Furthermore, they show that employees who are reemployed by their former employer gain income advantages. Finally, the relevance of the results is discussed against the background of the current debate about flexibility strategies and topics for further research are indicated." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Beschäftigtenstruktur; Beschäftigungssystem; betriebsbedingte Kündigung; Determinanten; Flexibilität; IAB-Linked-Employer-Employee-Datensatz; Konjunkturzyklus; Lohnhöhe; Personalanpassung; Qualifikationsstruktur; Unternehmensgröße; vorübergehende Entlassungen; Wiederbeschäftigung; 1991-2001 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://doku.iab.de/zaf/2007/2007_4_zaf_Liebig_Hense.pdf

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:iab:iabzaf:v:40:i:4:p:399-417

Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from
http://www.springer. ... ilsPage=subscription

Access Statistics for this article

Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research is currently edited by Joachim Möller et al.

More articles in Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for Labour Market Research from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany] Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by IAB, Geschäftsbereich Wissenschaftliche Fachinformation und Bibliothek ().