Job Security in America: Lessons from Germany

by Katharine G. Abraham and Susan N. Houseman

American employers rely heavily on layoffs to reduce the size of their work force during downturns. While layoffs are unavoidable in any competitive economy, they are far more common in the United States than in other industrialized countries. But can US workers be offered more secure employment without burdening the companies that employ them'.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081570075X
• ISBN13: 9780815700753
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 175 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"