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December 29, 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Younger and less satisfied? Young workers’ life satisfaction during the Covid-19 pandemic in Germany

Juliane Achatz, Bernhard Christoph, Silke Anger

Adverse effects on workers' employment situation are highly unequal for different groups. Young workers were particularly affected by the pandemic. They were less likely to receive short-time work ...read more

October 31, 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis

“The first six months expenditure for the Australian JobKeeper scheme lifted total national government expenditure by one quarter”

Martin Schludi

May 16, 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis

“At the peak, 40 percent of the French labour force were on short-time work”

Martin Schludi

In France, just like in many other European countries, short-time work has proved to be a powerful tool to prevent massive layoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic. The traditional French short-time work ...read more

May 9, 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis

“Over one million temporary workers lost their jobs at the beginning of the pandemic, as companies preferred not to include them in short-time work schemes”

Jutta Winters

Spain used a short-time work scheme called “Expediente Temporal de Regulación de Empleo” during the Covid-19 crisis. In this interview, Marcel Jansen, Associate Professor of Economics at the ...read more

March 8, 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis

“Extended coverage and benefit duration boosted the role of short-time work in Italy during the Covid-19 crisis”

Jutta Winters

In many European countries, short-time work proved to be a strong measure to combat massive layoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the case of Italy, a scheme widely used in former times of crisis ...read more

February 28, 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis

“Short-time work proved to be a highly effective instrument in times of crisis.”

Martin Schludi

In Germany, short-time work has played a crucial role in stabilising the labour market both in the financial and the coronavirus crisis. At the same time, the administration of short-time allowance ...read more

Portraitfoto von Prof. Bernd Fitzenberger

September 28, 2022 | Interviews

What will the labour market of the future look like?

Martin Schludi, Werner Winkler, Karolin Hiesinger

Interview with IAB director Bernd Fitzenberger on the effects of the current crises on the labour market of the ...read more