Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34443 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3175
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Marginal employment', i.e. employment at low working hours and earnings not covered by social security, has been gaining importance in the German economy over the past decade. Using a large newly available panel data set and statistical matching techniques, we analyse the effects of marginal employment on future individual outcome variables such as unemployment, regular employment and earnings. In addition to average treatment effects, we calculate dynamic and cumulative treatment effects accounting for total time spent in various labor market states and related earnings over a period of three years. We find that marginal employment (i) does not affect time spent in regular employment within a three-years' observation period, (ii) reduces future unemployment, (iii) slightly increases cumulated future earnings, on average, and (iv) is associated with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany.
Subjects: 
Marginal employment
social security contributions
wage subsidies
labour market policy
evaluation of treatment effect
JEL: 
J23
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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