Work sharing as an alternative to layoffs: Lessons from the German experience during the crisis

â€˜Work sharingâ€™ is a labour market instrument devised to distribute a reduced volume of work to the same (or similar) number of workers over a diminished period of working time in order to avoid redundancies. This fascinating and timely study presents the concept and history of work sharing and explores the complexities and trade-offs involved in its use as both a strategy for preserving jobs and a policy for increasing employment.

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Authors:	Bellmann, Lutz ; Crimmann, Andreas ; Gerner, Hans-Dieter ; Wießner, Frank
Published in:	Work Sharing during the Great Recession.
Subject:	Economics and Finance \| Social Policy and Sociology

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Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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