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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2019
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
School of Economics Discussion Papers No. 1909
Verlag: 
University of Kent, School of Economics, Canterbury
Zusammenfassung: 
Working time account is an organization tool that allows firms to smooth their demand for hours employed. Descriptive literature suggests that working time accounts are likely to reduce turnover and inhibit increase in unemployment during recessions. In a model of optimal labour demand I show that working time account does not necessarily guarantee lower turnover at a firm level. Turnover may be reduced or increased depending on whether the firm meets economic downturn with surplus or deficit of hours and on how productive this firm is. In expected terms, however, working time account reduces net job destruction at almost any level of firms' productivity. Model predictions are consistent with dynamics of aggregate turnover in Germany during the Great Recession.
Schlagwörter: 
Labour demand
working hours
working time accounts
turnover
Great Recession
Germany
JEL: 
J23
J63
Dokumentart: 
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