Kurzarbeiter Bv41: German Short-Time Work Statistics

German short-time work statistics with calendar and seasonal adjustments, sourced from the Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis). The dataset is an unofficial snapshot hosted on Hugging Face, last updated on May 11, 2026. The original data is provided by Destatis as open data.

Use Cases

• Analyze labor market resilience based on short-time work usage trends.
• Model economic downturns based on the volume of workers in short-time work schemes.
• Assess policy effectiveness by tracking changes in short-time work statistics over time.

Strengths

• Data originates from the official German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
• Dataset includes calendar and seasonal adjustments for time-series analysis.
• Last update timestamp is explicitly provided (2026-05-11).

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis)

Collection Method

Official government statistics, likely administrative data.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-11 12:37:16; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Germany