Beschäftigungsrückgang

== German == === Etymology === Beschäftigung (“employment”) +‎ -s- +‎ Rückgang (“decline/decrease”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [bəˈʃɛftɪɡʊŋsˌʁʏkɡaŋ] Hyphenation: Be‧schäf‧ti‧gungs‧rück‧gang === Noun === Beschäftigungsrückgang m (strong, genitive Beschäftigungsrückgangs, plural Beschäftigungsrückgange) (economics) decline in employment, fall in employment (a decrease in the total number of people employed within an economy, industry, or company) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== Stellenabbau (job cuts; more active/intentional) Arbeitsplatzabbau (reduction of workplaces) ==== Antonyms ==== Beschäftigungswachstum (employment growth) Stellenzuwachs (job growth) ==== Coordinate terms ==== Arbeitslosigkeit (unemployment; the result for the labor market) Rezession (recession; the typical economic context) Kurzarbeit (short-time work; a measure to prevent a total decline) Demografischer Wandel (can cause a decline due to a shrinking workforce) Deindustrialisierung (a common cause in developed nations) ==== Related terms ==== beschäftigen (to employ) Umsatzrückgang (decline in sales) === References === “Beschäftigungsrückgang” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Beschäftigungsrückgang” in Duden online