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

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  • Balleer Almut

    (Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, RWTH Aachen, Templergraben 6452062 AachenAachen, Deutschland)

  • Gehrke Britta

    (Juniorprofessur für Makroökonomik und Arbeitsmarktforschung, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg und Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Lange Gasse 2090403 NürnbergNürnberg, Deutschland)

  • Hochmuth Brigitte

    (Lehrstuhl für Makroökonomik, Universität Erlangen – Nürnberg, Lange Gasse 2090403 NürnbergNürnberg, Deutschland)

  • Merkl Christian

    (Lehrstuhl für Makroökonomik, Universität Erlangen – Nürnberg, Lange Gasse 2090403 NürnbergNürnberg, Deutschland)

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.

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  • Balleer Almut & Gehrke Britta & Hochmuth Brigitte & Merkl Christian, 2019. "Autonomes Fahren statt Stop and Go: Vorschläge zur effektiven Gestaltung der deutschen Kurzarbeit," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 68(3), pages 252-260, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:lus:zwipol:v:68:y:2019:i:3:p:252-260:n:5
    DOI: 10.1515/zfwp-2019-2022
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    1. Tito Boeri & Herbert Bruecker, 2011. "Short-time work benefits revisited: some lessons from the Great Recession [‘Reversed roles? Wage and employment effects of the current crisis’]," Economic Policy, CEPR, CESifo, Sciences Po;CES;MSH, vol. 26(68), pages 697-765.
    2. Balleer, Almut & Gehrke, Britta & Lechthaler, Wolfgang & Merkl, Christian, 2016. "Does short-time work save jobs? A business cycle analysis," European Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 84(C), pages 99-122.
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