Kagerl, Christian; Schierholz, Malte; Fitzenberger, Bernd - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-19
Short-time work (STW) in Germany allows for a lot of flexibility in actual usage. Ex ante, firms notify the Employment … employees actually use STW. In firm-level surveys, which provide timely information on STW in Germany, over-reporting of the …-establishment firms over-report STW because they tend to report STW for all subfirms. The BP uses more interview time and confirms the …