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The response of wages and actual hours worked to the reduction of standard hours in Germany
A transformation of what had become a universal 40 hour standard work week in Germany began in 1985 with reductions negotiated in the metal-working and printing sectors. These reductions have continued through 1995, and were followed by reductions in other sectors. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, I find that increased overtime or reduced short time was little used to offset the reduction in standard hours: a one hour reduction in standard hours appears to have translated into a reduction in actual hours worked of between 0.85 and 1 hour for workers in manufacturing. One might expect this to result in a loss of earnings for workers in affected industries. However, I substantiate the union claim of "full wage compensation": reductions in standard hours were accompanied by a relative rise in the hourly straight-time wage of 2-3 % for each hour fall in standard hours, enough to keep monthly earnings the same as in unaffected industries.
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Englisch
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Year: 1996 ; Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
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Wirtschaft
- Thema
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Arbeitszeitgestaltung
Lohn
Arbeitszeit
Deutschland
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Hunt, Jennifer
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Veröffentlichung
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Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
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Berlin
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1996
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:41 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Hunt, Jennifer
- Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW)
- ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft
Entstanden
- 1996
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