Wer sind die Betroffenen der Krise? Parallelen und Unterschiede zur vorangegangenen Krise

Kirchmann, Andrea; Rosemann, Martin

doi:10.5771/0342-300x-2010-11-560

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“…The short-time work policy described above helped prevent mass lay-offs in the industrial sector, as did other state subsidies designed to boost domestic demand (Burda and Hunt, 2011). By contrast, employment in the service sector increased even in the core crisis years, which involved rising employment rates of women in part-time and atypical employment (Kirchmann and Rosemann, 2010). Hence, the government crisis measures' focus on male-dominated sectors did not have further consequences at that time.…”

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Inequality in employment trajectories and their socio-economic consequences during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Moehring¹,

Weiland²,

Reifenscheid³

et al. 2021

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This paper evaluates the inequalities in employment trajectories during the first COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Germany. We assess individual-level panel data collected weekly between 20 March and 25 June (N=2,297), which allows us to examine the risks of short-time work, furlough, and job loss, as well as changes between working on-site and from home. Using sequence analysis, we detect typical patterns of employment trajectories and analyse how these vary between socio-demographic groups. Finally, we relate the types of employment trajectories to changes in income, subjective job security (compared to values in January and February 2020), and COVID-19 infection risks. Our results show clear gradients in employment risks: low-wage workers were severely affected by furlough and job loss, while highly qualified employees were able to work from home. Furthermore, in contrast to previous crises, service sector and female employees were more affected by short-time work; however, its timing and duration differs compared to male workers in manufacturing. Income loss was pronounced among those who became unemployed and those continuously in short-term work, while everybody—including employees continuously working from home—experienced a significant reduction in subjective job security compared to employees whose employment hours or location have not changed. The infection risk was only increased for individuals who changed from furlough to working on-site.

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Inequality in employment trajectories and their socio-economic consequences during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Moehring¹,

Weiland²,

Reifenscheid³

et al. 2021

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“…On the contrary, the service sector had an increase in employment even in the core crisis years of 2008/09. This led to an increase in the employment rate of women in part-time and especially atypical employment during this period (Kirchmann & Rosemann, 2010). Hence, the fact that crises measures are mostly targeted at male-dominated sectors of the economy did not become noticeable at that time.…”

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Is the Recession a ‘Shecession’? Gender Inequality in the Employment Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

Moehring¹,

Reifenscheid²,

Weiland³

2021

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This paper evaluates gender inequality in employment risks during the first and the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany. We use individual-level panel data collected weekly between 20 March and 9 July 2020, and again in January 2021, to examine the risks of short-time work, job loss and unpaid furlough, as well as having to work on-site by means of growth curve modelling. The results reveal gender inequality in employment risks and gendered use of governmental support schemes. During the early phase of the pandemic, women had a higher probability of being temporarily exempted from work, but a lower probability of being in short-time work and receiving the associated state benefits. Compared to men, women also continuously had a higher probability of working on-site rather that from home. Consequently, women’s employment during the pandemic is more polarized between job loss or working on-site with the associated infection risk. Gender inequalities are rooted in the long-term gendered dualization of the German labour market with the low-wage sector and marginal employment being female dominated. The results call for close monitoring of long-term gendered effects of the pandemic recession and an adjustment of governmental crisis measures to the requirements of the female workforce.

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“… Kirchmann and Rosemann () provide a detailed analysis of the groups of employees, regions, economic sectors and forms of employment that were hit most severely by the Great Recession. …”

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Macroeconomic Implications of the German Short‐time Work Policy during the Great Recession

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Despite a sharp fall in GDP, German employment in terms of employees stayed remarkably robust during the Great Recession. At the same time, hours worked per employee declined significantly. This is seen as the core of the German employment 'miracle'. A general discussion arose about the reasons behind this astonishing labour market performance and the role of short-time work (STW) as a kind of exportable panacea. In this article we look at the macroeconomic implications of STW and other measures of internal flexibility, in particular focusing on the quantification of safeguarded jobs during the crisis. We find that STW played an important role and helped to safeguard employment in Germany during the Great Recession. However, we show that other measures of internal flexibility (working time accounts, contractual arrangements on working time reductions, reduction of overtime) were equally important. Together with STW these instruments saved around 1 million jobs. To explain and understand the German success story, the features of the German core model -with a strong employer-employee relationship of mutual trust, strong employment protection, traditional standard working contracts and strong works councils at the firm level -are of key importance.Policy Implications

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Wer sind die Betroffenen der Krise? Parallelen und Unterschiede zur vorangegangenen Krise

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Inequality in employment trajectories and their socio-economic consequences during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Inequality in employment trajectories and their socio-economic consequences during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany

Is the Recession a ‘Shecession’? Gender Inequality in the Employment Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Germany

Macroeconomic Implications of the German Short‐time Work Policy during the Great Recession

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