We analyse measures of internal flexibility taken to safeguard employment during the Coronavirus Crisis in comparison … to the Great Recession. Cyclical working-time reductions are again a major factor in safeguarding employment. Whereas … more than twice as large as that in May 2009. Furthermore, marginal employment is affected strongly but not protected by …

This paper investigates the reasons for the exceptionally robust performance of the German labour market during the … Great Recession. While GDP dropped by more than five per cent in 2009, employment remained constant and started to increase … productivity and working time cushioned their impact on employment. We find that reductions in hourly productivity played a …

We analyse measures of internal flexibility taken to safeguard employment during the Coronavirus Crisis in comparison … to the Great Recession. Cyclical working-time reductions are again a major factor in safeguarding employment. Whereas … April 2020 that was more than twice as large as that in May 2009. Furthermore, marginal employment is affected strongly but …

working time in the downturn, and labour-hoarding by employers. Cyclical working time reduction saved some 1.1 million jobs …Despite the biggest economic slump in Germany since the Second World War, employment did not decrease. In other … European countries, which have even been hit less hard, employment started to decrease significantly. This 'employment miracle …

working time in the downturn, and labour-hoarding by employers. Cyclical working time reduction saved some 1.1 million jobs …Despite the biggest economic slump in Germany since the Second World War, employment did not decrease. In other … European countries, which have even been hit less hard, employment started to decrease significantly. This 'employment miracle …

effects, and positive employment effects although not robustly estimated in their magnitude are found. …

structural effect away from mini-jobs towards additional employment subject to social security contributions, while the volume of …, the IMK tries to determine the short-term and expected medium- to long-term growth, price and employment effects with the … consumption. The price increases triggered were negligible on a macroeconomic scale. At the same time, there was a significant …