Labour hoarding in Germany: employment effects of short-time work during the crises

Thomas Kruppe and Theresa Scholz
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No 201417, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "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." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Beschäftigungseffekte; IAB-Betriebspanel; Kurzarbeit; Kurzarbeitergeld; Arbeitskräftehortung; Wirtschaftskrise; 2009-2010 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2014
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