however the estimated contribution of temporary work to the overall jobs impact of shorttime work schemes is very small and not statistically significant the total number of jobs saved as a result of shorttime work after taking account of its potential impact on temporary employment is for germany and for japan instead of and respectively the discrepancy between the net number of jobs preserved and the total potential number of jobs preserved actually represents the sum of deadweight and displacement effects however it is unlikely that displacement effects had been very large as of q