Study Dräger (2015): study DE 1995

Public

Employees, Germany, followed 6 years,1995-2001

Survey name

DE-SOEP

Sample

Respondents

N = 4120

Non Response

Assessment

Interview: face-to-face

Correlate

Authors's Label

Employment protection legislation reform

Our Classification

Remarks

Reform A A-T1 Before reform 1995 (January-September) A-T2 During reform 1996 A-T3 After reform 1996-1998 Reform B B-T1 Before reform 1997-1999 B-T2 During reform 1999 B-T3 After reform 1999-2001

Related specification variables

Operationalization

Liberalization of employment protection legislation for permanent contracts (EPLP)

Reform A: Before the reform all workers in firms with more than 5 FTE's were protected by employment legislation, i.e. permanent workers could not easily be fired. After the reform small firms could dismiss newly hired permanent workers much more easily.

Reform B: In this reform the changes of Reform A were reversed to the old situation before Reform A, i.e. employment protection was increased, specifically in small firms (6-10) for those employed after 1996.

Observed Relation with Happiness