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Why Do Europeans Work Part-Time? A Cross-Country Panel Analysis
Mourre, Gilles; Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Ward-Warmedinger, … - 2021
consistent with firms utilizing part-time work to adjust their labor force to changing economic conditions. Institutions and …
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Recent Developments in Part-Time Work in Eu-15 Countries : Trends and Policy
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Mourre, Gilles; Ward-Warmedinger, … - 2021
PTR across countries are significantly affected by policy and institutions. In particular policy measures geared toward … legal framework directly affecting part-time positions and the creation of financial incentives (subsidies and improvement … of social protection) to take up a part-time job. Moreover, other labour market institutions, including benefit systems …
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Arbeitskräftepotenziale der deutschen Wirtschaft : Chancen für Wachstum und Konsolidierung
Hüther, Michael; Jung, Markos; Obst, Thomas - 2021
Der demographische Wandel stellt unsere Gesellschaft vor große Herausforderungen. Gleichzeitig macht ein Rückblick auf die vergangene Dekade im deutschen Arbeitsmarkt deutlich, dass der Aufbau zusätzlicher Beschäftigung durch eine verbesserte Erwerbsintegration ein bedeutsamer Schlüssel zur...
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Part-Time Work in EU Countries : Labour Market Mobility, Entry and Exit
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Mourre, Gilles; Ward-Warmedinger, … - 2021
This paper looks at the role of part-time work in labour mobility for 11 European countries. We find some evidence of part-time work being used as a stepping stone into full-time employment, but for a small proportion of individuals (less than 5%). Part-time jobs are also found to be more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318596
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Part-Time Work in EU Countries : Labour Market Mobility, Entry and Exit
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Mourre, Gilles; Ward-Warmedinger, … - 2021
This paper looks at the role of part-time work in labour mobility for 11 European countries. We find some evidence of part-time work being used as a stepping stone into full-time employment, but for a small proportion of individuals (less than 5%). Part-time jobs are also found to be more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318677
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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 - 2001
Over the last 15 years, the Netherlands has experienced a tremendous jobs boom, mainly in services and female employment. This has often been related to changes in the Dutch institutional environment. Using a model which allows for direct utility of work, we find that institutional arrangements...
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Combining part-time work and social benefits : empirical evidence from Finland
Kalin, Salla; Kyyrä, Tomi; Matikka, Tuomas - 2024
We use detailed, population-wide data from Finland to provide evidence of the impact of earnings disregard policies on part-time work during unemployment spells, and describe the longer-run trends in combining part-time work and social benefits. We find that part-time work while receiving...
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Promotion prospects and within-level wage growth : a decomposition of the part-time penalty for women
Ilieva, Boryana - 2023
I study the life-cycle pattern of part-time employment and its impact on wage growth in female careers. I show that the part-time wage penalty consists of two essential components: i) a penalty for promotions and ii) a within-career-level wage penalty. Using dynamic structural modeling, I...
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What is the price of freedom? : estimating women's willingness to pay for job schedule flexibility
Bustelo, Monserrat; Diaz Escobar, Ana Maria; Lafortune, … - 2020
We conducted a discrete choice experiment to elicit revealed preferences of low-income women for job flexibility. We did so without deception reversing the methodology proposed by Kessler et al. (2019) for job seekers. We contrast the role of flexible time schedule with that of part-time...
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First Time Parents' Paid Work Patterns in Amsterdam : Father's Part-Time Work, Family's Immigrant Background and Mother's Work for Pay When the Infant is Very Young
Wetzels, C.M.M.P - 2021
We analyze first time parents' work patterns. Little empirical work exists on the influence of the partner's (change of) employment status. There is no study known to us that investigates the effects of the family's immigrant background. This study explores both issues in addition to the effects...
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