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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)...
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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
unemployment and output fluctuations. The central question is whether short-time work saves jobs in recessions. In our baseline … scenario the rule based component of short-time work (i.e., due to the existence of the institution) stabilizes unemployment …-time work interventions (i.e., rule changes) do not have any statistically significant effect on unemployment. These effects are …
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In this paper, I show that the decline in household consumption during unemployment spells depends on both liquid and … illiquid asset positions. I also provide evidence that unemployment spells predict the withdrawal of illiquid assets …, particularly when households have few liquid assets. Motivated by these findings, I embed endogenous unemployment risk in a two …
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labor market to compare unemployment insurance (UI) expansions and payroll subsidies. In isolation, payroll subsidies that …
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the impact of uncertainty shocks on unemployment dynamics. Using a vector autoregression approach, we show that … uncertainty shocks measured by stock market volatility have a significant impact on the U.S. unemployment rate. We then develop a …
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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...
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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...
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We study optimal unemployment insurance (UI) policy over the business cycle, using a heterogeneous agent job …
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domestic to tradable industries. This leads to a loss in industry specific human capital, causing a jump in unemployment. The …
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