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Table 2 Taxonomy of STW schemes

From: Short-time work in the Great Recession: firm-level evidence from 20 EU countries

Country

Formal STWA

Operated via UI

Eligibility criteria

Response to crisis

If so, when

Reforms during recession

Date of reform

AT

Yes

 

3

  

Yes

2009

BE

Yes

 

3

  

Yes

2008

BG

Yes

  

Yes

2008 Q1

  

CY

No

      

CZ

Yes

Yes

3

Yes

2008 Q4

Yes

2009

DE

Yes

 

3

  

Yes

2009

EE

No

      

ES

Yes

Yes

2

  

Yes

2009

FR

Yes

 

3

  

Yes

2009

GR

No

 

0

    

HR

No

 

0

    

HU

Yes

 

1

Yes

2009 Q2

Yes

2010

IE

Yes

Yes

0

    

IT

Yes

 

1

  

Yes

2008

LT

Yes

    

Yes

2009

LU

Yes

 

3

  

Yes

2009

LV

Yes

    

Yes

2009

MT

Yes

  

Yes

   

NL

Yes

 

2

Yes

2008 Q4

Yes

2008

PL

Yes

 

2

Yes

2009 Q3

Yes

2009

PT

Yes

    

Yes

2009

RO

Yes

    

Yes

2009

SI

Yes

    

Yes

2009

SK

Yes

 

2

Yes

2009 Q2

Yes

2009

UK

No

      
  1. Source: Authors’ calculations are based on Hijzen and Venn (2011) and Boeri and Bruecker (2011), Table 11 in Appendix. This is a 0–3 scale for eligibility criteria: 0 = loose: 3 = strict, where 0 means ‘none’, 1 means a justification is required on economic grounds; 2 means social partner agreement is required; 3 means justification on economic grounds and social partner agreement. UI: administered via unemployment insurance