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dc.contributor.authorBuddelmeyer, Hielkeen
dc.contributor.authorMourre, Gillesen
dc.contributor.authorWard, Melanie E.en
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-28T16:16:10Z-
dc.date.available2009-01-28T16:16:10Z-
dc.date.issued2004-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/20713-
dc.description.abstractA growing part-time employment share has been a main feature of a number of industrializedcountries over the past two decades. A considerable variation in the rate of part-time work isevident by gender, age group, industrial sector and occupation. The stylized facts support theview that part-time employment represents an important opportunity particularly for young,older and female workers to enter the labour markets of the European Union. For the majorityof workers in these groups, the decision to work part-time has been a voluntary one, which isall the more satisfactory in terms of welfare maximization.Our results indicate that the development of the part-time employment rate over time and thestrong variation in the PTR across countries are significantly affected by policy andinstitutions. In particular policy measures geared toward encouraging part-time work arefound to be positively related to actual part-time developments. These measures include boththe legal framework directly affecting part-time positions and the creation of financialincentives (subsidies and improvement of social protection) to take up a part-time job.Moreover, other labour market institutions, including benefit systems and the stringency ofemployment protection legislation for regular contracts, are found to significantly but indirectlyinfluence the growth in part-time work.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x1415en
dc.subject.jelJ28en
dc.subject.jelJ21en
dc.subject.jelJ22en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordpart-time employmenten
dc.subject.keywordlabour supplyen
dc.subject.keywordlabour market policiesen
dc.subject.keywordinstitutionsen
dc.subject.keywordregulationsen
dc.subject.keywordsubsidiesen
dc.subject.stwTeilzeitarbeiten
dc.subject.stwArbeitsmarktpolitiken
dc.subject.stwArbeitsangeboten
dc.subject.stwEU-Staatenen
dc.titleRecent Developments in Part-Time Work in EU-15 Countries : Trends and Policy-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn477228704en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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