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November 22, 2024 | International and Regional Labour Markets

ELMI Policy Panel: Are labour shortages a problem everywhere?

The 2024 European Association of Labour Economists (EALE) conference gathered leading experts to discuss the latest findings from labour market research. Professor Bernd Fitzenberger organized and ...read more

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”

Jutta Winters

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