Klinger, Sabine and Weber, Enzo (2020) Secondary job holding in Germany. APPLIED ECONOMICS, 52 (30). pp. 3238-3256. ISSN 0003-6846, 1466-4283
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Since 2003, the number and ratio of multiple jobholders has more than doubled, although the German labour market has been experiencing a strong and sustained upswing. This study analyses multiple jobholding from a time series as well as a cross section perspective. We use rich register data and multinomial logit estimations. The microeconometric findings are linked to macroeconomic trends. Workers hold multiple jobs primarily because of earnings ' or hours ' constraints in the main job. Towards the upper end of the earnings distribution, the probability to have another job does not rise again. Thus, we do not find evidence that another job shall enrich the job portfolio as such. Moreover, female workers, migrants, workers in West Germany as well as in service sectors have a higher than average probability of multiple jobholding. However, the individual factors explain the rise of multiple jobholding over time to a very small extent. Hence, we argue that the far-reaching exemption of second marginal jobs from social security contributions and taxes sets wrong incentives.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | PART-TIME; ECONOMICS; Secondary job holding; low pay segment; multinomial logit model; macroeconomic development |
| Subjects: | 300 Social sciences > 330 Economics |
| Divisions: | Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie Business, Economics and Information Systems > Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre und Ökonometrie > Lehrstuhl für Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung, insbesondere Makroökonomie und Arbeitsmarkt (Prof. Dr. Enzo Weber) |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Apr 2021 07:15 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Apr 2021 07:15 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/45298 |
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