The paper seeks to evaluate the evidence on the employment effects of the collective working-time reductions in Europe over the past 20 years. While theoretical analyses produce contradictory assessments, most empirical studies show positive employment effects but take insufficient account of...

After currency union with West Germany, industrial production in East Germany fell by approximately one third, resulting in job losses of more than 40 percent. The article investigates the fate of workers made redundant, a large proportion of whom have been assimilated into various labor market...