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Determinants of regional differences in rates of overeducation in Europe
Davia Rodríguez, María Angeles; McGuinness, Séamus; … - 2016
This paper examines the factors determining variations in spatial rates of overeducation. A quantile regression model has been implemented on a sample of region-yearly data drawn from the EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) and several institutional and macroeconomic features...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543640
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Overeducation - new evidence for 25 European countries
Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Rossen, Anja; … - 2016
This study investigates the incidence of overeducation among workers in the EU and its underlying factors based on the most recent wave of the European Labor Force Survey (EU-LFS 2013). Its main purpose is to shed light on the interplay of so far neglected explanatory factors such as household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452747
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Temporary agency work and the great recession
Baumgarten, Daniel; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2016
We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011456524
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Temporary agency work and the Great Recession
Baumgarten, Daniel; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2016
We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458914
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Overeducation : new evidence for 25 European countries
Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Rossen, Anja; … - 2016
This study investigates the incidence of overeducation among workers in the EU and its underlying factors based on the most recent wave of the European Labor Force Survey (EU-LFS 2013). Its main purpose is to shed light on the interplay of so far neglected explanatory factors such as household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011553984
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Counteracting unemployment in crises : non-linear effects of short-time work policy
Gehrke, Britta; Hochmuth, Brigitte - 2018
Short-time work is a labor market policy that subsidizes working time reductions among firms in financial difficulty to prevent layoffs. Many OECD countries have used this policy in the Great Recession. This paper shows that the effects of short-time work are strongly time dependent and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845664
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Germany's short time compensation program : macroeconom(etr)ic insight
Will, Henner - 2011 - This version: November 2011 (first draft: September 2010)
Kurzarbeit war ein wesentliches Instrument der vergangenen Krise, aber kein Neuling. In der über einhundertjährigen … Kurzarbeit bei unterschiedlichen makroökonomischen Schocks immer wieder eine stabilisierende Wirkung. Das Paper versucht nach … Kurzarbeit - dass diese den Strukturwandel und notwendige Marktbereinigungen in Abschwüngen verschleppe - anhand …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009530413
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Labour hoarding in Germany : employment effects of short-time work during the crises
Kruppe, Thomas; Scholz, Theresa - 2014
Arbeit zur tatsächlichen betrieblichen Inanspruchnahme von Kurzarbeit. Unsere Ergebnisse geben keinerlei Hinweise auf eine …Während der Wirtschaftskrise (2008-09) erlebte auch Deutschland einen starken Rückgang des Bruttoinlandsprodukts. Die … Instruments Kurzarbeit am sogenannten deutschen Arbeitsmarktwunder zu quantifizieren. Im Zuge dieser Literatur schätzen wir die …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010401763
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Short-time work benefits revisited : some lessons from the Great Recession
Boeri, Tito; Brücker, Herbert - 2011
problems related to reliance on subsidised hour reductions. The German Kurzarbeit scheme is indeed discouraging 100 per cent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235845
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The role of short-time work and discretionary policy measures in mitigating the effects of the COVID-19 crisis in Germany
Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia; Hufkens, Tine; … - 2021
In this paper, we investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on German household income using a micro-level approach. We combine a microsimulation model with labour market transition techniques to simulate the COVID-19 shock on the German labour market. We find the consequences of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012593782