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Der Arbeitsmarkt in der Großen Rezession - Bewährte Strategien in neuen Formen

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  • Seifert, Hartmut
  • Herzog-Stein, Alexander

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Der Beitrag zeigt, dass die stabile Entwicklung von Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit während der großen Rezession 2008/09 vor allem auf den verstärkten Einsatz intern-numerischer Instrumente sowie das Horten von Arbeitskräften zurückführen ist. Anpassungen des Arbeitseinsatzes durch Variation der Arbeitszeit sind im Prinzip nicht neu. Sie haben als Beschäftigung sichernde Instrumente in konjunkturellen Abschwungphasen Tradition, wie ein Vergleich der aktuellen Wirtschaftsentwicklung mit derjenigen des Konjunkturzyklus 1973/79 verdeutlicht. Gewandelt haben sich aber Art und Bedeutung dieser Instrumente. Aktuell geht der Rückgang des gesamtwirtschaftlichen Arbeitsvolumens allein auf eine entsprechend gesunkene Arbeitszeit zurück. Den größten Beitrag zur Verkürzung der Arbeitszeit leistet aber keineswegs die Kurzarbeit. Sie hat in den beiden Zyklen eine ähnliche Bedeutung. Es sind vielmehr tarifliche und betriebsübliche Anpassungen. Arbeitszeitkonten und das Horten von Arbeitskräften haben an Bedeutung gewonnen. Umgekehrt hat der Überstundenabbau an Bedeutung verloren. Überraschend ist, dass die gegenüber den 1970er Jahren erweiterten Möglichkeiten extern-numerischer Flexibilität nur relativ mäßig genutzt werden.

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  • Seifert, Hartmut & Herzog-Stein, Alexander, 2010. "Der Arbeitsmarkt in der Großen Rezession - Bewährte Strategien in neuen Formen," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 63(11), pages 551-559.
    • Handle: RePEc:nms:wsimit:10.5771/0342-300x-2010-11-551
    DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2010-11-551
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    1. Alexander Herzog-Stein & Patrick Nüß, 2016. "Extensive versus intensive margin over the business cycle: New evidence for Germany and the United States," IMK Working Paper 163-2016, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute.
    2. Michal Moszynski, 2016. "Institutional conditioning of the German labour market in the face of the global economic crisis 2008–2009," Ekonomia i Prawo, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika, vol. 15(3), pages 371-383, September.
    3. Alexander Herzog-Stein & Ines Zapf, 2014. "Navigating the Great Recession," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 67(3), pages 891-925, July.
    4. Michael C. Burda & Jennifer Hunt, 2011. "What Explains the German Labor Market Miracle in the Great Recession," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 42(1 (Spring), pages 273-335.
    5. Alexander Herzog-Stein & Gustav A. Horn & Ulrike Stein, 2013. "Macroeconomic Implications of the German Short-time Work Policy during the Great Recession," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 4, pages 30-40, July.
    6. Alexander Herzog-Stein & Fabian Lindner & Simon Sturn & Till van Treeck, 2010. "Vom Krisenherd zum Wunderwerk?," IMK Report 56-2010, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute.
    7. repec:hum:wpaper:sfb649dp2011-031 is not listed on IDEAS
    8. Burda, Michael C., 2016. "The German labor market miracle, 2003-2015: An assessment," SFB 649 Discussion Papers 2016-005, Humboldt University Berlin, Collaborative Research Center 649: Economic Risk.
    9. repec:hum:wpaper:sfb649dp2016-005 is not listed on IDEAS
    10. Jung, Sven, 2013. "Employment Adjustment in German Firms," VfS Annual Conference 2013 (Duesseldorf): Competition Policy and Regulation in a Global Economic Order 79696, Verein für Socialpolitik / German Economic Association.
    11. Alexander Herzog-Stein & Fabian Lindner & Simon Sturn, 2013. "Explaining the German Employment Miracle in the Great Recession – The Crucial Role of Temporary Working Time Reductions," IMK Working Paper 114-2013, IMK at the Hans Boeckler Foundation, Macroeconomic Policy Institute.
    12. Jung, Sven, 2012. "Employment adjustment in German firms," Discussion Papers 80, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, Chair of Labour and Regional Economics.

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