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Explaining the German employment miracle in the great recession : the crucial role of temporary working time reductions
Sturn, Simon; Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Lindner, Fabian - 2013
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 soon after. We compare this recession to other major...
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Does short-time work save jobs? : a business cycle analysis ; conference paper
Balleer, Almut; Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; … - 2013
This paper analyzes the effects of short-time work (i.e., government subsidized working time reductions) on 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.,...
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The effectiveness of job-retention schemes : COVID-19 evidence from the German states
Aiyar, Shekhar; Dao, Mai - 2021
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Counteracting unemployment in crises : non-linear effects of short-time work policy
Gehrke, Britta; Hochmuth, Brigitte - 2017
Kurzarbeit ermöglicht eine temporäre Reduktion der Arbeitszeit von Arbeitnehmern in Firmen, die einer schwachen … diesem Papier zeigen wir, dass sich die Effekte diskretionärer Kurzarbeit deutlich über den Konjunkturzyklus verändern und in … Rezession und Expansion nichtlinear sind. In tiefen Rezessionen kann Kurzarbeit bis zu 0,8 Arbeitsplätze pro Kurzarbeiter …
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Temporary agency work and the Great Recession
Baumgarten, Daniel; Kvasnicka, Michael - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 136 (2017), pp. 29-44
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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
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Germany and the United States in coronavirus distress : internal versus external labour market flexibility
Herzog-Stein, Alexander; Nüß, Patrick; Peede, Lennert; … - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-22
Germany and the United States pursued different economic strategies to minimise the impact of the Coronavirus Crisis on the labour market. Germany focused on safeguarding existing jobs through the use of internal flexibility measures, especially short-time work (STW). The United States relied on...
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Labor market impact of disruptions in global value chains
Meister, Moritz - 2024
China um eine Standardabweichung zu einem Anstieg der Kurzarbeit um bis zu 27 Prozentpunkte führt, wobei die Effekte von Mai … eine Standardabweichung zu zusätzlichen Ausgaben für Kurzarbeit in Höhe von rund 7,3 Milliarden Euro führen. Im Gegensatz …
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Labour mobility, short-time work and working from home : establishments' behaviour during the COVID-19 crisis
Bellmann, Lisa; Bellmann, Lutz; Hübler, Olaf - In: International journal of manpower 45 (2024) 6, pp. 1262-1278
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The micro and macro economics of short-time work
Cahuc, Pierre - 2024
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