The acceptability of layoffs and pay cuts: comparing North America with Germany

Knut Gerlach, David Levine, Gesine Stephan and Olaf Struck

No 200601, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "Substantial evidence shows that North Americans are generally more accepting of the market than Europeans and attribute market outcomes to a larger degree to effort or skill. This article discusses the perceived fairness of layoffs and pay cuts in North America and Germany. We expect North Americans to be more accepting of layoffs and pay cuts than Germans and that procedures and conditions under which pay cuts or layoffs occur have a stronger impact on fairness perceptions for Germans than for North Americans. This hypothesis is tested using a quasi-experimental design. The empirical results are in line with our considerations." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Kanada; Nordamerika; Silicon Valley; Toronto; USA; Einkommensunterschied; Entlassungen; Gerechtigkeit; gesellschaftliche Einstellungen; institutionelle Faktoren; internationaler Vergleich; Akzeptanz; Akzeptanz; Lohnsenkung; psychische Faktoren; Arbeitsbeziehungen; soziale Einstellungen; soziale Normen; soziale Wahrnehmung; 1997-2004 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J33 J63 M51 M52 P52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2006
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