All posts on: Covid-19 crisis

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”

July 17, 2023 | International perspectives on applying short-time work during the Covid-19 crisis

“At the peak of the Covid-19 crisis, short-time work covered one in five jobs across the OECD – ten times more than at the height of the global financial crisis”

Alexander Hijzen, a senior economist at the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), gives an overview of the country-specific application of short-time work during the Covid-19 ...read more

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

April 6, 2022 | Series "Covid-19 crisis: consequences for the labour market"

With its numerous surveys the IAB will shed light on the coronavirus mystery

Yuliya Kosyakova, Laura Pohlan

The Covid-19 crisis has led to a dramatic increase in the demand for information both in politics and practice. This poses an enormous challenge to the research and counselling activities at the IAB. ...read more

Mann mit Sohn liegen vor Hausaufgaben auf dem Boden. Im Hintergrund sitzt die Mutter mit der Tochter auf dem Bett, Laptop auf dem Schoß.

March 8, 2022 | Interviews

Work and family in times of lockdown: a step backwards for women?

Jutta Winters, Christiane Keitel

In spring 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic paralysed public life in many countries. Schools and daycare facilities closed. Many men and women started working from home or switched to short-time work. The ...read more