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Employers' selection behavior during short-time work

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  • Scholz, Theresa

    (Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany])

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    "During the recession of 2008-09 Germany experienced a huge decrease in GDP. Employment, however, remained surprisingly stable. The so-called German labor market miracle is often ascribed to the intensive usage of short-time work. Despite the resurgence of this instrument, little is known about the employees affected by it. This paper analyzes whether employers select certain individuals for short-time work, where special focus is given on the effect of human capital. The analysis is based on a unique linked-employer-employee data set on short-time workers in the district of the employment agency of Nuremberg. We use methods of event history analysis to estimate transition rates from regular employment to short-time work. Our results indicate that employers select a broad range of workers for STW, irrespective of their level of human capital. Fears that short-time work is mainly applied to a certain group of workers are not confirmed." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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    Paper provided by Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany] in its series IAB Discussion Paper with number 201218.

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    Length: 66 pages
    Date of creation: 15 Aug 2012
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    Handle: RePEc:iab:iabdpa:201218

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    Keywords: Kurzarbeit; Personalauswahl; Beschäftigtenstruktur; Entlassungen; Wirtschaftskrise; Rezession; Qualifikationsstruktur; Arbeitnehmer; IAB-Betriebs-Historik-Panel; Integrierte Erwerbsbiografien; Geschlechterverteilung; Altersstruktur; Nürnberg; Bayern; Bundesrepublik Deutschland;

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