Does short-time work save jobs? A business cycle analysis

In the Great Recession most OECD countries used short-time work (publicly subsidized working time reductions) to counteract a steep increase in unemployment. We show that short-time work can actually save jobs. However, there is an important distinction to be made: while the rule-based component of...

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Volume:	84
Main Author:	Balleer, Almut Gehrke, Britta Lechthaler, Wolfgang Merkl, Christian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade Academic
Place of publication:	AMSTERDAM Elsevier B.V 01.05.2016 ELSEVIER Elsevier Science Publishers
published in:	European economic review Vol. 84; pp. 99 - 122
Data of publication:	May 2016
ISSN:	0014-2921 1873-572X
EISSN:	1873-572X
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Short-time work Fiscal policy Search and matching SVAR Business cycles Economics Business & Economics Social Sciences Case studies Global economy Macroeconomics Unemployment Analysis E62 Fiscal policy J08 SVAR Business cycles E32 E24 J63 Short-time work Search and matching DEMAND MODELS UNEMPLOYMENT
Online Access:	available in Bonn?
Database:	Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science - Social Sciences Citation Index - 2016 Web of Knowledge Web of Science CrossRef Gale General OneFile (A&I only) Academic OneFile (A&I only) Database information Databases - DBIS