The labour market over the business cycle: Above all, a question of hiring

Abstract

"The development of employment and unemployment is the result of a vast amount of labour market flows. On every working day, roughly 30,000 workers are hired while another 30,000 are laid off, or leave their job. This Brief Report analyses the cyclical behaviour of labour turnover in Germany from 1998 to 2008. In the latest cyclical upturn, worker flows were comparatively low but rose again in the course of the boom. It is expected that the current economic crisis will lead to a decrease in worker flows. Hence, the probability that people will leave unemployment will decline, especially in connection with the long-term unemployed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Cite article

Rothe, T. (2009): Arbeitsmarktentwicklung im Konjunkturverlauf: Nicht zuletzt eine Frage der Einstellungen. (IAB-Kurzbericht 13/2009), Nürnberg, 8 p.