Arbeitspapier

Working more for less: Part-time penalties across the working hours distribution

We use German administrative and survey data to investigate the heterogeneity of part-time penalties in hourly wages and growth rates. Exploiting tax reforms for identification, we find substantial heterogeneity in part-time wage penalties from -28.3% to -7.2% compared to full-time. The heterogeneity in wage growth penalties is less pronounced. Both penalties do not decrease linearly with additional working hours. More weekly working hours might result in a higher hourly wage penalty. The shape of the penalties is driven by workers with non-demanding tasks and professions where working around 30 weekly hours is uncommon, and relatively many females work.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: Discussion Paper ; No. 2023/5

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
Thema
part-time employment
wage dynamics
female labor supply

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Günther, Tom
Schneider, Ulrich
Stürmer-Heiber, Fabian
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Freie Universität Berlin, School of Business & Economics
(wo)
Berlin
(wann)
2023

DOI
doi:10.17169/refubium-40573
Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:kobv:188-refubium-40852-6
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Günther, Tom
  • Schneider, Ulrich
  • Stürmer-Heiber, Fabian
  • Freie Universität Berlin, School of Business & Economics

Entstanden

  • 2023

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