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Title: Short-Time Work: The German Answer to the Great Recession

Author(s): Karl Brenke, Ulf Rinne and Klaus F Zimmermann

Publication Date: June 2011

Keyword(s): economic crisis, labour market policy, partially unemployed workers and short-time work compensation

Programme Area(s): Labour Economics

Abstract: Short-time work was the 'German answer' to the economic crisis. The number of short-time workers strongly increased in the recession and peaked at more than 1.5 million. Without the extensive use of short-time work, unemployment would have risen by approximately twice as much as it actually did. Short-time work has certainly contributed to the mild response of the German labor market to the crisis, but this is likely due to the country-specific context. Although the crisis has been overcome and employment is strongly expanding, modified regulations governing shorttime work are still in place. This leads to undesired side effects.

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Brenke, K, Rinne, U and Zimmermann, K. 2011. 'Short-Time Work: The German Answer to the Great Recession'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=8449