Addressing the Employment Effects of the Financial Crisis : The Role of Wage Subsidies and Reduced Work Schedules

This note briefly reviews the experiences with wage subsidies and reduced work schedules in promoting employment and avoiding the depreciation of accumulated skills and knowledge due to a temporary downturn. These policies have been adopted by many...

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Main Authors:	Robalino, David, Banerji, Arup
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACTIVE LABOR ACTIVE LABOR MARKET ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS AGGREGATE EMPLOYMENT BORROWING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONTRIBUTION RATE DISABILITY DISABLED WORKERS DISADVANTAGED GROUPS ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN ECONOMICS EMPLOYABILITY EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE BENEFITS EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTIONS EMPLOYERS ORGANIZATIONS EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK EMPLOYMENT POLICY EMPLOYMENT SERVICES EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDY FORMAL SECTOR WORKERS GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIES HEALTH INSURANCE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN RESOURCES HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT INCOME INCOME TAX INFORMAL SECTOR INFORMAL SECTOR WORKERS JOB COUNSELING JOB DESTRUCTION JOB TENURE JOBS JOBS CRISIS LABOR DEMAND LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENT LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY LABOR MARKET POLICIES LABOR MARKET RIGIDITIES LABOR MARKETS LABOR ORGANIZATION LABOR TURNOVER LABOUR LABOUR COSTS LAYOFFS LONG TERM UNEMPLOYMENT LOW-WAGE EMPLOYMENT MINIMUM WAGE PAID WORKERS PAYROLL TAXES PENSION SYSTEMS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC WORKS REGULAR JOBS SELF EMPLOYMENT SEVERANCE PAY SHORT-TERM TRAINING SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SECURITY SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIZED TRAINING TAX CREDITS TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS TRAINING STIPENDS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED WORKERS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE SYSTEM UNFUNDED LIABILITIES UNSKILLED WORKERS WAGE EMPLOYMENT SUBSIDIES WAGE INCREASES WAGE LOSS WAGE LOSSES WAGE SUBSIDIES WAGE SUBSIDY WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS WAGES WORK ORGANIZATION WORK SHARING WORKERS WORKING WORKING HOURS YOUNG WORKERS
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Addressing the Employment Effects of the Financial Crisis : The Role of Wage Subsidies and Reduced Work Schedules

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