Arbeitsbedingungen und Gesundheit von Beschäftigten
Der Zusammenhang von Arbeitsbedingungen bzw. Arbeitsbelastungen und der Gesundheit von Beschäftigten erhält durch die demografische Entwicklung in Deutschland neues Gewicht.
Wie muss Arbeit gestaltet sein, damit die Beschäftigten langfristig und gesund erwerbstätig sein können?
Dieses Themendossier dokumentiert die Ergebnisse empirischer Forschung der letzten Jahre.
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Performance-related pay, mental and physiological health (2024)
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Andelic, Nicole, Julia Allan, Keith A. Bender, Daniel Powell & Ioannis Theodossiou (2024): Performance-related pay, mental and physiological health. In: Industrial Relations, Jg. 63, H. 1, S. 3-25. DOI:10.1111/irel.12334
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"Much of the literature on performance-related pay (PRP) and poor health relies on self-reported data, and the relationship is difficult to examine due to confounding variables. We examine the relationship between PRP and three groups of health measures using data from the UKHLS: blood pressure, inflammation markers in blood, and self-reported health. Regressions correcting for self-selection bias and socio-demographic covariates find that PRP contracts are associated with poorer mental health, higher systolic blood pressure, and higher levels of fibrinogen. These findings suggest that firms that use PRP may need to implement policies to mitigate against PRP-related stress." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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Measuring Job Risks When Hedonic Wage Models Do Not Do the Job (2024)
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Ferreira, Susana, Sara Martinez-de-Morentin & Amaya Erro-Garcés (2024): Measuring Job Risks When Hedonic Wage Models Do Not Do the Job. (IZA discussion paper / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 16716), Bonn, S.45.
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"Hedonic wage regressions show little evidence that European workers facing larger job risks and other workplace disamenities receive higher wages. On the other hand, workers in more risky or unpleasant jobs are less satisfied with their jobs, ceteris paribus. If labor markets were perfectly competitive and workers fully informed of their working conditions ex ante, according to the theory of compensating differentials, there should be no relationship between on-the-job risk and job satisfaction because wages would fully adjust to compensate for differences in job characteristics. We show that when wages do not fully compensate for on-the-job risks, the willingness to pay to reduce mortality risks estimated from hedonic regressions needs to be complemented with a residual effect of job risks on utility which is not capitalized on wages. We explore the potential of job satisfaction regressions as an additional valuation approach to estimate the tradeoffs between wages and risks that keep job satisfaction constant." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Vor dem Kollaps!? Beschäftigung im sozialen Sektor: Empirische Vermessung und Handlungsansätze (2024)
Hohendanner, Christian; Steinke, Joß; Rocha, Jasmin;Zitatform
Hohendanner, Christian, Jasmin Rocha & Joß Steinke (2024): Vor dem Kollaps!? Beschäftigung im sozialen Sektor. Empirische Vermessung und Handlungsansätze. Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 111 S. DOI:10.1515/9783110748024
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"Diese Studie bietet eine empirisch fundierte Gesamtschau auf die Beschäftigung in einem der personalintensivsten und am stärksten vom Fachkräftemangel betroffenen Arbeitsfelder in Deutschland: dem sozialen Sektor. Wer das Buch liest, gewinnt ein tieferes Verständnis über Zusammenhänge und die Notwendigkeit, offen über Beschäftigung im sozialen Sektor zu debattieren. Anhand aktueller Daten zeigen die Autor:innen, dass der soziale Sektor im Wettbewerb um Arbeitskräfte schlecht dasteht. Zunehmend fehlen Arbeitskräfte und grundlegende, bislang als selbstverständlich betrachtete Leistungen der sozialen Daseinsvorsorge können immer häufiger nicht mehr erbracht werden. Die Autor:innen zeigen Wege auf, wie soziale Berufe wieder attraktiver und der Kollaps des sozialen Sektors (vielleicht) verhindert werden kann." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku, © De Gruyter Oldenbourg)
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Hohendanner, Christian; -
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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 online erschienen am 06.04.2024. 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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Kunaschk, Max; -
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Job Satisfaction and the 'Great Resignation': An Exploratory Machine Learning Analysis (2023)
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Celbiş, Mehmet Güney, Pui-hang Wong, Karima Kourtit & Peter Nijkamp (2023): Job Satisfaction and the 'Great Resignation': An Exploratory Machine Learning Analysis. In: Social indicators research, Jg. 170, H. 3, S. 1097-1118. DOI:10.1007/s11205-023-03233-3
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"Labor market dynamics is shaped by various social, psychological and economic drivers. Studies have suggested that job quit and labor market turnover are associated with job satisfaction. This study examines the determinants of job satisfaction using a large survey dataset, namely the LISS Work and Schooling module on an extensive sample of persons from the Netherlands. To handle these big data, machine learning models based on binary recursive partitioning algorithms are employed. Particularly, sequential and randomized tree-based techniques are used for prediction and clustering purposes. In order to interpret the results, the study calculates the sizes and directions of the effects of model features using computations based on the concept of Shapley value in cooperative game theory. The findings suggest that satisfaction with the social atmosphere among colleagues, wage satisfaction, and feeling of being appreciated are major determinants of job satisfaction." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))
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The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and the Implications for the Structure of Wages (2023)
Maestas, Nicole; Mullen, Kathleen J.; Von Wachter, Till; Powell, David; Wenger, Jeffrey B.;Zitatform
Maestas, Nicole, Kathleen J. Mullen, David Powell, Till Von Wachter & Jeffrey B. Wenger (2023): The Value of Working Conditions in the United States and the Implications for the Structure of Wages. In: The American economic review, Jg. 113, H. 7, S. 2007-2047. DOI:10.1257/aer.20190846
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"We document variation in working conditions in the United States, present estimates of how workers value these conditions, and assess the impact of working conditions on estimates of wage inequality. We conduct a series of stated-preference experiments to estimate workers' willingness to pay for a broad set of working conditions, which we validate with actual job choices. We find that working conditions vary substantially, play a significant role in job choice, and are central components of the compensation received by workers. We find that accounting for differences in preferences for working conditions often exacerbates wage differentials and intensifies measures of wage inequality." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Ist der Staat der bessere Arbeitgeber? (2023)
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Prümer, Stephanie & Claus Schnabel (2023): Ist der Staat der bessere Arbeitgeber? In: Wirtschaftsdienst, Jg. 103, H. 9, S. 613-618. DOI:10.2478/wd-2023-0172
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"Ein Vergleich der Arbeitsbedingungen im öffentlichen und privaten Sektor zeigt, dass beim Staat vor allem die Arbeitszeitregelungen beschäftigtenfreundlicher sind und der Schutz der Arbeitskräfte durch Tarifverträge und betriebliche Mitbestimmung umfassender ausfällt. Doch bei der Entlohnung bietet der Staat nur für Frauen Vorteile, während Männer sich in der Privatwirtschaft besserstellen als bei öffentlichen Arbeitgebern. Um im zunehmenden Wettbewerb um Arbeitskräfte bestehen zu können, sollte der öffentliche Dienst seine Bedeutung als Arbeitgeber stärker herausstellen, seine Attraktivität weiter steigern und vermehrt versuchen, Beschäftigte zu halten." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Worker Stress and Performance Pay: German Survey Evidence (2022)
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Baktash, Mehrzad B., John S. Heywood & Uwe Jirjahn (2022): Worker Stress and Performance Pay: German Survey Evidence. In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Jg. 201, S. 276-291. DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2022.07.003
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"While performance pay can benefit firms and workers by increasing productivity and wages, it has also been associated with a deterioration of worker health. The transmission mechanisms for this deterioration remain in doubt. We examine the hypothesis that increased stress is one transmission mechanism. Using unique survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we find performance pay consistently and importantly associates with greater stress even controlling for a long list of economic, social and personality characteristics. The finding also holds in instrumental variable estimations accounting for the potential endogeneity of performance pay. Moreover, we show that risk tolerance and locus of control moderate the relationship between performance pay and stress. Among workers receiving performance pay, the risk tolerant and those believing they can control their environment suffer to a lesser degree from stress. JEL Codes : J33, I31, J32" (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © 2022 Elsevier) ((en))
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Performance pay, working hours, and health-related absenteeism (2022)
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Devaro, Jed (2022): Performance pay, working hours, and health-related absenteeism. In: Industrial Relations, Jg. 61, H. 4, S. 327-352. DOI:10.1111/irel.12308
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"Analysis of broad, U.K. worker-establishment matched panel data from 2004 to 2011 reveals that working hours increase with the fraction of an establishment's workers receiving performance-based pay, if the cutoff for “long weekly hours” is from 35 to 39, but not beyond a sharp discontinuity at 40. Long hours are found to be unrelated to various workplace health problems but positively related to health-related absenteeism. Combined with complementary research on hours and productivity, the results suggest that the well-known productivity enhancements from performance pay are dampened by exhaustion-induced absenteeism stemming from additional working hours and higher per-hour work intensity." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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Corona - Chance für einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Arbeitswelt?: Wie sich die Arbeitsbedingungen von Frauen (und Männern) in der Pandemie verändert haben : Eine Beschäftigtenumfrage (2022)
Holler, Markus; Richter, Mareike; Weusthoff, Anja;Zitatform
(2022): Corona - Chance für einen Paradigmenwechsel in der Arbeitswelt? Wie sich die Arbeitsbedingungen von Frauen (und Männern) in der Pandemie verändert haben : Eine Beschäftigtenumfrage. Berlin, 38 S.
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"Auf den Schultern von Frauen lasten hohe Gesundheitsrisiken, sie stemmen große Belastungen, schlagen sich mit schlechten Arbeitsbedingungen herum und kämpfen mit finanziellen Einbußen. Zu diesen Ergebnissen kommt die vorliegende Sonderauswertung des DGB Index „Gute Arbeit“. Das unterstreicht noch einmal: Frauen dürfen nicht zu kurz kommen, wenn es darum geht, gute politische und betriebliche Rahmenbedingungen zu schaffen – beim Einkommen, beim Infektionsschutz, im Home-Office oder im Rahmen der Digitalisierung." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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A Pay Change and Its Long-Term Consequences (2022)
Krüger, Miriam; Friebel, Guido;Zitatform
Krüger, Miriam & Guido Friebel (2022): A Pay Change and Its Long-Term Consequences. In: Journal of labor economics, Jg. 40, H. 3, S. 543-572. DOI:10.1086/717728
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"In a professional services firm, top management unexpectedly adjusted the pay of consultants in some divisions to the pay in other divisions. In this quasi experiment, fixed wages increased and bonuses decreased, reducing pay for the high performers and increasing it for the low performers. Individual outputs and efforts decreased by 30%, and attrition and absenteeism increased. The effects were driven by those who were rationally expecting to lose from the pay change. Observing a period of more than 3 years, we show long-term negative reciprocity of those affected but no negative selection effects of new hires." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Viel Schatten, aber auch etwas Licht: Die Situation der Baubeschäftigten – Ergebnisse einer Online-Beschäftigtenbefragung (2022)
Kümmerling, Angelika; Weinkopf, Claudia; Bosch, Gerhard; Hüttenhoff, Frederic;Zitatform
Kümmerling, Angelika, Gerhard Bosch, Frederic Hüttenhoff & Claudia Weinkopf (2022): Viel Schatten, aber auch etwas Licht. Die Situation der Baubeschäftigten – Ergebnisse einer Online-Beschäftigtenbefragung. (IAQ-Report 2022-06), Duisburg ; Essen, 24 S. DOI:10.17185/duepublico/76127
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"Eine Online-Befragung unter 3052 Baubeschäftigten zeigt, dass rund jeder vierte Beschäftigte in “näherer Zukunft“ beabsichtigt, seinen Arbeitgeber oder sogar die Branche zu wechseln. Baubeschäftigte beschreiben ihren Beruf als abwechslungsreich, vielfältig und lernförderlich und schätzen die Entscheidungsspielräume. Negativ werden die hohe körperliche Belastung und die Verdichtung der Arbeit durch neue Technologien gesehen. Ein hoher Anteil berichtet auch, dass der Fachkräftemangel in ihrem Betrieb bereits spürbar sei. Die Unzufriedenheit mit den Arbeitsbedingungen insgesamt, den Arbeitszeiten und der Bezahlung ist hoch und stellt einen Hauptgrund für Wechselabsichten dar. Nur gut jeder fünfte Arbeiter ist der Meinung, seinen Beruf bis zum gesetzlichen Renten-Einstiegsalter durchhalten zu können. Arbeiter wünschen sich einen Renteneintritt mit 60,7 Jahren, Angestellte mit 61,7 Jahren. Die Wechselneigung ist nicht betriebsunabhängig: Beschäftigte, die ihren Betrieb für zukunftsfähig halten und die das Betriebsklima als gut einschätzen, zeigen eine geringere Wechselneigung." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Working Conditions in Global Value Chains: Evidence for European Employees (2022)
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Nikulin, Dagmara, Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz & Aleksandra Parteka (2022): Working Conditions in Global Value Chains: Evidence for European Employees. In: Work, Employment and Society, Jg. 36, H. 4, S. 701-721. DOI:10.1177/0950017020986107
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"This article investigates a sample of almost nine million workers from 24 European countries in 2014 to conclude how involvement in global value chains (GVCs) affects working conditions. We use employer–employee data from the Structure of Earnings Survey merged with industry-level statistics on GVCs based on the World Input-Output Database. Given the multidimensional nature of the dependent variable, we compare estimates of the Mincerian wage model with zero-inflated beta regressions focused on other aspects of working conditions (overtime work and bonus payments). Wages prove to be negatively related to involvement in GVCs: workers in the more deeply involved sectors have lower and less stable earnings, implying worse working conditions. However, they are also less likely to have to work overtime. We prove that the analysis of social implications of increasing involvement of countries in global production must compare wage effects of GVCs with other aspects of complex changes in workers’ well-being." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Worker Stress and Performance Pay: German Survey Evidence (2021)
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Baktash, Mehrzad B., John S. Heywood & Uwe Jirjahn (2021): Worker Stress and Performance Pay: German Survey Evidence. (GLO discussion paper / Global Labor Organization 1000), Essen, 38 S.
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"While performance pay can benefit firms and workers by increasing productivity and wages, it has also been associated with a deterioration of worker health. The transmission mechanisms for this deterioration remain in doubt. We examine the hypothesis that increased stress is one transmission mechanism. Using unique survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we find performance pay consistently and importantly associates with greater stress even controlling for a long list of economic, social and personality characteristics. It also holds in instrumental variable estimations accounting for the potential endogeneity of performance pay. Moreover, we show that risk tolerance moderates the relationship between performance pay and stress. The risk tolerant receiving performance pay suffer less stress than the risk averse." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Working conditions and sustainable work: An analysis using the job quality framework (2021)
Biletta, Isabella; Cabrita, Jorge; Parent-Thirion, Agnes; Gerstenberger, Barbara; Eiffe, Franz; Vargas, Oscar; Weber, Tina;Zitatform
Biletta, Isabella, Jorge Cabrita, Franz Eiffe, Barbara Gerstenberger, Agnes Parent-Thirion, Oscar Vargas & Tina Weber (2021): Working conditions and sustainable work. An analysis using the job quality framework. (Eurofound flagship report), Dublin, 72 S. DOI:10.2806/938302
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"This flagship report summarises the key findings of Eurofound’s research on working conditions conducted over the programming period 2017–2020. It maps the progress achieved since 2000 in improving working conditions and examines whether all workers have benefited equally from positive change. It highlights which groups are the most at risk of experiencing poor working conditions and being left behind. Given the changes in the world of work, emerging challenges for good job quality are identified. The report also provides evidence for measures that could lead to the further improvement of work and the achievement of fair working conditions for all in the EU. The analysis shows that, overall, job quality in the EU is improving, if slowly. Not all workers are benefiting to the same extent, however. Furthermore, gender, age and contractual status have a significant bearing on a person’s working conditions. And while digitalisation helps to address some job quality issues, it also creates new challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated trends, reinforcing concerns and highlighting the importance of achieving job quality for all." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Public Sector Jobs: Working in the Public Sector in Europe and the US (2021)
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Checchi, Daniele, Alessandra Fenizia & Claudio Lucifora (2021): Public Sector Jobs: Working in the Public Sector in Europe and the US. (IZA discussion paper 14514), Bonn, 38 S.
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"This paper reviews recent theoretical and empirical work on public employment management and presents novel stylized facts on public sector jobs. In the first part, we examine the evolution of managerial practices in the public sector and discuss the contractual arrangement of public sector workers and the labor market institutions that are prevalent in this setting. We argue that, for public sector employees, standard incentive schemes have a low power and are generally less effective than in the private sector. In the second part, we use two international surveys (6th European Working Conditions Survey, covering 28 European countries, and 2nd American Working Conditions Survey for the United States) to investigate selection into public sector employment, public-private pay differentials, and differences in working conditions in Europe and the US. While in Europe the public-private earning gap is positive for low-skilled workers and turns negative for skilled individuals, the gap is negative and relatively flat over the skill distribution in the US. We also document a positive public-private earnings differential in healthcare and education services in Europe, and a negative differential, though not statistically significant, in the US. We find that, in the US, two out of three public sector employees are exposed to some performance-related pay scheme, while in Europe is less than one in four. We do not find evidence that the public sector ensures a fairer work environment, as instances of harassment, discrimination, and obnoxious behavior are widespread." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Working conditions in essential occupations and the role of migrants (2021)
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Nivorozhkin, Anton & Friedrich Gerd Poeschel (2021): Working conditions in essential occupations and the role of migrants. (EUI working paper RSCAS 2021,40), Florenz, 20 S.
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"Following a national lockdown in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, state governments in Germany published lists of “essential” occupations that were considered necessary to maintain basic services such as health care, social care, food production and transport. Against this background, this paper examines working conditions and identifies clusters of similar jobs in these essential occupations. Differences across clusters are highlighted using detailed data on job characteristics, including tasks, educational requirements and working conditions. Two clusters with favourable or average working conditions account for more than three-quarters of jobs in essential occupations. Another two clusters, comprising 20% of jobs in essential occupations, are associated with unfavourable working conditions such as low pay, job insecurity, poor prospects for advancement and low autonomy. These latter clusters exhibit high shares of migrants. Further evidence suggests that this pattern is linked to educational requirements and how recent migrants evaluate job characteristics. It is argued that poor working conditions could affect the resilience of basic services during crises, notably by causing high turnover. Policies towards essential occupations should therefore pay close attention to working conditions, the role of migrant labour and their long-term implications for resilience." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Ein Jahr Arbeitsschutzkontrollgesetz: Grundlegender Wandel in der Fleischindustrie? (2021)
Schulten, Thorsten; Specht, Johannes;Zitatform
Schulten, Thorsten & Johannes Specht (2021): Ein Jahr Arbeitsschutzkontrollgesetz: Grundlegender Wandel in der Fleischindustrie? In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, Jg. 71, H. 51/52, S. 36-41.
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"Lange wurde die deutsche Fleischindustrie mit menschenverachtenden Arbeitsverhältnissen verbunden. Das im Dezember 2020 verabschiedete Arbeitsschutzkontrollgesetz ist ein erster Schritt, um das Geschäftsmodell der Branche grundlegend neu zu ordnen." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Job separation and sick leave in the long-term care sector in England (2021)
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Vadean, Florin & Eirini Saloniki (2021): Job separation and sick leave in the long-term care sector in England. (GLO discussion paper / Global Labor Organization 994), Essen, 37 S.
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"Staff turnover in the long-term care (LTC) sector in England is perceived to be relatively high. Most job leavers do not leave the sector, but rather move to other LTC employers. Nevertheless, there are concerns that the high 'churn' has a negative impact on continuity and quality of care, care providers' recruitment and training costs, and the remaining staff workload and motivation. Using a large employer-employee panel dataset, this study aimed to provide quantitative evidence on the drivers of LTC staff retention and sick leave in England, with a focus on job quality. After controlling for observed individual, organisational and local market characteristics as well as unobserved worker and employer heterogeneity, we found that, everything else being equal, wages and employment conditions (i.e. full time contracts and contracts with guaranteed working hours) significantly improve staff retention. The wage effect was significantly underestimated when not controlling for unobserved heterogeneity. Our findings show that improving pay and employment conditions for care staff employed by independent providers would reduce the staff turnover in LTC. We also found that, everything else being equal, the amount of sick leave was strongly associated with employment in publicly owned care establishments, most likely due to the relatively more generous sick leave terms they offer." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Working conditions in a global perspective (2019)
Aleksynska, Mariya; Berg, Janine; Johnston, Hannah; Vanderleyden, Julie; Foden, David; Parent-Thirion, Agnès;Zitatform
Aleksynska, Mariya, Janine Berg, David Foden, Hannah Johnston, Agnès Parent-Thirion & Julie Vanderleyden (2019): Working conditions in a global perspective. (Eurofound research report / European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions), Luxemburg, VII, 178 S. DOI:10.2806/870542
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"Job quality is a major focus of policymakers around the world. For workers, the enterprises that employ them and for societies, there are benefits associated with high-quality jobs, and costs associated with poor-quality jobs. This report - the result of a pioneering project by the International Labour Organization and Eurofound - provides a comparative analysis of job quality covering approximately 1.2 billion workers in Europe, Asia and the Americas. It analyses seven dimensions of job quality: the physical environment, work intensity, working time quality, the social environment, skills and development, prospects, and earnings, finding both important differences and similarities between countries. By analysing positive and negative aspects of job quality in different countries and societies, the report provides a way to look beyond national explanations, to see how some groups of workers are affected more than others and understand the particular issues for women workers around the world - in support of evidence-based policymaking to improve job quality." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))