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Zeitnahe Daten in der Corona-Krise: Von der schwierigen Vermessung der Kurzarbeit (Realtime Economic Data in the Covid19-Crisis: On the Difficulty of Measuring Short-Time Work)

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  • Fitzenberger, Bernd

    (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany ; FAU)

  • Kagerl, Christian

    (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany ; Carnegie Mellon University)

  • Schierholz, Malte

    (IAB)

  • Stegmaier, Jens

    (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany)

Abstract

"Short-time work (Kurzarbeit) is the main instrument for retaining jobs during the pandemic in Germany and its numbers are treated as one leading indicator on the crisis’s severity. However, quickly available results from firm surveys consistently and considerably overestimated how many employees were in short-time work at any given time, compared to the official statistics that appear with a lag of several months. Leveraging an establishment survey which can be connected to administrative data, the authors investigate reasons for this overestimation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

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  • Fitzenberger, Bernd & Kagerl, Christian & Schierholz, Malte & Stegmaier, Jens, 2021. "Zeitnahe Daten in der Corona-Krise: Von der schwierigen Vermessung der Kurzarbeit (Realtime Economic Data in the Covid19-Crisis: On the Difficulty of Measuring Short-Time Work)," IAB-Kurzbericht 202124, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].
    • Handle: RePEc:iab:iabkbe:202124
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    1. Sebastian Link & Stefan Sauer, 2020. "Monatlicher Nowcast der realisierten Kurzarbeit auf Basis von Unternehmensbefragungen," ifo Forschungsberichte, ifo Institute - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich, number 114.
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    1. Christian Kagerl & Malte Schierholz & Bernd Fitzenberger, 2022. "Later one knows better: the over-reporting of short-time work in firm surveys," Journal for Labour Market Research, Springer;Institute for Employment Research/ Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), vol. 56(1), pages 1-19, December.

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