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The inter-related dynamics of low paid employment, under-utilised skills and unemployment in Australia
Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Sloane, Peter J.; Wei, Zhang - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009703266
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Policy evaluation in macroeconomics : unemployment, fiscal rules, and exchange rates
Gehrke, Britta - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442652
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Counteracting Unemployment in Crises : Non-Linear Effects of Short-Time Work Policy
Gehrke, Britta - 2018
Short-time work is a labor market policy that subsidizes working time reductions among firms in financial difficulty to prevent layoffs. Many OECD countries have used this policy in the Great Recession. This paper shows that the effects of short-time work are strongly time dependent and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012920449
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Short-time work and precautionary savings
Dengler, Thomas; Gehrke, Britta - 2021
endogenous firing as well as a short-time work decision. In recessions, short-time work reduces the unemployment risk of workers … replacement rate can be more effective compared to an increase of the unemployment benefit replacement rate. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012517675
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The German labor market during the Great Recession : shocks and institutions
Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2017
This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for post-unification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of institutions (short-time work, government spending rules)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634724
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Counteracting unemployment in crises : non-linear effects of short-time work policy
Gehrke, Britta; Hochmuth, Brigitte - 2017
Short-time work is a labor market policy that subsidizes working time reductions among firms in financial difficulty in order to prevent layoffs and stabilize employment. Many OECD countries have used this policy in the Great Recession, for example. This paper shows that the effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011718992
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Counteracting unemployment in crises : non-linear effects of short-time work policy
Gehrke, Britta; Hochmuth, Brigitte - 2018
Short-time work is a labor market policy that subsidizes working time reductions among firms in financial difficulty to prevent layoffs. Many OECD countries have used this policy in the Great Recession. This paper shows that the effects of short-time work are strongly time dependent and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845664
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The German labor market during the Great Recession : shocks and institutions
Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2018
This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for post-unification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of institutions (short-time work, government spending rules)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916540
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The German labor market during the Great Recession : shocks and institutions
Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - In: Economic modelling 78 (2019), pp. 192-208
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012198933
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Short-time work and precautionary savings
Dengler, Thomas; Gehrke, Britta - 2022
recessions. First, we show that the consumption risk of short-time work is considerably smaller compared to unemployment using … frictions featuring an endogenous firing and short-time work decision. In recessions, short-time work reduces the unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013332143