Covid 19 and unemployment in Germany: Corporate and government strategies
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https://doi.org/10.51798/sijis.v3i1.218Keywords:
COVID 19, unemployment, corporate strategies, working hours reduction, government strategiesAbstract
This article provides the guidance and literature on the benefits of German corporate and Government decisions through a correlational analysis between Covid 19 and unemployment rate, therefore, it was necessary to test the hypothesis that there is a low correlation between the above variables and show that the unemployment rate is low due to German corporate and government policies and strategies. The methodology which was used, is descriptive and correlational, because it was required to know the influence of COVID 19 and the unemployment rate of German companies and describe the German corporate and government strategies due the pandemic. It was concluded that COVID 19 phenomena in Germany doesn’t affect unemployment rate significatively. The German government and corporate policies, as well as, guidelines in companies have been efficiently.
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