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The nature of the recession, not government schemes, may explain why some countries lost so few jobs GERMANY＇S gross domestic product fell by 4% in the two years to the end of 2009, twice as much as in America. Yet its employment rose by 0.7% while America＇s plunged by 5.5%. When German politicians contemplate why a gruelling recession produced almost no increase in unemployment, they usually have a one-word answer： Kurzarbeit. ＂It is only thanks to Kurzarbeit that more jobs were not lost,＂ Angela Merkel, the chancellor, told Germany＇s parliament in November.