Beschäftigungsstabilität – Jobsicherheit trotz zunehmender Flexibilisierung?
Der Zuwachs flexibler Beschäftigungsformen in den letzten Jahrzehnten hat u.a. die Frage nach der Stabilität von Beschäftigungsverhältnissen aufgeworfen. Die durchschnittliche Dauer der Betriebszugehörigkeit, Daten zur Arbeitskräfte-Fluktuation sowie das Ausmaß befristeter Beschäftigung werden für die Bewertung von Beschäftigungsstabilität herangezogen. Empirische Studien konnten bisher eine Abnahme der Beschäftigungsstabilität im Zeitverlauf nicht bestätigen - allenfalls punktuell und bei bestimmten Qualifikationsstufen.
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Arbeitskräftefluktuation im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe: In exportierenden Betrieben ist die Beschäftigung stabiler (2019)
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Hauptmann, Andreas, Steffen Sirries & Ignat Stepanok (2019): Arbeitskräftefluktuation im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe: In exportierenden Betrieben ist die Beschäftigung stabiler. (IAB-Kurzbericht 04/2019), Nürnberg, 8 S.
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"Deutschland gehört zu den bedeutendsten Handelsnationen der Welt. Für die deutsche Wirtschaft bieten der internationale Handel und insbesondere der Export von Produkten zahlreiche Chancen. Teilweise wird jedoch befürchtet, dass internationale Aktivitäten von Unternehmen mit Risiken für die Beschäftigungsstabilität einhergehen. Die Autoren untersuchen deshalb die betriebliche Arbeitskräftefluktuation im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe, einer Branche, die sich in Deutschland durch einen hohen Exportanteil auszeichnet: Etwa jeder dritte Betrieb dieser Branche erwirtschaftet einen Teil seines Umsatzes im Ausland. Diese Betriebe beschäftigen fast drei Viertel der Arbeitnehmer im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe. Es zeigt sich, dass die Fluktuationsrate der Belegschaft in exportierenden Betrieben niedriger ist und die Beschäftigung stabiler als in Betrieben, die ausschließlich für den inländischen Markt produzieren. Dieser Befund ist in großen exportierenden Betrieben besonders ausgeprägt." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
Weiterführende Informationen
- Beschäftigte in exportierenden Betrieben und exportierende Betriebe im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe sowie insgesamt
- Fluktuationsrate im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe, nach Exportstatus der Betriebe und Betriebsgrößenklassen
- Arbeitskräftefluktuation in exportierenden Betrieben im Vergleich zu nicht exportierenden Betrieben im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe
- Fluktuationsrate im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe, nach Exportstatus der Betriebe
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The impact of declining youth employment stability on future wages (2019)
Umkehrer, Matthias;Zitatform
Umkehrer, Matthias (2019): The impact of declining youth employment stability on future wages. In: Empirical economics, Jg. 56, H. 2, S. 619-650., 2017-11-08. DOI:10.1007/s00181-018-1444-5
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"Has the early career become less stable during the 1980s and 1990s? And does a lack of early-career employment stability inhibit wage growth? I analyze exceptionally rich administrative data on male graduates from Germany's dual education system to shed more light on these important questions. The data indicate a decline in youth employment durations since the late 1970s, limited to already relatively short durations. Controlling for endogeneity of employment in youth with training firm fixed effects and by exploiting institutional variation in the timing of nationwide macroeconomic shocks, I find significant returns to early-career employment stability in terms of higher wages in adulthood. These returns decline not only across the wage distribution, but also with cohort age. The findings suggest less stable employment in the early years of a career to have become increasingly costly during the 1990s for the least advantaged workers." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))
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Human capital and unemployment dynamics: why more educated workers enjoy greater employment stability (2018)
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Cairó, Isabel & Tomaz Cajner (2018): Human capital and unemployment dynamics. Why more educated workers enjoy greater employment stability. In: The economic journal, Jg. 128, H. 609, S. 652-682. DOI:10.1111/ecoj.12441
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"Why do more educated workers experience lower unemployment rates and lower employment volatility? Empirically, these workers have similar job finding rates but much lower and less volatile separation rates than their less educated peers. We argue that on-the-job training, being complementary to formal education, is the reason for this pattern. Using a search and matching model with endogenous separations, we show that investments in match-specific human capital reduce incentives to separate but leave the job finding rate essentially unaffected. The model generates unemployment dynamics quantitatively consistent with the data. Finally, we provide novel empirical evidence supporting the mechanism studied in the article." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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Labour market effects of job displacement for prime-age and older workers (2018)
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Deelen, Anja, Marloes de Graaf-Zijl & Wiljan van den Berge (2018): Labour market effects of job displacement for prime-age and older workers. In: IZA journal of labor economics, Jg. 7, S. 1-30. DOI:10.1186/s40172-018-0063-x
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"This paper studies the effects of firm closures associated with bankruptcies on the employment status and wages of prime-age and older workers using Dutch administrative data for the period 2000 - 2011. Applying difference-in-differences techniques and non-parametric matching, we find adverse effects on the probability to be in work and on wages earned in the new job, which are larger for older workers than for prime-age workers. Within the older-age group, the effects are stronger for formerly long-tenured workers, for older workers who lost their job in declining sectors in the regional labour market and for workers who changed sectors. In the prime-age group, these differences are less pronounced. Our results suggest that job- and sector-specific factors are important for understanding the more vulnerable position of older workers after job loss." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Das Aussetzen von Beschäftigungsverhältnissen als betriebliche Strategie zum Ausgleich von Schwankungen des Personalbedarfs: ein Update (2018)
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Eppel, Rainer, Thomas Horvath & Helmut Mahringer (2018): Das Aussetzen von Beschäftigungsverhältnissen als betriebliche Strategie zum Ausgleich von Schwankungen des Personalbedarfs. Ein Update. In: Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung. Monatsberichte, Jg. 91, H. 11, S. 799-810.
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"Um kurzfristige, saison- und nicht saisonbedingte Schwankungen des Arbeitskräftebedarfs auszugleichen, beenden viele Betriebe in Zeiten geringerer Auslastung Beschäftigungsverhältnisse und stellen anschließend bei verbesserter Auftragslage dieselben Arbeitskräfte wieder ein ('temporärer Layoff'). Sie wälzen damit Personalkosten auf die Arbeitslosenversicherung ab, da viele betroffene Arbeitskräfte während der Beschäftigungsunterbrechung arbeitslos vorgemerkt sind und Leistungen aus der Arbeitslosenversicherung beziehen. Diese personalpolitische Flexibilisierungsstrategie wurde bisher kaum thematisiert, spielt jedoch in Österreich seit Jahrzehnten eine bedeutende Rolle. Im Jahr 2017 waren 13,7% aller Beschäftigungsaufnahmen Wiedereinstellungen von temporär Arbeitslosen bei demselben Arbeitgeber innerhalb einer Zeitspanne von einem Jahr. Die registrierte Arbeitslosigkeit während temporärer Layoffs trug mehr als ein Achtel zur registrierten Gesamtarbeitslosigkeit bei. Sie war damit für rund 1 Prozentpunkt der Arbeitslosenquote maßgebend. Die Aussetzung von Beschäftigungsverhältnissen ist mit Kosten für die Arbeitslosenversicherung in einer Größenordnung von rund 500 Mio. EURO pro Jahr verbunden." (Autorenreferat, © WIFO - Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung)
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Sports Psychology in the English Premier League: 'It Feels Precarious and is Precarious' (2018)
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Gilmore, Sarah, Christopher Wagstaff & John Smith (2018): Sports Psychology in the English Premier League: 'It Feels Precarious and is Precarious'. In: Work, employment and society, Jg. 32, H. 2, S. 426-435. DOI:10.1177/0950017017713933
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"The literatures on gender status stereotyping and the 'glass-ceiling' have shown that women managers have more difficult job experiences than men, but whether these experiences result in lower job satisfaction is still an open question. Using fixed-effects models in a longitudinal national sample, this study examines differences in job satisfaction between women and men promoted into lower and higher-level management, after controlling for key determinants of job satisfaction. Results indicate that promotions to management are accompanied by an increase in job satisfaction for men but not for women, and that the differing effect lasts beyond the promotion year. Moreover, following promotion, the job satisfaction of women promoted to higher-level management even starts declining. The type of promotion (internal or lateral) does not modify this effect. By clarifying the relationship between gender, promotion to managerial position and job satisfaction, the study contributes to the literature on the gender gap in managerial representation." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Job characteristics and experience as predictors of occupational turnover intention and occupational turnover in the European nursing sector (2018)
Heijden, Beatrice I. J. M. van der; Peeters, Maria C. W. ; Breukelen, J. Wim M. Van; Le Blanc, Pascale M. ;Zitatform
Heijden, Beatrice I. J. M. van der, Maria C. W. Peeters, Pascale M. Le Blanc & J. Wim M. Van Breukelen (2018): Job characteristics and experience as predictors of occupational turnover intention and occupational turnover in the European nursing sector. In: Journal of vocational behavior, Jg. 108, H. October, S. 108-120. DOI:10.1016/j.jvb.2018.06.008
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"The present study aims to unravel the relationships between job demands and resources, occupational turnover intention, and occupational turnover. To do so, we tested a model wherein associations between nurses' age, tenure in profession and tenure with present employer (experience in the profession), job demands (emotional demands, work-home interference), and job resources (influence at work and opportunities for development) predicted occupational turnover intention, and, subsequently, occupational turnover. A longitudinal survey was conducted among a sample of 753 nurses working in European health care institutions (hospitals, nursing homes, and community/home care). The results supported the hypotheses that job demands are positively related with occupational turnover intention while job resources and experience in the nursing profession are negatively related with occupational turnover intention. We did not find evidence supporting the hypothesis that occupational turnover intention mediates the relationship between job demands and job resources on the one hand, and occupational turnover on the other hand. Experience in the nursing profession had a direct effect on occupational turnover, in addition to the direct effect of occupational turnover intention. The implications of our findings for understanding the process through which health care organizations can affect occupational turnover intention and actual exit behavior, are discussed." (Author's abstract, © 2018 Elsevier) ((en))
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Product innovation and employment growth at the firm level: a quantile regression approach to inter-industry differences (2018)
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Herstad, Sverre J. (2018): Product innovation and employment growth at the firm level. A quantile regression approach to inter-industry differences. In: Applied Economics Letters, Jg. 25, H. 15, S. 1062-1065. DOI:10.1080/13504851.2017.1394970
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"This article demonstrates that the relationship between product innovativeness and employment growth at the firm level depends on (i) market responses to innovations with different degrees of novelty, (ii) the location of firms on the growth distribution and (iii) industry conditions. As a result, research that uses standard regression techniques such as OLS and does not account for innovation characteristics and industry differences fail to properly describe this relationship." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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An empirical analysis of the relationship between employee ownership and employment stability in the US: 1999-2011 (2018)
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Kurtulus, Fidan Ana & Douglas Kruse (2018): An empirical analysis of the relationship between employee ownership and employment stability in the US. 1999-2011. In: BJIR, Jg. 56, H. 2, S. 245-291. DOI:10.1111/bjir.12254
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"Do firms with employee ownership (EO) programs exhibit greater employment stability in the face of economic downturns? In particular, are firms with EO programs less likely to lay off workers during negative shocks? In this article, we examine the relationship between EO programs and employment stability in the United States using longitudinal Form 5500-CompuStat matched data on the universe of publicly traded companies during 1999 - 2011. We examine how firms with EO programs weathered the recessions of 2001 and 2008 in terms of employment stability relative to firms without EO programs, and also whether such firms were less likely to lay off workers when faced with negative shocks more broadly. In our econometric analyses, we use a rich array of measures of EO at firms, including the presence of EO stock in pension plans, the presence of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), the value of EO stock per employee, the share of the firm owned by employees, the share of workers at the firm participating in EO and the share of workers at the firm participating in ESOPs. We also consider both economy-wide negative shock measures (increases in the unemployment rate, declines in the employment-to-population ratio) and firm-specific negative shock measures (declines in firm sales, declines in firm stock price). Our results indicate that EO firms exhibit greater employment stability in the face of economy-wide and firm-specific negative shocks." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons) ((en))
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Loss of skill and labor market fluctuations (2018)
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Lalé, Etienne (2018): Loss of skill and labor market fluctuations. In: Labour economics, Jg. 50, H. March, S. 20-31. DOI:10.1016/j.labeco.2017.03.004
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"In this paper, we examine how skill loss can contribute to aggregate labor market fluctuations in the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides model. We develop a computationally tractable stochastic version of that model wherein workers accumulate skills on the job and face a risk of skill loss after job destruction. We find that skill heterogeneity dampens the fluctuations of labor market variables, and that introducing skill loss offsets this effect and generates additional amplification. The main forces driving this result are pro-cyclical increases in the probability of skill loss during unemployment: these provide incentives to post proportionally more vacancies during upturns by raising the surplus from employing high-skill workers. Compositional changes in the unemployment pool, on the other hand, play a negligible role for empirically plausible rates of skill depreciation, which imply a relatively slow process compared to the duration of unemployment spells." (Author's abstract, © 2017 Elsevier) ((en))
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Job insecurity and the changing workplace: recent developments and the future trends in job insecurity research (2018)
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Lee, Cynthia, Guo-Hua Huang & Susan J. Ashford (2018): Job insecurity and the changing workplace. Recent developments and the future trends in job insecurity research. In: Annual review of organizational psychology and organizational behavior, Jg. 5, S. 335-359. DOI:10.1146/annurev-orgpsych-032117-104651
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"This article updates our understanding of the field of job insecurity (JI) by incorporating studies across the globe since 2003, analyzes what we know, and offers ideas on how to move forward. We begin by reviewing the conceptualization and operationalization of job insecurity. We then review empirical studies of the antecedents, consequences, and moderators of JI effects, as well as the various theoretical perspectives used to explain the relationship of JI to various outcomes. Our analyses also consider JI research in different regions of the world, highlighting the cross-cultural differences. We conclude by identifying areas in need of future research. We propose that JI is and will continue to be a predominant employment issue, such that research into it will only increase in importance and relevance. In particular, we call for in-depth research that carefully considers the rapid changes in the workplace today and in the future." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Perceived job and labor market insecurity in the United States: an assessment of workers' attitudes from 2002 to 2014 (2018)
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Lowe, Travis Scott (2018): Perceived job and labor market insecurity in the United States. An assessment of workers' attitudes from 2002 to 2014. In: Work and occupations, Jg. 45, H. 3, S. 313-345. DOI:10.1177/0730888418758381
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"The distinction between perceived job insecurity (workers' assessment of their likelihood of losing their job) and perceived labor market insecurity (workers' assessment of their ability to find another job similar to their current position) is important because the theoretical primacy of perceived job insecurity is diminished in the context of the risk regime, presenting a need for work that identifies whether the traditional factors of security still protect workers from feeling insecure. The author addresses this need by analyzing data from the Quality of Working Life module of the General Social Survey, which was asked of respondents in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. The author finds that while characteristics of secure work are still associated with lower perceived job insecurity, most tend to increase perceived labor market insecurity. The author also finds that the Great Recession produced higher levels of perceived labor market insecurity. These findings suggest that jobs previously considered to be 'good' jobs such as government and union jobs may be more of a liability than an asset in the context of decreased employer - worker attachment." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Was Blue-Collar-Worker motiviert (2018)
Manes, Steffen;Zitatform
Manes, Steffen (2018): Was Blue-Collar-Worker motiviert. In: Personalwirtschaft, Jg. 45, H. 6, S. 14-15.
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"Blue-Collar-Kandidaten machen rund drei Viertel des Arbeitsmarktes aus. Sie sind gefragt wie selten zuvor. Längst hat sich der Arbeitskräftemangel ausgedehnt und zahlreiche Berufsfelder von der Pflege über die Dienstleistungsbranche bis zur industriellen Fertigung erfasst. Mit dem 'Blue-Collar-Kompass' hat Mobilejob daher eine Marktforschungsreihe entwickelt, die sich den Berufsperspektiven dieser bisher wenig analysierten Zielgruppe widmet. Erste Erkenntnis: Nichtakademiker haben nicht ihren Traumjob, sind aber trotzdem hoch motiviert. Der Blue-Collar-Bereich war lange Zeit die große Unbekannte auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Dabei haben zahlreiche Unternehmen gerade in diesem Segment Probleme, geeignete Mitarbeiter zu finden. Pflegekräfte, Callcenter-Agents, Servicemitarbeiter und Handwerker nahezu jeder Fachrichtung sind nur einige der Kräfte, die händeringend gesucht und viel zu selten gefunden werden. Ein Grund dafür: Die Marktforschung rund um die Karriereperspektiven der nicht akademischen Arbeitnehmer lag viel zu lange brach. Während Akademiker von der Gen Y bis zur Silver Generation schon fast bis hin zum gläsernen Kandidaten analysiert wurden, wissen viele Arbeitgeber kaum etwas über potenzielle Mitarbeiter aus dem Blue- Collar-Segment und sprechen sie daher oft mit den falschen Argumenten an. Der 'Blue-Collar-Kompass' schließt diese Wissenslücke. Zum Auftakt der Reihe wurden mehr als 1000 Kandidaten zu ihrer Jobmotivation befragt." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Machtverschiebung in der digitalen Arbeitswelt: die Beschäftigten brauchen neue Rechte! (2018)
Schwemmle, Michael; Wedde, Peter;Zitatform
Schwemmle, Michael & Peter Wedde (2018): Machtverschiebung in der digitalen Arbeitswelt. Die Beschäftigten brauchen neue Rechte! (WISO direkt 2018,11), Bonn, 4 S.
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"Immer deutlicher verschieben sich im Zuge der Digitalisierung die Kräfteverhältnisse in der Arbeitswelt zulasten der Beschäftigten. Zwar werden politische Eingriffe und rechtliche Regulierungen seit Jahren gefordert - bisher aber ohne nennenswerten Erfolg. Bleiben sie weiterhin aus, steigen die Risiken der Entsicherung, der Entkollektivierung und der Entmächtigung menschlicher Arbeitskraft. Um das Machtgefüge in der digitalen Arbeitswelt wieder in eine ausgewogenere Balance zu bringen, muss der Gesetzgeber die Interessen der Beschäftigten unverzüglich durch angemessene und innovative Schutzmechanismen stärken." (Autorenreferat, IAB-Doku)
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Job insecurity and mental health in Canada (2018)
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Watson, Barry & Lars Osberg (2018): Job insecurity and mental health in Canada. In: Applied Economics, Jg. 50, H. 38, S. 4137-4152. DOI:10.1080/00036846.2018.1441516
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"Using six cycles of Canada's longitudinal National Population Health Survey data (2000 - 2001 to 2010 - 2011), this article examines the relationship between job insecurity and mental health. Job insecurity is evaluated in both subjective (perception of job insecurity) and objective (probability of joblessness) terms while mental health is measured using a standardized psychological distress index. Applying a person-specific fixed-effects estimator, results indicate that for males and females age 25-64, job insecurity, regardless of how it is measured, is associated with an increase in psychological distress. Results regarding unemployment are not as conclusive, suggesting that it is not so much the actual occurrence of job loss but the threat of unemployment that is associated with higher psychological distress. Estimates of the relationship between job insecurity and psychological distress using pooled ordinary least squares are much larger, implying that much of the psychological distress/job insecurity correlation may be due to unobservable fixed characteristics. All results are robust to the inclusion and exclusion of a host of other potential determinants including income-related variables, education, and various health measures." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Preference for the workplace, investment in human capital, and gender (2018)
Wiswall, Matthew; Zafar, Basit;Zitatform
Wiswall, Matthew & Basit Zafar (2018): Preference for the workplace, investment in human capital, and gender. In: The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Jg. 133, H. 1, S. 457-507. DOI:10.1093/qje/qjx035
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"We use a hypothetical choice methodology to estimate preferences for workplace attributes from a sample of high-ability undergraduates attending a highly selective university. We estimate that women on average have a higher willingness to pay (WTP) for jobs with greater work flexibility and job stability, and men have a higher WTP for jobs with higher earnings growth. These job preferences relate to college major choices and to actual job choices reported in a follow-up survey four years after graduation. The gender differences in preferences explain at least a quarter of the early career gender wage gap." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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First fired, first hired? Business cycles and immigrant labor market transitions (2018)
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Xu, Huanan (2018): First fired, first hired? Business cycles and immigrant labor market transitions. In: IZA journal of development and migration, Jg. 8, S. 1-36. DOI:10.1186/s40176-018-0127-5
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"Using individual-level Current Population Survey (CPS) data matched across adjacent months from 1996 to 2013, this paper examines immigrant-native differentials in labor market transitions to changes in the business cycle. The paper captures economic fluctuations by measuring deviations in local demand from national economic circumstances and examines monthly transitions among employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. Immigrants are found to be first fired and first hired over the business cycle, and the aggregate unemployment gap is caused by immigrants' higher rates in the unemployment entry flow. Although to some extent the gap can be explained by variation in the immigrant-native's exposure to cycles across industry and occupation, the first fired and first hired pattern still holds. Tests for heterogeneity show that low-skilled immigrants are more vulnerable to the business cycle. Tests of the structural changes from the 2007-2009 Great Recession show that since its start, there was a secular shift in the transition probabilities that would affect all workers negatively, but cyclical volatility was mitigated for immigrants in the post-Great Recession period." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Negotiating private life: consequences of early job insecurity and labour market exclusion for household and family formation (2017)
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Ayllón, Sara (2017): Negotiating private life. Consequences of early job insecurity and labour market exclusion for household and family formation. (NEGOTIATE working paper 5.2), Oslo, 34 S.
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"This paper studies to what extent the job insecurity brought about by the Great Recession has had an impact on fertility decisions among young people across Europe. My results rely not only on objective measures of job insecurity such as the unemployment rate, the incidence of part-time work or the ratio of workers made redundant in their last job but also on individual's perceptions of job uncertainty. For example, I use the percentage of workers that declare to be looking for another job because they fear they will lose their current position or the ratio of unemployed that declare not to be seeking for work because they believe that there is none available. Main findings indicate that job insecurity is not unequivocally negatively related with fertility and that results vary by age group, gender, and especially, country cluster." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Modern working life: A blurring of the boundaries between secondary and primary labour markets? (2017)
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Dekker, Fabian & Romke van der Veen (2017): Modern working life: A blurring of the boundaries between secondary and primary labour markets? In: Economic and Industrial Democracy, Jg. 38, H. 2, S. 256-270. DOI:10.1177/0143831X14563946
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"Today, there is a widespread suggestion that permanent workers are increasingly subject to precarious working conditions. Due to international competition and declining union density, job qualities of permanent workers are assumed to be under strain. According to proponents of a democratization of risk rationale, low job qualities that were traditionally attached to secondary labour markets are transferred to workers in primary segments of the labour market. In this study, the authors test this theoretical rationale among workers in 11 Western European economies, using two waves of the European Working Conditions Survey. The results do not confirm a democratization of labour market risk. Lower job qualities are highly associated with flexible employment contracts and highlight a clear gap between insiders and outsiders." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))
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Labor market reforms in Europe: towards more flexicure labor markets? (2017)
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Eichhorst, Werner, Paul Marx & Caroline Wehner (2017): Labor market reforms in Europe: towards more flexicure labor markets? In: Journal for labour market research, Jg. 51, S. 1-17., 2017-06-12. DOI:10.1186/s12651-017-0231-7
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"Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in important areas, including macro-economic efficiency, workers' well-being and repercussions for social cohesion. EU-28 countries have started a new wave of labor market reforms in the aftermath of the 2008/2009 crisis to tackle a number of issues, including labor market segmentation. This particularly concerns reforms in: (1) employment protection, i.e. dismissal protection and restrictions on fixed-term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of active labor market policies. The paper provides an overview of reform patterns and tries to assess whether and to what extent these reforms have led to less dualized, more 'flexicure' labor markets in terms of dismissal protection, the provision of unemployment benefits and access to ALMPs. In particular, we will provide some evidence on potential changes in hirings on temporary contracts." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))