Artikel

Short-time allowances in times of crisis: A survey experiment

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries used short-time work schemes, i.e., subsidies for temporary working hours reductions due to production drops. In Germany, regulations on entitlements and benefits have been much more generous during the pandemic than they were in noncrisis times. This paper conducts a factorial survey experiment among the workforce to investigate which amounts of short-time benefits and which associated replacement rates were perceived as appropriate during the pandemic. We interpret our findings in the context of the deservingness theory. Our results show that the assessments are partly consistent with the legal design features in Germany. One of our key findings is that, according to respondents, the short-time allowance should decrease slightly with an increasing duration of short-time work. In Germany, however, with the onset of the pandemic, a rule was temporarily implemented that step-wise increased short-time work benefits with the duration of short-time work.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Journal for Labour Market Research ; ISSN: 2510-5027 ; Volume: 57 ; Year: 2023 ; Issue: 1 ; Pages: 1-19

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs: Public Policy
Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies: Public Policy
Thema
Short-time work
Short-time allowance
COVID-19
Deservingness theory
Factorial survey

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Stephan, Gesine
Dütsch, Matthias
Osiander, Christopher
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Springer
(wo)
Heidelberg
(wann)
2023

DOI
doi:10.1186/s12651-023-00358-3
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Stephan, Gesine
  • Dütsch, Matthias
  • Osiander, Christopher
  • Springer

Entstanden

  • 2023

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