TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Eichhorst, Werner
AU  - Marx, Paul
AU  - Pastore, José
        TI  - The Use of Flexible Measures to Cope with Economic Crises in Germany and Brazil
        PY  - 2011/Nov/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6137
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6137
        AB  - This study gives a comparative overview of labor market dynamics and institutional arrangements in Germany and Brazil with particular emphasis on industrial relations, wage setting, unemployment benefits, employment protection and vocational training. The paper shows that institutions determine the mode of adjustment to changing economic conditions and the role of standard vs. non-standard contracts. Whereas internal flexibility via shorter working time was a dominant mode of adjustment during the 2008-09 crisis in the German manufacturing sector, in Brazil such plant-level flexibility to avoid dismissals was less prominent.
        KW  - working time
KW  - labor market flexibility
KW  - Germany
KW  - Brazil
KW  - dismissal protection
        ER  -