All articles for: covid-19-crisis
October 31, 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
“The first six months expenditure for the Australian JobKeeper scheme lifted total national government expenditure by one quarter”
Martin Schludi
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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... Read more
May 16, 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
“At the peak, 40 percent of the French labour force were on short-time work”
Martin Schludi
In France, just like in many other European countries, short-time work has proved to be a powerful tool to prevent massive layoffs during... Read more
May 9, 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
“Over one million temporary workers lost their jobs at the beginning of the pandemic, as companies preferred not to include them in short-time work schemes”
Jutta Winters
Spain used a short-time work scheme called “Expediente Temporal de Regulación de Empleo” during the Covid-19 crisis. In this interview, Marcel Jansen, Associate... Read more
March 8, 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
“Extended coverage and benefit duration boosted the role of short-time work in Italy during the Covid-19 crisis”
Jutta Winters
In many European countries, short-time work proved to be a strong measure to combat massive layoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic. In the case... Read more
February 28, 2023 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
“Short-time work proved to be a highly effective instrument in times of crisis.”
Martin Schludi
In Germany, short-time work has played a crucial role in stabilising the labour market both in the financial and the coronavirus crisis. At... Read more
September 28, 2022 | Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
What will the labour market of the future look like?
Martin Schludi, Werner Winkler, Karolin Hiesinger
Interview with IAB director Bernd Fitzenberger on the effects of the current crises on the labour market of the future.... Read more
April 6, 2022 | Series "Covid-19 crisis: consequences for the labour market"
With its numerous surveys the IAB will shed light on the coronavirus mystery
Yuliya Kosyakova, Laura Pohlan
The Covid-19 crisis has led to a dramatic increase in the demand for information both in politics and practice. This poses an enormous... Read more
March 8, 2022 | Groups of Persons
Work and family in times of lockdown: a step backwards for women?
Jutta Winters, Christiane Keitel
In spring 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic paralysed public life in many countries. Schools and daycare facilities closed. Many men and women started working... Read more