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The German part-time wage gap : bad news for men ; conference paper
Wolf, Elke - 2013
Despite the increasing occurrence of part-time employment in Germany, the effects on wage rates are rarely studied. I therefore use GSOEP panel data from 1984 to 2010 and apply different econometric approaches and definitions of part-time work to measure the so-called part-time wage gap of both,...
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Work hour mismatch and job mobility : adjustment channels and resolution rates
Knaus, Michael C.; Otterbach, Steffen - 2016
This paper analyses the role of job changes in overcoming work hour constraints and the work hour mismatches resulting from these constraints (i.e., differences between actual and desired work hours). Building on previous findings that job change increases the flexibility of actual work hours,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451023
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Work hour mismatch and job mobility : adjustment channels and resolution rates
Knaus, Michael C.; Otterbach, Steffen - 2016
This paper analyses the role of job changes in overcoming work hour constraints and the work hour mismatches resulting from these constraints (i.e., differences between actual and desired work hours). Building on previous findings that job change increases the flexibility of actual work hours,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452422
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Education Driving the Rise in Dutch Female Employment Explanations for the Increase in Part-Time Work and Female Employment in the Netherlands, Contrasted with Germany
Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2021
Over the last 15 years, the Netherlands has experienced a tremendous jobs boom, mainly in services and female …
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Loosening Hours Constraints on the Supply of Labor : What If Germans Had a Dutch Labor Market?
Wolf, Elke - 2008
Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this back-of-the-envelope calculation overestimates the effect of loosening hours constraints, because even in a very exible labor market there will exist hours restrictions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014089251
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Loosening hours constraints on the supply of labor : what if Germans had a Dutch labor market?
Wolf, Elke - 2000
Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this back-of-the-envelope calculation overestimates the effect of loosening hours constraints, because even in a very flexible labor market there will exist hours restrictions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428359
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Loosening hours constraints on the supply of labor : what if Germans had a Dutch labor market?
Wolf, Elke - 2000
Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this back-of-the-envelope calculation overestimates the effect of loosening hours constraints, because even in a very flexible labor market there will exist hours restrictions for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445026
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Intensive labour supply : a menu choice revealed preference approach for German females and males
Beckmann, Klaus; Franz, Nele Elisa; Schneider, Andrea - 2014
This paper deals with discrete labour supply decisions of different groups of persons in response to a change in net wage rates. The centrepiece of this approach is individuals' switching between working time categories, while facing switching costs that arise when people expand or reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010374437
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Comparing the Part-Time Wage Gap in Germany and the Netherlands
Wolf, Elke - 2008
-timers. Using the Netherlands as a benchmark, helps to assess the size and seriousness of the estimated wage differentials in … Germany and the Netherlands, taking into account individual and job-specific characteristics and treating participation and … years in employment. The comparison with the wage structure in the Netherlands, which exhibits much smaller wage …
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