unemployment rate rose only insignificantly in a pandemic recession. We find that both the demand and supply side of the labour … increase in unemployment during a recession, the rate of utilization of workers’ time capacities fell, with expected impacts …The paper examines why the pandemic recession hit the labour market in Slovakia differently from previous recessions …

This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general … driver for the "German labor market miracle" during the Great Recession. …

This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general … driver for the "German labor market miracle" during the Great Recession. …

Can governmental policies mitigate the effects of recessions on unemployment? We study whether the Swiss short …-time work (STW) program reduced unemployment in the 2009-2015 period using quarterly establishment-level panel data linking … several administrative data sources. We compare changes in permanent layoffs into unemployment, hiring from unemployment …

to the Great Recession. Cyclical working-time reductions are again a major factor in safeguarding employment. Whereas … during the Great Recession all working-time instruments contributed to the reduction in working time, short-time work (STW …