Some surprising facts about working time accounts and the business cycle in Germany

Purpose Working time accounts (WTAs) allow firms to smooth hours worked over time. The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether this increase in flexibility has also affected how firms adjust employment in Germany over the business cycle. Design/methodology/approach This paper uses rich microecon...

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Volume:	38
Main Author:	Balleer, Almut Gehrke, Britta Merkl, Christian
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Zielgruppe:	Trade
Place of publication:	BINGLEY Emerald Publishing Limited 02.10.2017 EMERALD GROUP PUBLISHING LTD Emerald Group Publishing, Ltd Emerald Group Publishing Limited
published in:	International journal of manpower Vol. 38; no. 7; pp. 940 - 953
Data of publication:	20171002
ISSN:	0143-7720 1758-6577
EISSN:	1758-6577
Discipline:	Economics
Subjects:	Business & Economics Social Sciences Management Industrial Relations & Labor Business cycles Analysis Forecasts and trends Work hours Unemployment Germany Economic models Wages & salaries Adjustment Labor market Volatility Hiring Employees Overtime pay Economic development Datasets Hypotheses Recessions Employers Workers Working hours Employment Great Recession Germany Working time accounts E20 Business cycles E24 J30 Short-time work J20 LABOR-MARKET MIRACLE GREAT RECESSION
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