US workers receive unemployment benefits if they lose their job, but not for reduced working
hours. In alignment with the benefits incentives, we find that the labor market responded to …

We analyse the robust performance of the German labour market in the Great Recession,
and investigate to what extent cyclical reductions in productivity and working time cushioned …

Using harmonised micro data, this paper investigates the effects of the early phase (2008-
10) of the recent economic crisis on transitions between labour market states in Europe. Our …

This paper studies a large-firm search-matching model with variable hours of work to
investigate how firms utilize the intensive and extensive margins of labor adjustment over …

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the composition of work arrangements has significantly
changed. Whereas non-standard work arrangements such as part-time or temporary …

A firm's demand for labour is derived from the demand for its output. During a downturn in
demand, firms can reduce their use of labour by reducing either the number of workers they …

What is the composition of total hours response to a technology shock in countries with
different labor market institutions in terms of extensive and intensive margin movements? To …

This article examines the role of the extensive and intensive margins of labor input in the
context of a business cycle model with a financial friction. We document significant variation …

This paper uses a dynamic open-economy model to analyse the domestic and international
spillover effects of policies aiming at reducing domestic labour costs, eg, through cuts in …

This paper investigates the reasons for the exceptionally robust performance of the German
labour market during the Great Recession. While GDP dropped by more than five per cent in …