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Measuring hours worked in Germany: Contents, data and methodological essentials of the IAB working time measurement concept
This article presents the IAB working time measurement concept, which determines the hours worked in Germany and their individual components. These statistics are essential for a proper analysis of aggregate labour market trends and cyclical fluctuations. We outline the conceptual and methodological framework of the measurement, which evolves further due to its integration in the system of national accounts and due to innovations to the statistical procedures applied. An overview of single components and their data sources is given, while the resulting time series of hours worked and the volume of work are depicted according to their long run trends, cyclical variation and reaction in the 2008/09 financial and economic crisis.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IAB-Discussion Paper ; No. 21/2015
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data; Data Access
Measurement and Data on National Income and Product Accounts and Wealth; Environmental Accounts
- Subject
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IAB working time measurement concept
Hours worked
Volume of work
Components
Persons in employment
System of National Accounts
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Wanger, Susanne
Weigand, Roland
Zapf, Ines
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Veröffentlichung
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Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)
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Nürnberg
- (when)
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2015
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Wanger, Susanne
- Weigand, Roland
- Zapf, Ines
- Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB)
Time of origin
- 2015
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