Niedriglohnarbeitsmarkt
Der Ausbau des Niedriglohnsektors sollte Ende der 1990er Jahre die hohe Arbeitslosigkeit reduzieren. Als Niedriglohn gilt ein Arbeitsentgelt, das trotz Vollzeitbeschäftigung keine angemessene Existenzsicherung gewährleistet – die OECD definiert den ihn als einen Bruttolohn, der unterhalb von zwei Dritteln des nationalen Medianbruttolohns aller Vollzeitbeschäftigten liegt. Betroffen von Niedriglöhnen sind überdurchschnittlich häufig Personen ohne beruflichen Abschluss, jüngere Erwerbstätige und Frauen.
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Unequal Job Security, Unemployment Scarring, and the Distribution of Welfare in a Search and Bargaining Model (2025)
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Abrahams, Scott (2025): Unequal Job Security, Unemployment Scarring, and the Distribution of Welfare in a Search and Bargaining Model. In: Labour, Jg. 39, H. 3, S. 189-205. DOI:10.1111/labr.70001
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"What causes unemployment to concentrate among the same workers over time, and what are the welfare consequences? I demonstrate that unemployment scarring emerges naturally in a frictional labor market when firms with lower-productivity matches have smaller profit margins to absorb negative shocks. I develop a search model with endogenous job termination that reproduces two key empirical regularities: lower-wage jobs are less stable and previous unemployment predicts future job loss. The model captures a crucial non-monotonic pattern I document empirically, where termination risk drops sharply in the left tail of the wage distribution but flattens beyond the median wage. This mechanism increases lifetime wage and unemployment inequality by 7% compared to models with uniform termination risk. Counterfactual experiments reveal that unemployment insurance reduces scarring by enabling workers to wait for higher-quality matches, but simultaneously strengthens workers' bargaining position, which counterintuitively decreases job security at every productivity level." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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The effects of minimum wages on employment and Prices - Evidence from the hairdressing sector (2024)
Kunaschk, Max;Zitatform
Kunaschk, Max (2024): The effects of minimum wages on employment and Prices - Evidence from the hairdressing sector. In: Labour Economics, Jg. 88, 2024-04-04. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2024.102540
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"This paper provides comprehensive evidence on the labor and product market effects of a high-impact minimum wage introduction in the highly competitive hairdressing sector. Using detailed administrative data, I find negligible overall employment effects, even though the minimum wage substantially increased hourly wages. However, sub-group analyses reveal considerable heterogeneity in the estimated employment effects and suggest shifts away from marginal towards regular employment. Analyses of the price effects suggest that the reform increased output prices considerably, implying that consumers largely paid for the minimum wage." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Elsevier) ((en))
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Human capital formation and changes in low pay persistence (2023)
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Dasgupta, Kabir & Alexander Plum (2023): Human capital formation and changes in low pay persistence. In: Applied Economics, Jg. 55, H. 56, S. 6583-6604. DOI:10.1080/00036846.2022.2161989
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"This study presents new empirical evidence on the role of time trends in low pay persistence. We utilize population-wide tax records to track monthly labour market trajectories of initially low-paid workers. By performing age- and qualification-specific regressions, we find that low pay persistence reduces with time. However, the magnitude is highly heterogeneous across workforce characteristics. For a qualified worker in their early 20s, the risk of staying on low-pay declines by, on average, 5–10% points after one year. For a worker in their 50s, persistence remains almost unchanged regardless of their qualification level. We conclude that policy initiatives need to be more nuanced than a simple one-size-fits-all approach by accounting for time trends in low-pay persistence." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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To Redistribute or to Predistribute? The Minimum Wage versus Income Taxation When Workers Differ in Both Wages and Working Hours (2023)
Gerritsen, Aart;Zitatform
Gerritsen, Aart (2023): To Redistribute or to Predistribute? The Minimum Wage versus Income Taxation When Workers Differ in Both Wages and Working Hours. (CESifo working paper 10734), München, 53 S.
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"I consider the case for the minimum wage alongside (optimal) income taxes when workers differ in both wages and working hours, such that a given level of income corresponds to multiple wage rates. The minimum wage is directly targeted at the lowest-wage workers, while income taxes are at most targeted at all low-income workers, regardless of their hourly wage rates. This renders the minimum wage unambiguously desirable in a discrete-type model of the labor market. Desirability of the minimum wage is a priori ambiguous in a continuous-type model of the labor market. Compared to the minimum wage, income taxes are less effective in compressing the wage distribution but more effective in redistributing income. Desirability of the minimum wage depends on this trade-off between the “predistributional advantage” of the minimum wage and the “redistributional advantage” of the income tax. I derive a desirability condition for the minimum wage and write it in terms of empirical sufficient statistics. A numerical application to the US suggests a strong case for a higher federal minimum wage – especially if social preferences for the lowest-wage workers are relatively strong and the wage elasticity of labor demand relatively small." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Trade Unions, Bargaining Coverage and Low Pay: A Multilevel Test of Institutional Effects on Low-Pay Risk in Germany (2022)
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Benassi, Chiara & Tim Vlandas (2022): Trade Unions, Bargaining Coverage and Low Pay: A Multilevel Test of Institutional Effects on Low-Pay Risk in Germany. In: Work, Employment and Society, Jg. 36, H. 6, S. 1018-1037. DOI:10.1177/09500170211024467
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"Employment relations scholars argue that industrial relations institutions reduce low pay among the workforce, while the insider-outsider literature claims that unions contribute to increase the low-pay risk among non-union members. This article tests these expectations by distinguishing, respectively, between the individual effect of being a union member or covered by collective agreements and the sectoral effect of strong trade unions or encompassing collective agreements. Findings from multilevel logistic regression analyses of the German Socio-Economic Panel reveal that unions and bargaining coverage have distinct effects at individual and sectoral level. The analysis of their cross-level interactions provides partial support to both the insider-outsider approach, since non-union members are more exposed to the risk of low pay in highly unionized sectors, and to the power resource perspectives, since the probability of being in low pay in sectors with encompassing collective agreements decreases also for those workers who are not covered by them." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Would Broadening the UI Tax Base Help Low-Income Workers? (2022)
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Duggan, Mark, Audrey Guo & Andrew C. Johnston (2022): Would Broadening the UI Tax Base Help Low-Income Workers? (IZA discussion paper 15020), Bonn, 12 S.
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"The tax base for state unemployment insurance (UI) programs varies significantly in the U.S., from a low of $7,000 annually in California to a high of $52,700 in Washington. Previous research has provided surprisingly little guidance to policy makers regarding the tradeoffs associated with this variation. In this paper, we use 37 years of data for all 50 states and Washington, D.C. to estimate the impact of the UI tax base on labor-market outcomes. We find that the low tax base that exists in California and many other states (and the necessarily higher tax rates that accompany these) negatively affects labor market outcomes for part-time and other low-earning workers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wage and tolerance for inequality (2022)
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Fazio, Andrea & Tommaso Reggiani (2022): Minimum wage and tolerance for inequality. (MUNI ECON working paper 2022-07), Brno, 19 S.
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"We suggest that people advocate for equality also because they fear income losses below a given reference point. Stabilizing their baseline income can make workers more tolerant of inequality. We present evidence of this attitude in the UK by exploiting the introduction of the National Minimum Wage (NMW), which institutionally set a baseline pay reducing the risk of income losses for British workers at the bottom of the income distribution. Based on data from the British Household Panel Survey, we show that workers that benefited from the NMW program became relatively more tolerant of inequality and more likely to vote for the Conservative party." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Informal employment and wages in Poland (2022)
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Liwiński, Jacek (2022): Informal employment and wages in Poland. In: International Journal of Manpower, Jg. 44, H. 6, S. 1196-1220. DOI:10.1108/IJM-03-2021-0196
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"Purpose: This paper tries to identify the wage gap between informal and formal workers and tests for the two-tier structure of the informal labor market in Poland. Design/methodology/approach the author employs the propensity score matching (PSM) technique and use data from the Polish Labor Force Survey (LFS) for the period 2009–2017 to estimate the wage gap between informal and formal workers, both at the means and along the wage distribution. The author uses two definitions of informal employment: (1) employment without a written agreement and (2) employment while officially registered as unemployed at a labor office. In order to reduce the bias resulting from the non-random selection of individuals into informal employment, he uses a rich set of control variables representing several individual characteristics. Findings after controlling for observed heterogeneity, the author finds that on average informal workers earn less than formal workers, both in terms of monthly earnings and hourly wage. This result is not sensitive to the definition of informal employment used and is stable over the analyzed time period (2009–2017). However, the wage penalty to informal employment is substantially higher for individuals at the bottom of the wage distribution, which supports the hypothesis of the two-tier structure of the informal labor market in Poland. Originality/value the main contribution of this study is that it identifies the two-tier structure of the informal labor market in Poland: informal workers in the first quartile of the wage distribution and those above the first quartile appear to be in two partially different segments of the labor market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Emerald Group) ((en))
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Der untere Entgeltbereich (2022)
Seils, Eric; Baumann, Helge;Zitatform
Seils, Eric & Helge Baumann (2022): Der untere Entgeltbereich. (WSI Policy Brief / Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut 65), Düsseldorf, 12 S.
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"Die Bundesagentur für Arbeit hat erstmals nicht nur fachlich, sondern auch regional tief gegliederte Daten zum unteren Entgeltbereich herausgegeben (Bundesagentur für Arbeit 2021a). In Verbindung mit weiteren Sonderauswertungen der Bundesagentur liefern diese Kennziffern detaillierte Informationen über Menschen, die trotz Vollzeitbeschäftigung am Ende des Monats wenig Lohn haben. Diese Daten sollen im Hinblick auf die folgenden Fragen ausgewertet werden: Wer sind die Geringverdiener und wo arbeiten sie? Wie hat sich der untere Entgeltbereich entwickelt? Welche regionalen Unterschiede bestehen und wie lassen sich diese erklären? Zunächst soll jedoch auf methodische Aspekte eingegangen werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Geographies of Low-Income Jobs: The concentration of low-income jobs, the knowledge economy and labor market polarization in Sweden, 1990-2018 (2022)
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von Borries, Alvaro, Markus Grillitsch & Karl-Johan Lundquist (2022): Geographies of Low-Income Jobs: The concentration of low-income jobs, the knowledge economy and labor market polarization in Sweden, 1990-2018. (Papers in innovation studies / CIRCLE, Lund University 2022,04), Lund, 31 S.
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"In this paper we explore the (changing) spatial concentration of low-income jobs throughout the last 30 years in Sweden, a period that has been characterized by the rise of what has become known as the knowledge economy. In particular, we describe (map) and try to understand what drives the concentration of low-income jobs in certain regions and how that has changed in time. We observe an overall decrease of the prevalence of low-income jobs during the last three decades. Moreover, regions have also converged, meaning that the great differentiator between places is less and less about how many low-income jobs they host, but how many very well paid there are. We also find that labor market polarization does not seem to lead to a greater incidence of low-income jobs when measured against a threshold related to the national income distribution, but, as expected, it does when we move towards a regional threshold, thus accounting for regional income differences. Finally, regions with a larger knowledge economy have tended to have a lower incidence of low-income jobs, both measured with respect to the national and to the regional income. This points towards the knowledge economy being a source of regional prosperity either through the upgrading of jobs or rising the wages of low- income workers. Despite all the discourse about the degradation of the Nordic model, we provide some evidence for it to be still working in Sweden under this new and complex knowledge-dominated era." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Trade, technology, and the channels of wage inequality (2021)
Borrs, Linda; Knauth, Florian;Zitatform
Borrs, Linda & Florian Knauth (2021): Trade, technology, and the channels of wage inequality. In: European Economic Review, Jg. 131. DOI:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2020.103607
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"We use a large sample of German workers to analyse whether low-wage competition with China and Eastern Europe (the East) affects the wage structure within German manufacturing industries. In order to identify the channels through which trade and technology affect wage inequality, we decompose wages into firm and worker components. We find that the rise of market access and the competitiveness of the East has a substantial impact on inequality via the worker-wage component. While we find no large effect of the firm effect and assortative matching on overall inequality we find that trade induced matching is relevant for high-tech industries. We also account for exposure to technological change and do not find an effect on the dispersion of wage components. Overall, trade explains around 15% of the recent increase in wage inequality." (Author's abstract, © 2021 Elsevier) ((en))
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Der ungleiche Wert geringqualifizierter Arbeit. Erwerbschancen in der Bau- und Reinigungsbranche (2021)
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Gonon, Anna & Anna John (2021): Der ungleiche Wert geringqualifizierter Arbeit. Erwerbschancen in der Bau- und Reinigungsbranche. In: Industrielle Beziehungen, Jg. 28, H. 3, S. 260-282. DOI:10.3224/indbez.v28i3.03
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"Fehlende formale Qualifikationen wirken sich negativ auf Erwerbschancen aus, insbesondere für Frauen. Während die Forschung bisher vor allem makrostrukturelle Faktoren beleuchtete, nimmt dieser Beitrag die Mesoebene in den Blick und fragt danach, wie die Erwerbschancen Geringqualifizierter durch branchenspezifische Formen der Beschäftigung und Arbeitsorganisation beeinflusst werden. Durch den Vergleich zweier geschlechtersegregierter Branchen, dem Bau- und Reinigungsgewerbe in der Schweiz, wird aufgezeigt, wie Systeme der kollektiven Lohnverhandlung, Strategien des Personaleinsatzes sowie Regeln und Praktiken der Beförderung und Weiterbildung zu ungleichen Erwerbschancen beitragen. Analytisch knüpft der Artikel an die Theorie der Unterschätzung von Frauenarbeit an und konzipiert Erwerbschancen als Resultat unterschiedlicher Konstruktionen des Werts von Arbeit. Als empirische Grundlage dienen qualitative Interviews mit Arbeitgebenden, geringqualifizierten Arbeitskräften und Gewerkschaftsvertretern. Zudem wurden die Kollektivverträge der beiden Branchen analysiert. Der Fokus liegt auf Generalunternehmen der Baubranche und auf der Unterhaltsreinigung. Während sich Erstere durch hohe Mindestlöhne sowie institutionalisierte Aufstiegsmöglichkeiten auszeichnen, ist Letztere durch niedrige Löhne, Unterbeschäftigung und mangelnde Möglichkeiten der beruflichen Weiterentwicklung geprägt. Der Beitrag belegt die Vielschichtigkeit der Faktoren, die auf der Ebene von Branchen und Betrieben die Erwerbschancen von Geringqualifizierten beeinflussen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Time, Income and Subjective Well-Being - 20 Years of Interdependent Multidimensional Polarization in Germany (2021)
Merz, Joachim; Scherg, Bettina;Zitatform
Merz, Joachim & Bettina Scherg (2021): Time, Income and Subjective Well-Being - 20 Years of Interdependent Multidimensional Polarization in Germany. (IZA discussion paper 14870), Bonn, 40 S.
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"Society drifts apart in many dimensions. Economists focus on income of the poor and rich and the distribution of income but a broader spectrum of dimensions is required to draw the picture of multiple facets of individual life. In our study of multidimensional polarization we extend the income dimension by time, a pre-requisite and fundamental resource of any individual activity. In particular, we consider genuine personal time as a pronounced source of social participation in the sense of social inclusion/exclusion and Amartya Sen's capability approach. With an interdependence approach to multidimensional polarization we allow compensation between time and income, parameters of a CES-type subjective well-being function, where a possible substitution is evaluated empirically by the German population instead of arbitrarily chosen. Beyond subjective well-being indices we propose and apply a new intensity/gap measure to multidimensional polarization, the mean minimum polarization gap 2DGAP. This polarization intensity measure provides transparency with regard to each single attribute, which is important for targeted policies, while at the same time their interdependent relations is respected. The empirical investigation of interdependent multidimensional polarization incidence and intensity uses the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) and detailed time use diary data from the three German Time Use Surveys (GTUS) 1991/92, 2001/02 and the actual 2012/13. We focus on the working individuals where the working poor requires increasing interest in the economic and social political discussion. The microeconometric two-stage selectivity corrected estimation of interdependent multidimensional risk (incidence) and intensity quantifies socio-economic factors behind. Four striking results appear: First, genuine personal leisure time additional to income is a significant subjective well-being and polarization dimension. Second, its interdependence, its compensation/substitution, ev" (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Conditional Earnings Subsidies for Low Earners (2020)
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Ooghe, Erwin (2020): Conditional Earnings Subsidies for Low Earners. In: The Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Jg. 122, H. 2, S. 524-552. DOI:10.1111/sjoe.12358
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"Having low earnings is often not sufficient to be eligible for in-work tax credits. In the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Ireland, for example, eligibility also requires that the number of hours worked is sufficiently high. Similarly, in France and Belgium the hourly wage rate must be sufficiently low. This paper provides a justification for such additional conditions. I analyse Pareto efficient redistribution from high to low ability individuals in a model where labour has several intensive margins. Besides labour hours, also labour effort - a vector of unpleasant, but productive features of labour - is an object of choice. Effort and ability determine the hourly wage rate. I find that conditional earnings subsidies for low earners are optimal: the earning of low earners should be subsidized at the margin, but only if they earn more by working more hours at a sufficiently low wage rate." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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Hedonic-based labor supply substitution and the ripple effect of minimum wages (2019)
Phelan, Brian J.;Zitatform
Phelan, Brian J. (2019): Hedonic-based labor supply substitution and the ripple effect of minimum wages. In: Journal of labor economics, Jg. 37, H. 3, S. 905-947. DOI:10.1086/702651
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"This paper analyzes a new explanation of the 'ripple effect' of minimum wages based on how minimum wages affect hedonic compensation. Minimum wage hikes lower compensating differentials at low-skill undesirable jobs because they raise wages at the most desirable low-skill job, the minimum wage job. This change in hedonic compensation may cause some individuals to optimally leave low-wage undesirable jobs and seek more desirable employment. If labor supply falls at low-wage undesirable jobs, employers would raise wages, consistent with the ripple effect. Empirically, I provide evidence that hedonic-based labor supply substitution is taking place and contributing to the ripple effect." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Exclusionary employment in Britain's broken labour market (2016)
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Bailey, Nick (2016): Exclusionary employment in Britain's broken labour market. In: Critical social policy, Jg. 36, H. 1, S. 82-103. DOI:10.1177/0261018315601800
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"There is growing evidence of the problematic nature of the UK's 'flexible labour market' with rising levels of in-work poverty and insecurity. Yet successive governments have stressed that paid work is the route to inclusion, focussing attention on the divide between employed and unemployed. Past efforts to measure social exclusion have tended to make the same distinction. The aim of this article is to apply Levitas et al.'s (2007) framework to assess levels of exclusionary employment, i.e. exclusion arising directly from an individual's labour market situation. Using data from the Poverty and Social Exclusion UK survey, results show that one in three adults in paid work is in poverty, or in insecure or poor quality employment. One third of this group have not seen any progression in their labour market situation in the last five years. The policy focus needs to shift from 'Broken Britain' to Britain's broken labour market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The living wage: Theoretical integration and an applied research agenda (2016)
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Carr, Stuart C., Jane Parker, James Arrowsmith & Paul A. Watters (2016): The living wage. Theoretical integration and an applied research agenda. In: International Labour Review, Jg. 155, H. 1, S. 1-24. DOI:10.1111/j.1564-913X.2015.00029.x
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"The concept of a living wage is defined by quality of life and work life, not merely economic subsistence. It extends to adequate participation in organizational and social life. In development economics, these crucial components of 'decent work' connect with 'capabilities', whose development is important to individuals, organizations and society. However, the links between income and capabilities remain unknown, and living wages are often set by fiat. By integrating theories from development studies, management, psychology and employment relations into a single concentric, contingency model, the authors derive a series of propositions with which to test this context-sensitive model in empirical research." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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Well-being, poverty and labor income taxation: theory and application to Europe and the U.S. (2016)
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Maniquet, François & Dirk Neumann (2016): Well-being, poverty and labor income taxation. Theory and application to Europe and the U.S. (IZA discussion paper 10181), Bonn, 28 S.
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"In a model in which agents differ in wages and preferences over labor time-consumption bundles, we study labor income tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place between agents on both sides of the poverty line provided they have the same labor time. This requirement is combined with efficiency and robustness properties. Maximizing the resulting social preferences under incentive compatibility constraints yields the following evaluation criterion: tax schemes should minimize the labor time required to reach the poverty line. We apply this criterion to European countries and the US." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Die geschlechterspezifische Strukturierung des Niedriglohnsektors: eine vergleichende Perspektive auf Frankreich, Großbritannien, Schweden und Deutschland (2015)
George, Roman;Zitatform
George, Roman (2015): Die geschlechterspezifische Strukturierung des Niedriglohnsektors. Eine vergleichende Perspektive auf Frankreich, Großbritannien, Schweden und Deutschland. (Arbeit - Demokratie - Geschlecht 21), Münster: Verl. Westfälisches Dampfboot, 278 S.
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"Niedriglohnarbeit findet sich besonders oft in feminisierten Segmenten des Arbeitsmarkts. Der Vergleich zwischen Frankreich, Großbritannien, Schweden und Deutschland zeigt allerdings auf, dass sich die Ausmaße und die Strukturen der Geschlechterungleichheiten deutlich unterscheiden. Roman George geht dem in seiner Studie nach und arbeitet die Länderunterschiede hinsichtlich der Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen, des Ausbildungssystems und des Sozialstaats heraus. So liefert er nicht zuletzt auch Ansatzpunkte für eine gleichstellungsorientierte Politik." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Getting more unequal : rising labor market inequalities among low-skilled men in West Germany (2015)
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Gieseckea, Johannes, Jan Paul Heisig & Heike Solga (2015): Getting more unequal : rising labor market inequalities among low-skilled men in West Germany. In: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Jg. 39, H. March, S. 1-17. DOI:10.1016/j.rssm.2014.10.001
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"During recent decades, earnings differentials between educational groups have risen in most advanced economies. While these trends are well-documented, much less is known about inequality trends within educational groups. To address this issue, we study changes in labor market inequalities among low-skilled men in West Germany. Using data from the German Socio-economic Panel, we show that both risks of labor market exclusion and earnings dispersion have grown dramatically since the mid-1980s. We consider possible explanations for these trends, drawing on an analytic distinction between compositional changes with respect to worker/job characteristics and changes in the effects of these characteristics on labor market outcomes. Using a reweighting strategy and regression models, we find that both compositional trends and changes in the effects of important characteristics have contributed to the observed increase in labor market inequalities. We discuss the likely influence of German welfare state programs, labor market regulation, and of recent changes in these domains, and sketch promising avenues for future research." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Do internal labour markets protect the unskilled from low payment?: evidence from Germany (2015)
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Lengfeld, Holger & Clemens Ohlert (2015): Do internal labour markets protect the unskilled from low payment? Evidence from Germany. In: International journal of manpower, Jg. 36, H. 6, S. 874-894. DOI:10.1108/IJM-01-2014-0033
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"Purpose - Up to date, it remains an unresolved issue how firms shape inequality in interaction with mechanisms of stratification at the individual and occupational-level. Accordingly, the authors ask whether workers of different occupational classes are affected to different degrees by between-firm wage inequality. In light of the recent rise of overall wage inequality, answers to this question can contribute to a better understanding of the role firms play in this development. The authors argue and empirically test that whether workers are able to benefit from firms' internal or external strategies for flexibility depends on resources available at the individual and occupational level. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Design/methodology/approach - Matched employer-employee data from official German labour market statistics are used to estimate firm-specific wage components, which are then regressed on structural characteristics of firms.
Findings - Between-firm wage effects of internal labour markets are largest among unskilled workers and strongly pronounced among qualified manual workers. Effects are clearly smaller among classes of qualified and high-qualified non-manual workers but have risen sharply for the latter class from 2005 to 2010.
Social implications - The most disadvantaged workers in the labour market are also most contingent upon employers' increasingly heterogeneous policies of recruitment and remuneration.
Originality/value - This paper combines insights from sociological and economic labour market research in order to formulate and test the new hypothesis that between-firm wage effects of internal labour markets are larger for unskilled than for qualified workers." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en)) -
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Was braucht der Mensch zum Leben? Der ewige Streit um die Höhe des Existenzminimums (2015)
Nakielski, Hans;Zitatform
Nakielski, Hans (Red.) (2015): Was braucht der Mensch zum Leben? Der ewige Streit um die Höhe des Existenzminimums. In: Soziale Sicherheit, Jg. 64, H. 4, S. 133-134.
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"Was braucht der Mensch zum Leben? Diese Frage beschäftigt die Sozialpolitik seit Jahrzehnten. Die Höhe des Existenzminimums, das in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ja nicht bloß die physische Existenz, sondern auch ein Mindestmaß an Teilhabe am gesellschaftlichen Leben abdecken muss, ist seit Langem strittig." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Does neighbourhood unemployment affect the springboard effect of low pay? (2015)
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Plum, Alexander & Gundi Knies (2015): Does neighbourhood unemployment affect the springboard effect of low pay? (ISER working paper 2015-20), Colchester, 34 S.
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"There is considerable debate on whether the employment and earnings prospects are better for those on low pay or for the unemployed. We use Understanding Society data for England and estimate dynamic random effects panel models which show robust evidence that the future unemployment risk is lower for those who are currently on low pay compared to those who are currently unemployed and the low-paid also have a higher chance than the unemployed of becoming higher-paid. These findings are most marked in neighbourhoods with high unemployment which is attributable to the much poorer prospects of the unemployed in these neighbourhoods." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Das Arbeitsangebot im Niedriglohnbereich (2015)
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Trede, Mark (2015): Das Arbeitsangebot im Niedriglohnbereich. In: Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Studium, Jg. 44, H. 12, S. 692-697.
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"Lineare Darstellungen von Arbeitsangebots- und Nachfragekurven suggerieren, dass ein eindeutiges Gleichgewicht auf dem Arbeitsmarkt existiere und dass die Wirkung eines Mindestlohns leicht zu erkennen sei. In diesem Aufsatz wird gezeigt, dass die Berücksichtigung der institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen im Niedriglohnbereich zu einer nichtlinearen Arbeitsangebotskurve und multiplen Gleichgewichten führen kann. Es wird gezeigt, wie die Angebotskurve computergestützt in R hergeleitet werden kann." (Autorenreferat, © Verlag Franz Vahlen )
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Aspects of wage dynamics in Germany (2014)
Stephani, Jens;Zitatform
Stephani, Jens (2014): Aspects of wage dynamics in Germany. (IAB-Bibliothek 350), Bielefeld: Bertelsmann, 144 S. DOI:10.3278/300858w
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"Die Lohnungleichheit in Deutschland ist in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten deutlich gewachsen. Gut jeder fünfte Beschäftigte arbeitet mittlerweile im Niedriglohnsektor. Zugleich gelingt nur einem Bruchteil der Geringverdiener der Aufstieg in eine besser bezahlte Beschäftigung. Jens Stephani geht unterschiedlichen Forschungsfragen zur Aufstiegsmobilität von Geringverdienern nach, die bislang noch nicht untersucht wurden: Wie groß sind die Chancen, dass Geringverdiener, denen der Aufstieg in eine besser bezahlte Tätigkeit geglückt ist, sich längerfristig in dem besser bezahlten Job halten können? In welchen Betrieben können Niedriglohnbezieher mit überproportionalen Lohnzuwächsen rechnen? Welche Rolle spielen unterschiedliche Persönlichkeitsmerkmale für die Aufstiegschancen von Geringverdienern? In einem gesonderten Kapitel analysiert Stephani, inwieweit das Lohnniveau in tarifgebundenen Betrieben - trotz der im letzten Jahrzehnt gesunkenen Bedeutung des Gewerkschaftswesens - weiterhin höher ist als in nichttarifgebundenen Betrieben." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Outsourcing and the skilled-unskilled wage gap (2013)
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Anwar, Sajid (2013): Outsourcing and the skilled-unskilled wage gap. In: Economics Letters, Jg. 118, H. 2, S. 347-350. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2012.11.024
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"Within the context of a product variety model, this paper examines the impact of outsourcing of skill-intensive tasks on the skilled-unskilled wage gap. Outsourcing affects the wage gap through direct as well as indirect channels. While outsourcing decreases the effective wage of skilled workers in the services sector, owing to inter-sectoral labour mobility, its overall impact on the equilibrium skilled wage is positive. Through an increase in the size of external economies in the industrial sector, outsourcing can reduce the unskilled wage. In overall terms, outsourcing of skill-intensive tasks increases the skilled - unskilled wage gap." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Spillover effects of minimum wages under union wage bargaining (2013)
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Dittrich, Marcus & Andreas Knabe (2013): Spillover effects of minimum wages under union wage bargaining. In: Journal of institutional and theoretical economics, Jg. 169, H. 3, S. 506-518. DOI:10.1628/093245613X667468
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"Empirical and experimental research suggests that minimum wages cause spill-overs to wages higher up in the wage distribution, i.e., they may even raise wages that were already above the new minimum wage. In this paper, we analyze how these findings can be explained by theoretical wage bargaining models between unions and firms. While the Nash bargaining solution is unaffected by minimum wages below initially bargained wages, we show that such minimum wages can drive up wages - and be harmful to employment - when bargaining follows the Kalai-Smorodinsky solution." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Labour market segmentation: Standard and non-standard employment in Germany (2013)
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Garz, Marcel (2013): Labour market segmentation: Standard and non-standard employment in Germany. In: German economic review, Jg. 14, H. 3, S. 349-371. DOI:10.1111/geer.12008
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"Data from the German Socio-Economic Panel provide insight into the relationship between standard and non-standard work, from the perspective of dual labour market theory. We identify two segments that largely correspond to the common distinction between these forms of employment and find substantial differences in the determination of wages, as well as the composition of worker and job characteristics. These differences tend to increase after the Hartz reforms. The estimates also indicate the existence of a primary sector wage premium and job rationing, as well as specific patterns of labour mobility due to (partly non-economic) barriers between segments." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wages and female labor supply in Germany (2012)
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Bredemeier, Christian & Falko Juessen (2012): Minimum wages and female labor supply in Germany. (IZA discussion paper 6892), Bonn, 32 S.
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"In Germany, there is a vivid political debate on introducing a general statutory minimum wage. In this paper, we study the effects of minimum wages on labor supply using a structural household model where we distinguish between married and single households. In the model, labor supply of married women reacts positively and relatively strongly to minimum wages which we model as a wage subsidy as proposed in the German political debate. By contrast, other population subgroups show ambiguous reactions. An empirical analysis for Germany shows that minimum wages would affect total labor supply only weakly. Yet, in our baseline experiments, average labor supply of married women increases by 3-5%, whereas hours supplied by married female recipients of the minimum wage may increase by up to 28%. Further, we find that costs of a subsidized minimum wage increase sharply in its level while its effects on labor supply level out." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Die Entwicklung der Beschäftigung in Hamburg - Anzeichen für eine Spaltung des Arbeitsmarktes? (2012)
Buch, Tanja; Stöckmann, Andrea; Seibert, Holger;Zitatform
Buch, Tanja, Holger Seibert & Andrea Stöckmann (2012): Die Entwicklung der Beschäftigung in Hamburg - Anzeichen für eine Spaltung des Arbeitsmarktes? Hamburg, 19 S.
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"Im Februar 2012 fand die 3. Konferenz zur sozialen Spaltung in Hamburg unter dem Titel 'Arbeiten in Hamburg. Entwicklungen und soziale Folgen' statt. In der Ankündigung hieß es: 'Noch nie gab es so viele Arbeitsplätze wie heute. Vielen Branchen mangelt es an Fachkräften. Gleichzeitig können immer weniger Menschen von ihrer Arbeit auskömmlich leben, weil ihre Stellen befristet, zeitlich beschränkt und schlecht entlohnt sind. Prekäre Beschäftigung scheint zum Normalarbeitsverhältnis zu werden. Umbrüche in der Arbeitswelt haben zur Folge, dass die Erwerbsarbeit immer weniger zur sozialen Integration beiträgt. Die Veränderung der Arbeitswelt vertieft so die Spaltung der Gesellschaft.' In diesem Thesenpapier sollen anhand empirischer Daten zur Beschäftigungs- und Arbeitslosigkeitsentwicklung mögliche Spaltungstendenzen auf dem Hamburger Arbeitsmarkt diskutiert werden." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Minimum wages and wage inequality: some theory and an application to the UK (2012)
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Butcher, Tim, Richard Dickens & Alan Manning (2012): Minimum wages and wage inequality. Some theory and an application to the UK. (CEP discussion paper 1177), London, 33 S.
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"Research suggests that, at the levels set in countries like the US and the UK, minimum wages have little effect on employment but do have impacts on wage inequality. However we lack models that can explain these facts - this paper presents one based on imperfect labour markets. The paper also investigates the impact of the UK's National Minimum Wage on wage inequality finding it can explain a sizeable part of the evolution of wage inequality in the bottom half of the distribution in the period 1998-2010. We also present evidence that the impact of the NMW reaches up to 40% above the NMW in 2010 which corresponds to the 25th percentile. These spillovers are larger in low-wage segments." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Employment cycles, low income work and the dynamic impact of wage regulations: a macro perspective (2012)
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Flaschel, Peter, Alfred Greiner, Camille Logeay & Christian Proano (2012): Employment cycles, low income work and the dynamic impact of wage regulations. A macro perspective. In: Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Jg. 22, H. 2, S. 235-250.
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"In this paper we investigate, against the background of Goodwin's (1967) growth cycle model, a dual labor market economy and the consequences of introducing an unemployment benefit system and minimum wages in the second labor market and a maximum wage barrier in the first one. In the framework with free 'hiring' and 'firing' in the both labor markets we show (a) that in fact maximum real wages in the first labor market not only reduce the volatility of this labor market, but also provide global stability to the system dynamics if they are locally explosive, and (b) that larger fluctuations in employment can be made (at least partially) socially acceptable through a (workfare oriented) unemployment benefit system augmented by minimum wage in the low income segment of the labor market." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Minimum wage, on-the-job search and employment: on the sectoral and aggregate equilibrium effect of the mandatory minimum wage (2012)
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Gavrel, Frédéric, Isabelle Lebon & Therese Rebiere (2012): Minimum wage, on-the-job search and employment. On the sectoral and aggregate equilibrium effect of the mandatory minimum wage. In: Economic Modelling, Jg. 29, H. 3, S. 691-699. DOI:10.1016/j.econmod.2012.01.005
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"We study the impact of a minimum wage in a segmented labor market in which workers are at different stages of their careers. At the end of a learning-by-doing period, workers paid the minimum wage quit 'bad jobs' for better-paying 'good jobs', following an on-the-job search process with endogenous search intensity. A rise in the minimum wage reduces 'bad jobs' creation and prompts workers to keep their 'bad jobs' by reducing on-the-job search intensity. The ambiguous impact on unqualified employment replicates and explains the findings of several empirical studies. However, a minimum wage rise reduces overall employment and output." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Niedriglohnbeschäftigte in der Sackgasse?: was die Segmentationstheorie zum Verständnis des Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland beitragen kann (2012)
Kalina, Thorsten;Zitatform
Kalina, Thorsten (2012): Niedriglohnbeschäftigte in der Sackgasse? Was die Segmentationstheorie zum Verständnis des Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland beitragen kann. Duisburg, 253 S.
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"Deutschland galt lange als ein Land mit einer vergleichsweise geringen Einkommensungleichheit und guten Möglichkeiten für Niedriglohnbeschäftigte in besser entlohnte Tätigkeiten aufzusteigen. Dieses Bild hat sich verändert. Der Niedriglohnanteil hat sich deutlich ausgeweitet und liegt mittlerweile über dem EU-Durchschnitt. Das deutsche Beschäftigungsmodell ist nicht mehr wie in der Vergangenheit in der Lage, die Ausweitung von Niedriglohnbeschäftigung zu verhindern. Zentrale Frage der Arbeit ist, ob die Ausweitung von Niedriglohnbeschäftigung zu einer Verfestigung sozialer Ungleichheit im Arbeitsmarkt geführt hat. Um diese Frage zu beantworten, wird auf die Segmentationstheorie zurückgegriffen, um Veränderungen der Segmentation des deutschen Arbeitsmarktes und Beschäftigungsbedingungen innerhalb von Arbeitsmarktsegmenten zu untersuchen. In Hinsicht auf Beschäftigungsbedingungen wie die Entlohnung, den Niedriglohnanteil oder die Verbreitung atypischer Beschäftigung hat sich der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt in Kernbereiche mit guten und Randbereiche mit schlechten Beschäftigungsbedingungen polarisiert. Zeitgleich hat sich die Mitte des Beschäftigungssystems in Form berufsfachlicher Arbeitsmärkte ausgedünnt. Die Chancen aus dem Niedriglohnbereich aufzusteigen sind im Zeitverlauf schlechter geworden. Hauptergebnis der Arbeit ist, dass die Ausweitung von Niedriglohnbeschäftigung seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre zu einer Verfestigung sozialer Ungleichheit geführt hat." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Network-based job search: an analysis of monetary and non-monetary labor market outcomes for the low-status unemployed (2012)
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Krug, Gerhard & Martina Rebien (2012): Network-based job search. An analysis of monetary and non-monetary labor market outcomes for the low-status unemployed. In: Zeitschrift für Soziologie, Jg. 41, H. 4, S. 315-333., 2012-05-11. DOI:10.1515/zfsoz-2012-0405
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"Der Aufsatz analysiert den Einfluss der Informationsübertragung über soziale Netzwerke (Freunde, Verwandte und andere persönliche Kontakte) auf monetäre und nicht-monetäre Arbeitsmarkterträge. Die theoretische Basis der Analyse ist ein von Montgomery (1992) vorgeschlagenes suchtheoretisches Modell. Um kausale Effekte zu identifizieren, verwenden wir Propensity-Score-Matching. Unbeobachtete Heterogenität wird mit Hilfe von Rosenbaum-Bounds in der Analyse berücksichtigt. Als Datenbasis dient uns eine Befragung von geringqualifizierten und/oder Langzeitarbeitslosen. Im Zuge der Analyse stellt sich die weit verbreitete Vorgehensweise als irreführend heraus, den Einfluss sozialer Netzwerke auf der Basis eines Vergleichs verschiedener Wege zu identifizieren, auf denen Arbeitsplätze gefunden werden. Stattdessen schlagen wir vor, Personengruppen miteinander zu vergleichen, die mit bzw. ohne Einbindung sozialer Kontakte nach Arbeit gesucht haben. Aus einer solchen Analyse ergeben sich keinerlei Hinweise darauf, dass die Suche über soziale Netzwerke kausale Effekte auf monetäre Erträge wie den Lohn oder die Lohnzufriedenheit oder nichtmonetäre Aspekte wie die Jobzufriedenheit hat." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Optimal minimum wage policy in competitive labor markets (2012)
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Lee, David & Emmanuel Saez (2012): Optimal minimum wage policy in competitive labor markets. In: Journal of Public Economics, Jg. 96, H. 9/10, S. 739-749. DOI:10.1016/j.jpubeco.2012.06.001
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"This paper provides a theoretical analysis of optimal minimum wage policy in a perfectly competitive labor market and obtains two key results. First, we show that a binding minimum wage - while leading to unemployment - is nevertheless desirable if the government values redistribution toward low wage workers and if unemployment induced by the minimum wage hits the lowest surplus workers first. Importantly, this result remains true in the presence of optimal nonlinear taxes and transfers. In that context, a binding minimum wage enhances the effectiveness of transfers to low-skilled workers as it prevents low-skilled wages from falling through incidence effects. Second, when labor supply responses are along the extensive margin only, which is the empirically relevant case, the co-existence of a minimum wage with a positive tax rate on low-skilled work is always (second-best) Pareto inefficient. A Pareto improving policy consists of reducing the pre-tax minimum wage while keeping constant the post-tax minimum wage by increasing transfers to low-skilled workers, and financing this reform by increasing taxes on higher paid workers. Those results imply that the minimum wage and subsidies for low-skilled workers are complementary policies." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Has the economic crisis contributed to more segmentation in labour market and welfare outcomes? (2012)
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Leschke, Janine (2012): Has the economic crisis contributed to more segmentation in labour market and welfare outcomes? (Working paper / European Trade Union Institute 2012,02), Brussels, 49 S.
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"This paper analyses whether developments on the labour market and in the welfare system during the economic crisis can be seen as perpetuating the trend towards labour market segmentation or whether the crisis may actually have contributed to containing some of the divisions forged in recent decades. The emphasis is placed on (involuntary) part-time and temporary employment. With regard to labour market developments, the author demonstrates a further segmentation during the crisis, in particular for youth and people with low educational levels who have been disproportionately affected by unemployment. Due to data deficiencies, it is difficult to judge conclusively whether the crisis has contributed to more or to less segmentation in welfare coverage. In fact, there seems to be a division between countries in this regard and the deliberate opening up of unemployment schemes in several countries to new groups of workers during the crisis can clearly be seen as a positive trend contrasting with developments over recent decades." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Aktivierung in die Prekarität: Folgen der Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland (2012)
Scherschel, Karin; Booth, Melanie;Zitatform
Scherschel, Karin & Melanie Booth (2012): Aktivierung in die Prekarität. Folgen der Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland. In: K. Scherschel, P. Streckeisen & M. Krenn (Hrsg.) (2012): Neue Prekarität : die Folgen aktivierender Arbeitsmarktpolitik - europäische Länder im Vergleich (International labour studies, 02, Internationale Arbeitsstudien, 02), S. 17-46.
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"Wir wollen im Folgenden zunächst die arbeitsmarktpolitischen Entwicklungen, die den Hartz-Reformen vorausgegangen sind, kurz skizzieren (1). Durch die Gegenüberstellung von aktiver und aktivierender Arbeitsmarktpolitik werden die Unterschiede beider Programmatiken sichtbar. In einem zweiten Schritt gehen wir auf die zentralen Neuregelungen ein, die im Zuge der Hartz-Reformen unter der Formel Fördern und Fordern eingeführt wurden (2). Da der Rückgang der Erwerbslosenzahlen dem Erfolg der Hartz-Reformen Recht zu geben scheint, wollen wir in einem dritten Schritt entlang der Diskussion ausgewählter Daten die Erwerbslosen- und Beschäftigungsentwicklung in Deutschland genauer analysieren und dabei ein besonderes Augenmerk auf die Frage nach dem realen Beschäftigungserfolg der Hartz-Gesetzgebung legen (3). Eine eingehendere Betrachtung der Beschäftigungsentwicklung und der Entwicklung im Leistungsbezug zeigt, dass der Erfolg der Hartz-Reformen einem Pyrrhussieg gleichkommt. Der Beitrag schließt mit einer Bilanz (4)." (Textauszug, IAB-Doku)
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A politico-economic analysis of minimum wages and wage subsidies (2011)
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Adam, Antonis & Thomas Moutos (2011): A politico-economic analysis of minimum wages and wage subsidies. In: Economics Letters, Jg. 110, H. 3, S. 171-173. DOI:10.1016/j.econlet.2010.11.029
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"This paper constructs a political economy model in which minimum wages are determined according to majority voting. Using the minimum wage scheme as the status quo, we show that the replacement of minimum wages by wage subsidies is not likely to receive political support unless it is supplemented by increased taxation of profits (after-tax profits are also likely to increase)." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The distributional impacts of minimum wage increases when both labor supply and labor demand are endogenous (2011)
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Ahn, Tom, Peter Arcidiacono & Walter Wessels (2011): The distributional impacts of minimum wage increases when both labor supply and labor demand are endogenous. In: Journal of business and economic statistics, Jg. 29, H. 1, S. 12-23. DOI:10.1198/jbes.2010.07076
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"We develop and estimate a one-shot search model with endogenous firm entry, and therefore zero expected profits, and endogenous labor supply. Positive employment effects from a minimum wage increase can result as the employment level depends upon both the numbers of searching firms and workers. Welfare implications are similar to the classical analysis: workers who most want the minimum wage jobs are hurt by the minimum wage hike with workers marginally interested in minimum wage jobs benefiting. We estimate the model using CPS data on teenagers and show that small changes in the employment level are masking large changes in labor supply and demand. Teenagers from well-educated families see increases in their employment probabilities and push out their less-privileged counterparts from the labor market. This article has supplementary material online." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The minimum wage and inequality: the effects of education and technology (2011)
Barany, Zsofia L.;Zitatform
Barany, Zsofia L. (2011): The minimum wage and inequality. The effects of education and technology. (CEP discussion paper 1076), London, 68 S.
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"While there has been intense debate in the empirical literature about the effects of minimum wages on inequality in the US, its general equilibrium effects have been given little attention. In order to quantify the full effects of a decreasing minimum wage on inequality, I build a dynamic general equilibrium model, based on a two-sector growth model where the supply of high-skilled workers and the direction of technical change are endogenous. I find that a permanent reduction in the minimum wage leads to an expansion of low-skilled employment, which increases the incentives to acquire skills, thus changing the composition and size of high-skilled employment. These permanent changes in the supply of labour alter the investment flow into R&D, thereby decreasing the skill-bias of technology. The reduction in the minimum wage has spill-over effects on the entire distribution, affecting upper-tail inequality. Through a calibration exercise, I find that a 30 percent reduction in the real value of the minimum wage, as in the early 1980s, accounts for 15 percent of the subsequent rise in the skill premium, 18.5 percent of the increase in overall inequality, 45 percent of the increase in inequality in the bottom half, and 7 percent of the rise in inequality at the top half of the wage distribution." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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"Einfacharbeit" im Dienstleistungssektor (2011)
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Bosch, Gerhard & Claudia Weinkopf (2011): "Einfacharbeit" im Dienstleistungssektor. In: Arbeit. Zeitschrift für Arbeitsforschung, Arbeitsgestaltung und Arbeitspolitik, Jg. 20, H. 3, S. 173-187. DOI:10.1515/arbeit-2011-0304
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"Der Anteil der Einfacharbeitsplätze im Dienstleistungssektor liegt prozentual niedriger als im Produzierenden Gewerbe. Aufgrund des hohen Anteils des Dienstleistungssektors an der Gesamtbeschäftigung entfallen aber rund drei Viertel aller Einfacharbeitsplätze in Deutschland auf den Dienstleistungssektor. Fallstudien zu Stellenbesetzungsprozessen in 25 Dienstleistungsunternehmen zeigen, dass die Anforderungen an einfache Dienstleistungstätigkeiten aufgrund der technischen Vernetzung, der zunehmenden Kundenkontakte und der teilweise ambulanten Tätigkeit beim Kunden gestiegen sind. Neben guter Allgemeinbildung werden ein ansprechendes Äußeres und soziale Schlüsselqualifikationen gefragt. Zunehmend werden beruflich Qualifizierte für diese Tätigkeiten rekrutiert. Die Ergebnisse sprechen dafür, dass das Segment einfacher Arbeit in der Segmentationstheorie ausdifferenziert werden sollte. Zu unterscheiden wäre zwischen einfachen spracharmen und komplexeren kommunikationsintensiven Dienstleistungstätigkeiten." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Spillover effects of minimum wages: theory and experimental evidence (2011)
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Dittrich, Marcus, Andreas Knabe & Kristina Leipold (2011): Spillover effects of minimum wages. Theory and experimental evidence. (CESifo working paper 3576), München, 25 S.
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"We study the spillover effects of minimum wages in a laboratory experiment. In a bilateral firm-worker bargaining setting, we find that the introduction of a minimum wage exerts upward pressure on wages even if the minimum wage is too low to be a binding restriction. Furthermore, raising the minimum wage to a binding level increases the bargained wage above the new minimum wage level. While the Nash solution cannot explain the existence of spillover effects, the Kalai-Smorodinsky solution yields results that are qualitatively more in line with our experimental findings." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Dual labor markets and the impact of minimum wages on atypical employment (2011)
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Flaschel, Peter & Alfred Greiner (2011): Dual labor markets and the impact of minimum wages on atypical employment. In: Metroeconomica, Jg. 62, H. 3, S. 512-531. DOI:10.1111/j.1467-999X.2011.04122.x
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"We present a growth model that contains minimum wages as one important element of a flexicurity economy where we allow for heterogeneous labor and for real wage rigidities. We show that the wage-setting process, in its reference to the reservation wage of the first labor market, is crucial as regards stability of the economy and persistent or explosive oscillations may occur, in particular when the influence of the reservation wage on wage formation in the first labor market becomes too strong. Further, minimum wages can alleviate the negative consequences of economic downturns and help stabilize the economy." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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A theory of outsourcing and wage decline (2011)
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Holmes, Thomas J. & Julia Thornton Snider (2011): A theory of outsourcing and wage decline. In: American Economic Journal. Microeconomics, Jg. 3, H. 2, S. 38-59. DOI:10.1257/mic.3.2.38
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"This paper develops a theory of outsourcing in which the circumstances under which factors of production can grab rents play the leading role. One factor has monopoly power (call this labor) while a second factor does not (call this capital). There are two kinds of production tasks: labor-intensive and capital-intensive. We show that if frictions limiting outsourcing are not too large, in equilibrium labor-intensive tasks are separated from capital-intensive tasks into distinct firms. When a capital-intensive country is opened to free trade, outsourcing increases and labor rents decline. A decrease in outsourcing frictions lowers labor rents." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Good jobs, bad jobs: the rise of polarized and precarious employment systems in the United States, 1970s to 2000s (2011)
Kalleberg, Arne L.;Zitatform
Kalleberg, Arne L. (2011): Good jobs, bad jobs. The rise of polarized and precarious employment systems in the United States, 1970s to 2000s. (American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology), New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 292 S.
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"The economic boom of the 1990s veiled a grim reality: in addition to the growing gap between rich and poor, the gap between good and bad quality jobs was also expanding. The postwar prosperity of the mid-twentieth century had enabled millions of American workers to join the middle class, but as the author shows, by the 1970s this upward movement had slowed, in part due to the steady disappearance of secure, well-paying industrial jobs. Ever since, precarious employment has been on the rise - paying low wages, offering few benefits, and with virtually no long-term security. Today, the polarization between workers with higher skill levels and those with low skills and low wages is more entrenched than ever. The book traces this trend to large-scale transformations in the American labor market and the changing demographics of low-wage workers. The author draws on nearly four decades of survey data, as well as his own research, to evaluate trends in U.S. job quality and suggest ways to improve American labor market practices and social policies. The book provides an insightful analysis of how and why precarious employment is gaining ground in the labor market and the role these developments have played in the decline of the middle class. The author shows that by the 1970s, government deregulation, global competition, and the rise of the service sector gained traction, while institutional protections for workers - such as unions and minimum-wage legislation - weakened. Together, these forces marked the end of postwar security for American workers. The composition of the labor force also changed significantly; the number of dual-earner families increased, as did the share of the workforce comprised of women, non-white, and immigrant workers. Of these groups, blacks, Latinos, and immigrants remain concentrated in the most precarious and low-quality jobs, with educational attainment being the leading indicator of who will earn the highest wages and experience the most job security and highest levels of autonomy and control over their jobs and schedules." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Von der Vorherrschaft interner Arbeitsmärkte zur dynamischen Koexistenz von Arbeitsmarktsegmenten (2011)
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Krause, Alexandra & Christoph Köhler (2011): Von der Vorherrschaft interner Arbeitsmärkte zur dynamischen Koexistenz von Arbeitsmarktsegmenten. In: WSI-Mitteilungen, Jg. 64, H. 11, S. 588-596. DOI:10.5771/0342-300X-2011-11-588
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"Der Beitrag stellt die Frage nach der Re-Kommodifizierung des deutschen Beschäftigungssystems. Er greift dabei auf die segmentationstheoretische Unterscheidung von internen und externen sowie von primären und sekundären Teilarbeitsmärkten zurück. Als Ergebnis der empirischen Analysen zeigt sich, dass der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten einen Externalisierungs- und Sekundarisierungsschub durchlaufen hat. Interne Arbeitsmärkte und das Normalarbeitsverhältnis haben ihre praktische und diskursive Vorherrschaft verloren, und es hat sich eine spannungsgeladene und instabile Koexistenz von internen und externen, primären und sekundären Arbeitsmärkten entwickelt, wobei Ostdeutschland eine Vorreiterposition übernommen hat. Ab 2006 zeichnet sich dann in beiden Landesteilen anhand statistischer Indikatoren eine Ausbremsung des Externalisierungs- und Sekundarisierungsschubs ab, die auch während und nach der Krise von 2008/09 Bestand hat. Für die Zukunft erwarten wir u. a. aufgrund der demografischen Entwicklung eine Verbesserung der Arbeitsmarktchancen für einschlägig qualifizierte Arbeit, woraus sich Chancen für abhängig Beschäftigte und Gewerkschaften ergeben können." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Job search via social networks: An analysis of monetary and non-monetary returns for low-skilled unemployed (2011)
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Krug, Gerhard & Martina Rebien (2011): Job search via social networks. An analysis of monetary and non-monetary returns for low-skilled unemployed. (IAB-Discussion Paper 23/2011), Nürnberg, 26 S.
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"Ausgehend von einem suchtheoretischen Modell analysieren wir die Effekte des Informationsflusses über soziale Netzwerke auf dem Arbeitsmarkt indem wir monetäre und nicht-monetäre Erträge aus Beschäftigung vergleichen, die über soziale Netzwerke und formale Wege gefunden wurden. Um kausale Effekte zu identifizieren wenden wir Propensity-Score-Matching auf Erhebungsdaten für geringqualifizierte Arbeitslose an. Mit Hilfe von Rosenbaum-Bounds können wir unbeobachtete Heterogenität in der Analyse berücksichtigen. Da der Vergleich nach Methode der Job-Findung irreführend sein kann, untersuchen wir auch den Effekt der reinen Jobsuche über soziale Netzwerke, unabhängig von der Methode der Job-Findung. Die Analyse zeigt keine Effekte sozialer Netzwerke für monetäre Erträge aus Beschäftigung und im besten Fall sehr schwache Hinweise auf kausale Effekte für nichtmonetäre Erträge." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Explaining differences in job search outcomes between employed and unemployed job seekers (2011)
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Longhi, Simonetta & Mark Taylor (2011): Explaining differences in job search outcomes between employed and unemployed job seekers. (IZA discussion paper 5860), Bonn, 33 S.
Abstract
"We use individual data for Great Britain over the period 1992-2009 to compare the probability that employed and unemployed job seekers find a job and the quality of the job they find. The job finding rate of unemployed job seekers is 50 percent higher than that of employed job seekers, and this difference remains even when controlling for differences in observable worker characteristics and job search behaviour. We present evidence suggesting that these differences in the job finding probability is caused by behavioural differences between employed and unemployed job seekers rather than differences in characteristics. Consistent with search theory, we find that employed job seekers are more selective in evaluating job offers and are therefore less likely to find a job offer acceptable; for example, they are less likely to accept low-wage and temporary jobs, or jobs that do not meet their working hour requirements." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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The unequal incidence of non-standard employment across occupational groups: an empirical analysis of post-industrial labour markets in Germany and Europe (2011)
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Marx, Paul (2011): The unequal incidence of non-standard employment across occupational groups. An empirical analysis of post-industrial labour markets in Germany and Europe. (IZA discussion paper 5521), Bonn, 23 S.
Abstract
"The paper addresses an often neglected question in labour market research: to which extent do outcomes aggregated on the national level disguise occupational diversity in employment conditions? In particular, how and why do occupational groups differ with regard to the incidence of non-standard employment? To explore these questions, the paper derives a detailed occupational scheme from the literature, capturing the variety of labour market outcomes within countries. In a second step, the scheme is theoretically linked to the topic of non-standard work. It is argued that different degrees of skill specificity across occupational groups produce diverging incentives for flexible and long-term employment, respectively. This leads to the expectation of (some) service-sector occupations showing stronger tendencies towards non-standard employment than those in the industrial sector. Based on European and German micro data, the categorisation is used to decompose various labour market indicators. The results clearly demonstrate the unequal incidence of non-standard employment along the lines of the suggested categorisation. Moreover, the longitudinal perspective suggests that traditionally functioning occupational groups will be crowded out by more destandardised ones." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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