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dc.contributor.author | Buddelmeyer, Hielke | en |
dc.contributor.author | Mourre, Gilles | en |
dc.contributor.author | Ward, Melanie E. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2009-01-28T16:16:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2009-01-28T16:16:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2004 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20713 | - |
dc.description.abstract | A 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.iso | eng | en |
dc.publisher | |aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonn | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | |aIZA Discussion Papers |x1415 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J28 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J21 | en |
dc.subject.jel | J22 | en |
dc.subject.ddc | 330 | en |
dc.subject.keyword | part-time employment | en |
dc.subject.keyword | labour supply | en |
dc.subject.keyword | labour market policies | en |
dc.subject.keyword | institutions | en |
dc.subject.keyword | regulations | en |
dc.subject.keyword | subsidies | en |
dc.subject.stw | Teilzeitarbeit | en |
dc.subject.stw | Arbeitsmarktpolitik | en |
dc.subject.stw | Arbeitsangebot | en |
dc.subject.stw | EU-Staaten | en |
dc.title | Recent Developments in Part-Time Work in EU-15 Countries : Trends and Policy | - |
dc.type | Working Paper | en |
dc.identifier.ppn | 477228704 | en |
dc.rights | http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen | en |
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