Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We give an answer to … this question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 … would, on average, lift female employment by 1 percent, while increasing male employment by 0.6 percent. Consequently such a …

order to prevent layoffs and stabilize employment. Many OECD countries have used this policy in the Great Recession, for … efficient as the recession deepens. We disentangle discretionary short-time work from automatic stabilization in German data and … estimate time-varying employment effects using a smooth transition VAR. …

prevent layoffs. Many OECD countries have used this policy in the Great Recession. This paper shows that the effects of short … in deep economic crises. The policy becomes more efficient as the recession deepens. In expansions, the effects are …