Short-time Work in Europe: Rescue in the Current COVID-19 Crisis?

Regina Konle-Seidl
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Regina Konle-Seidl: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany

No 202004 (en), IAB-Forschungsbericht from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "More countries than ever are using short-time work as a labour market policy instrument to secure employment and limit the social costs of the current COVID-19 Crisis. Despite considerable differences in the institutional design and logic of short-time work schemes, the rapid deployment and high take-up of short-time work benefits is a high priority in all European countries. Highlighting the economic rationality of short-time work the report classifies European short-time work programmes into different clusters and describes significant changes in the programme design since March 2020. It further discusses possible effects against the background of empirical findings on short-time work from past times of Crisis." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Europa; Pandemie; Auswirkungen; Beschäftigungsentwicklung; Finanzierung; Arbeitslosigkeitsentwicklung; institutionelle Faktoren; internationaler Vergleich; Krisenmanagement; Kündigungsschutz; Kurzarbeit; Kurzarbeitergeld; Leistungshöhe; Rezession; Arbeitskräftehortung; Weiterbildung; 2008-2020 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2020-06-16
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