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 …

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. …

As a bottom-up approach, a Job Guarantee policy can tackle the issue of unemployment on the macroeconomic …