Arbeitspapier

Employers' selection behavior during short-time work

During the recession of 2008-09 Germany experienced a huge decrease in GDP. Employment, however, remained surprisingly stable. The so-called German labor market miracle is often ascribed to the intensive usage of short-time work. Despite the resurgence of this instrument, little is known about the employees affected by it. This paper analyzes whether employers select certain individuals for short-time work, where special focus is given on the effect of human capital. The analysis is based on a unique linked-employer-employee data set on short-time workers in the district of the employment agency of Nuremberg. We use methods of event history analysis to estimate transition rates from regular employment to short-time work. Our results indicate that employers select a broad range of workers for STW, irrespective of their level of human capital. Fears that short-time work is mainly applied to a certain group of workers are not confirmed.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IAB-Discussion Paper ; No. 18/2012

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Labor Demand
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Thema
short-time work
individual data
event history analysis
Unterbeschäftigung
Personalauswahl
Humankapital
Deutschland

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Scholz, Theresa
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)
(wo)
Nürnberg
(wann)
2012

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Scholz, Theresa
  • Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)

Entstanden

  • 2012

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