Second job holding in Germany: A persistent feature?

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This paper investigates the persistence and determinants of second job holding in Germany, especially marginal second jobs, following a legislative change allowing extensive dispensation of marginal second jobs from taxes and social security contributions. I document an upward trend in second job holding driven in particular by women. Moreover I find strong evidence for the persistence of second job holding using a dynamic panel model. Further, I identify significant gender differences in the decision to moonlight, where especially women in the lower part of the earnings distribution and women with few years of tenure are most likely to take up a second job.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper Series in Economics ; No. 416

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Time Allocation and Labor Supply ; Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
• Subject: second job ; marginal second job ; multiple job holding

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Lentge, Philipp
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre
• (where): Lüneburg
• (when): 2022

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/273141
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET