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Erscheinungsjahr: 
2024
Schriftenreihe/Nr.: 
ECON WPS - Working Papers in Economic Theory and Policy No. 02/2024
Verlag: 
TU Wien, Institute of Statistics and Mathematical Methods in Economics, Research Unit in Economics, Vienna
Zusammenfassung: 
During the Covid-19 crisis, most OECD countries used short-time work (subsidized reductions in working hours) to preserve employment. This paper documents that short-time work affects the behavior of firms (supply) and households (demand). First, using household survey data from Germany, we show that the consumption risk of short-time work is lower than that of unemployment. Second, we construct a New Keynesian model with heterogeneous workers and firms, incomplete asset markets, and labor market frictions. Short-time work weakens workers' precautionary savings motive and lowers labor costs. This reduces the level and volatility of both the separation and unemployment rate at the cost of tying workers to less productive firms. Quantitatively, the positive employment effects dominate the productivity losses.
Schlagwörter: 
Short-time work
fiscal policy
incomplete asset markets
unemployment risk
matching frictions
JEL: 
E21
E24
E32
E52
E62
J63
Dokumentart: 
Working Paper

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