Die hohen Inflationsraten seit Frühjahr 2021 lenkten auch neue Aufmerksamkeit auf das Jahrzehnt der 1970er Jahre, in dem Westdeutschland letztmalig für viele Jahre und nicht nur kurzfristig unter hohen Inflationsraten litt. Die Inflationsraten betrugen in keinem Jahr unter 2 %, meist über 4 %...

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...

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...