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Has atypical work become typical in Germany? Country case studies on labour market segmentation
Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena - 2013
This paper gives an overview of the transformation of the German labor market since the mid-1990s with a special focus on the changing patterns of labor market segmentation or dualization of employment in Germany. While labor market duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labor market...
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Potenziale unfreiwilliger Teilzeit in Deutschland
Tobsch, Verena; Holst, Elke - 2019
Working-time political debates often focus on options for flexible and variable working hours. Meanwhile, employees' desire for more time sovereignty is gaining relevance. Although working time preferences and their impact on the German labor market are investigated in numerous studies, findings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009512
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Arbeitszeitwünsche, Arbeitslosigkeit und Arbeitszeitpolitik
Grözinger, Gerd; Matiaske, Wenzel; Tobsch, Verena - 2008
Der Beitrag untersucht auf Basis des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels 2004 die Arbeitszeitwünsche der abhängig Beschäftigten in Deutschland unter Berücksichtigung von damit einhergehenden Einkommensveränderungen. Es wird gezeigt, dass die in der arbeitsmarktpolitischen Diskussion häufig...
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The effect of unemployment on social participation of spouses - Evidence from plant closures in Germany
Kunze, Lars; Suppa, Nicolai - 2017
This paper estimates the effect of an individual's unemployment on the level of social participation of their spouse …. Using German panel data, it is shown that unemployment has a strong negative effect on public social activities of both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011622580
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Who is bowling alone? Quantile treatment effects of unemployment on social participation
Kunze, Lars; Suppa, Nicolai - 2020
This article examines heterogeneity in the effect of unemployment on social participation. Whereas existing studies on …) based on entropy balancing and focus on unemployment due to plant closures. Using German panel data, we show that the effect … of unemployment varies across the distribution of public social activities. It is large and negative for individuals in …
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Bowling alone or bowling at all? The effect of unemployment on social participation
Kunze, Lars; Suppa, Nicolai - 2014
This article examines the impact of unemployment on social participation for Germany using the German Socio …-Economic Panel. We find significant negative, robust and, for some activities, lasting effects of unemployment on social … participation. Causality is established by focussing on plant closures as exogenous entries into unemployment. Social norms, labor …
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