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The Review of Economics and Statistics. 88:211-231
We estimate the effects on employment and wages of wrongful- discharge protections adopted by U.S. state courts during the last three decades. We find robust evidence that one wrongful-discharge doctrine, the implied-contract exception, reduced state
Autor:
Martin T. Wells, Nicole L. Waters, Stewart J. Schwab, Theodore Eisenberg, G. Thomas Munsterman, Valerie P. Hans, Paula Hannaford-Agor
Publikováno v:
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 2:171-207
This study uses a new criminal case data set to partially replicate Kalven and Zeisel's classic study of judge-jury agreement. The data show essentially the same rate of judge-jury agreement as did Kalven and Zeisel for cases tried almost 50 years ag
Autor:
Kevin M. Clermont, Stewart J. Schwab
Publikováno v:
Journal of Empirical Legal Studies. 1:429-458
This article presents the full range of information that the Administrative Office's data convey on federal employment discrimination litigation. From that information, the authors tell three stories about (1) bringing these claims, (2) their outcome
Publikováno v:
American Economic Review. 94:440-446
Uniquely in the industrialized world, the United States has long had the presumption that employers may legally fire workers “at will,” that is, “for good cause, bad cause, or no cause at all.” During the 1970’s and 1980’s, this presumpti
Publikováno v:
Journal of Legal Studies. 24(2):257-81
It is widely believed that the background and worldview of judges influence their decisions. This article uses the fact that judges are assigned their cases randomly to assess the effect of judicial background on the outcome of cases from the day-to-
Autor:
Stewart J. Schwab
Publikováno v:
Research Handbook on the Economics of Labor and Employment Law ISBN: 9781781006115
Most employment-law rights are mandatory. Individual workers cannot decline the protections the law gives them. For example, a nonexempt worker must get at least $7.25 per hour and time-and-a-half for overtime, even if she would agree to less. A work
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https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781006115.00014
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781781006115.00014
Autor:
Stewart J. Schwab, Garth Glissman
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Disability and Aging Discrimination ISBN: 9781441962928
Age and disability discrimination were not part of the first wave of anti-discrimination laws. Race discrimination was the primary target of that initial wave, with sex discrimination added as an almost embarrassing afterthought.
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6293-5_8
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6293-5_8
Autor:
Kevin M. Clermont, Stewart J. Schwab
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
This Article utilizes the Administrative Office's data to convey the realities of federal employment discrimination litigation. Litigants in these "jobs" cases appeal more often than other litigants, with the defendants doing far better on those appe
Autor:
Randall S. Thomas, Stewart J. Schwab
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
In this paper, we examine the key legal characteristics of 375 employment contracts between some of the largest 1500 public corporations and their Chief Executive Officers. We look at the actual language of these contracts, asking whether and in what
Publikováno v:
SSRN Electronic Journal.
We estimate the effects on employment and wages of wrongful-discharge protections in the United States. Over the last three decades, most U.S. state courts have adopted one or more common law wrongful-discharge doctrines that limit employers' discret