Labour hoarding in Germany
"During the crisis (2008-09) Germany experienced a huge decrease in GDP. Employment, however, remained surprisingly stable. A whole strand of literature has aimed at quantifying the contribution of short-time work to the German labour market miracle. In the course of this literature we estimate...
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Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
Format: | TEXT |
Language: | English |
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Nürnberg
2014
IAB |
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Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19117852124919350349-Labour-hoarding-in-Germany.htm |
Summary: | "During the crisis (2008-09) Germany experienced a huge decrease in GDP. Employment, however, remained surprisingly stable. A whole strand of literature has aimed at quantifying the contribution of short-time work to the German labour market miracle. In the course of this literature we estimate the treatment effect of short-time work on employment at establishment level using a dynamic propensity score matching approach. The analysis is based on data from the IAB Establishment Panel combined with administrative data on short-time work establishments from the Federal Employment Agency. Our results do not indicate any treatment effect of short-time work on employment." |
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Physical Description: | 34 p. Digital |