Autonomes Fahren statt Stop and Go: Vorschläge zur effektiven Gestaltung der deutschen Kurzarbeit

Abstract

"This article argues that short-time work stabilized employment in Germany substantially during the Great Recession in 2008/09. The labor market instrument acted in timely manner, as it was used in a rule-based fashion. In addition, discretionary extensions were effective due to their interaction with the business cycle. To ensure that short-time work will be effective in the future, this article proposes an automatic facilitation of the access to short-time work in severe recessions. This reduces the likelihood of a too extensive use at the wrong point in time as well as structural instead of cyclical interventions." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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Balleer, A., Gehrke, B., Hochmuth, B. & Merkl, C. (2019): Autonomes Fahren statt Stop and Go: Vorschläge zur effektiven Gestaltung der deutschen Kurzarbeit. In: Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, Vol. 68, No. 3, p. 252-260. DOI:10.1515/zfwp-2019-2022