2020
DOI: 10.1111/sjoe.12395
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Counteracting Unemployment in Crises: Non‐Linear Effects of Short‐Time Work Policy*

Abstract: Short‐time work (STW) is a labor‐market policy that subsidizes working‐time reductions among firms in financial difficulty to prevent lay‐offs. Many OECD countries have used this policy in the Great Recession. In this paper, we show that the effects of STW are strongly time‐dependent and non‐linear over the business cycle. Discretionary STW policy might save up to 0.87 jobs per short‐time worker in deep economic crises. In expansions, the effects are smaller and might turn negative. We disentangle discretionar… Show more

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“…29. Gehrke and Hochmuth (2017) provide somewhat larger estimates based on a SVAR model using German data.…”
Section: Notesmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…29. Gehrke and Hochmuth (2017) provide somewhat larger estimates based on a SVAR model using German data.…”
Section: Notesmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…Labour market flexibility in hours of work can allow employees to keep their job during shock periods. During the global financial crisis, 25 of 33 OECD countries used shorttime work, a policy that proved effective for preserving jobs (Balleer et al, 2016;Gehrke and Hochmuth, 2019). Overall, job creation and retention appear crucial to allow recovery after an economic crisis, as job losses may further decrease household consumption and thus exacerbate the effects of economic recession.…”
Section: Social Protection: Labour Market Policies and Programmesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Je tiefer die Rezession, desto mehr Arbeitsplätze können durch diskretionäre Maßnahmen erhalten werden. In der Großen Rezession hat die diskretionäre Komponente der Kurzarbeit bis zu 400.000 zusätzliche Jobs gerettet (siehe Gehrke und Hochmuth, 2019). In Expansionen sind die Beschäftigungseffekte hingegen klein und können sogar negativ werden.…”
Section: Konjunkturabhängige Effekte Der Diskretionären Komponente Vounclassified
“…Laut Gehrke und Hochmuth (2019) führen Ergänzungen zum bestehenden Kurzarbeitsregelwerk zu den gewünschten positiven Beschäftigungseffekten, sobald die BIP-Wachstumsrate unter 0,5 % im Quartal liegt. In Expansionen nahmen dagegen kleine, weniger produktive Betriebe Kurzarbeit in Anspruch.…”
Section: Konjunkturabhängige Effekte Der Diskretionären Komponente Vounclassified
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