What Hampers Part-Time Work? An Empirical Analysis of Wages, Hours Restrictions and Employment from a Dutch-German Perspective
This book contributes to clarify the conditions of jobs with shorter working hours and reckons the potential for increasing part-time employment in Germany. Two crucial obstacles of part-time employment are addressed: Firstly, the wage structure and its implications for labor supply, and secondly, t...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Heidelberg
Physica-Verlag HD
2003, 2003
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2003 |
| Series: | ZEW Economic Studies
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This book contributes to clarify the conditions of jobs with shorter working hours and reckons the potential for increasing part-time employment in Germany. Two crucial obstacles of part-time employment are addressed: Firstly, the wage structure and its implications for labor supply, and secondly, the lack of job offers for part-time employees. The Netherlands - known as the first part-time economy in the world - is used as a benchmark for the German case. The empirical analyses in this book are based on representative household data for Gemany and the Netherlands. |
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| Physical Description: | X, 174 p. 5 illus online resource |
| ISBN: | 9783642573743 |