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We examine the response of a large panel of German establishments to the crisis in terms of their job flows (changes in employment) and consequent worker flows (hires, separations and layoffs). We analyse the extent to which job flows and worker flows at the establishment level are...
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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 … contrasting it with the chosen strategy in the United States. In Germany, temporary cyclical reductions in working hours are …
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For the last several years, the congressional budget process has jumped from self-created crisis to self-created crisis. Debt limit, shutdown, sequester, potential withholding of congressional pay, and others beyond that — all of these crises coming in quick succession and requiring Congress...
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A simple model evaluating a firm’s optimal employment reaction to an imminent recession is presented. Firing costs shelter employment – and this effect is typically amplified by uncertainty due to an option value of waiting. However, this job protection effect is reduced if the expected...
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