Partnered women's contribution to household labor income: Persistent inequalities among couples and their determinants
Autor/in:
Dieckhoff, Martina; Gash, Vanessa; Mertens, Antje; Romeu Gordo, Laura
Quelle: Social Science Research, (2019) 85
Inhalt: This paper explores earnings inequalities within dual-earner couples in East and West Germany drawing on household-level panel data from 1992 to 2016. It has three aims: (1) to analyze how the partner pay gap (the pay gap between partners within one household) has developed over time, given institutional change, and whether the extent of inequality and temporal development vary between East and West Germany; (2) to explore variation in the partner pay gap by male partners' absolute earnings; and (3) to investigate the micro-level determinants of earnings inequalities within couples and determine whether their relevance varies between East and West Germany as well as by male partners’ absolute earnings. We find women earn substantially less than their partners, and our regression results find no indication of a declining partner pay gap. Besides substantial variation between East and West Germany, our results also reveal important group-specific variation in the extent of the partner pay gap as well as in its determinants.
Schlagwörter:Dual Career Couple; alte Bundesländer; Erwerbsbeteiligung; old federal states; Haushaltseinkommen; Einkommensunterschied; partnership; Federal Republic of Germany; household income; woman; difference in income; neue Bundesländer; Partnerschaft; labor force participation; gender-specific factors; New Federal States; dual career couple; Ungleichheit; inequality; gender inequality; institutional change; partner pay gap; time trends; German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) (1992-2016)
SSOAR Kategorie:Arbeitsmarktforschung, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Employment returns to tertiary education for immigrants in Western Europe: cross-country differences before and after the economic crisis
Autor/in:
Guetto, Raffaele
Quelle: Social Inclusion, 6 (2018) 3, S 64-77
Inhalt: This article contributes to the literature on the models of immigrants’ labour market incorporation in Western Europe by analysing the employment returns to tertiary education for both natives and immigrants. By using yearly EU-LFS data (2005-2013) for a selection of Western European countries, cross-country differences in the employment returns to tertiary education are analysed separately by immigrant status and gender. In Continental Europe, where immigrant-native employment gaps before the crisis were much larger than in Southern Europe, immigrants are found to benefit more from tertiary education, and their returns are also higher than for natives, while the opposite holds in Southern European countries. The same pattern is found irrespective of gender, but cross-country differences are more pronounced among women. The article also documents that the crisis contributed to a cross-country convergence, although limited to men, in the degree of immigrant employment disadvantage, which increased substantially in Southern Europe while remaining unchanged or slightly declining in all other countries. Nevertheless, although immigrant-native employment gaps grew as high as in Continental Europe, immigrant men in Southern Europe are still found to benefit from lower returns to tertiary education than their native counterparts.
Unsichere Beschäftigung und Prekarität - im Lebensverlauf und im Haushalt
Autor/in:
Kottwitz, Anita; Goebel, Jan
Quelle: Berichterstattung zur sozioökonomischen Entwicklung in Deutschland: Exklusive Teilhabe - ungenutzte Chancen; dritter Bericht. Bielefeld, 2017, 36 S
Inhalt: In diesem Kapitel werden auf der Basis von Mikrodaten Haushalts- und Familienstrukturen, Beschäftigungsverhältnisse mit prekärem Potenzial und materielle Teilhabe aus der Querschnitts- und der Lebensverlaufsperspektive beschrieben. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Analyse des Zusammenhangs zwischen individuellen Beschäftigungsverhältnissen mit prekärem Potenzial und materieller Teilhabe auf der Haushaltsebene.
Über Sequenzmusteranalysen lassen sich Verlaufstypen mit dauerhafter gefährdeter Teilhabe identifizieren, die auf prekäre Beschäftigungsverläufe und fehlende Sicherungsleistungen durch andere Haushaltsmitglieder zurückzuführen sind. Es werden insbesondere geschlechts- und regionsspezifische Unterschiede sichtbar.
Schlagwörter:Beschäftigungsform; type of employment; befristetes Arbeitsverhältnis; term contract; geringfügige Beschäftigung; minimal employment; prekäre Beschäftigung; precarious employment; Erwerbsverlauf; employment history; soziale Sicherung; social security; gender-specific factors; regionaler Unterschied; regional difference; Lebenssituation; life situation; Beschäftigungsfähigkeit; employability; Armut; poverty; Ungleichheit; inequality; Partizipation; participation; alte Bundesländer; old federal states; neue Bundesländer; New Federal States; Federal Republic of Germany
Barriers to women's representation in academic excellence and positions of power
Autor/in:
Yousaf, Rizwana; Schmiede, Rudi
Quelle: Asian Journal of German and European Studies, 2 (2017) , S 1-13
Inhalt: "Nearly for half a century women's advancement in the workplace has been in a debate. Women’s under-represented in higher education institutions and universities across the globe, and especially in the most powerful or influential posts, is well established. Despite gender equality commitments and women's educational attainment, still, they are underrepresented. Regions and countries may vary in term of culture, achievements and development, but barriers for women's representation in academia are surprisingly similar in many regions. It is found that there are several barriers which women might be experiencing in academia ranging from personal, organizational to societal." (author's abstract)
Institutional change and gender inequalities at labour market entry: a comparison of Estonia, Russia, and East and West Germany
Autor/in:
Kosyakova, Yuliya; Saar, Ellu; Dämmrich, Johanna
Quelle: Studies of Transition States and Societies, 9 (2017) 2, S 17-40
Inhalt: Our study investigates how gender inequalities in job opportunities evolved during communist and post-communist times in former state-socialist countries. Theoretical arguments (mainly based on studies referring to Western countries) led to the expectation of a surge in gender inequalities in these countries after the collapse of communism. Empirically, we explore the gender gap in job authority upon labour market entry by using life-history data from Russia, Estonia, and East Germany, with West Germany serving as a control case. The selection of countries was motivated primarily by the availability of rich life-history data, covering four decades of (post-) state socialism but also by divergences in institutional set-ups in the course of transition from state socialism to a liberalised market economy. Our findings yield four major results. First, accounting for education and the branch of economy, women were not disadvantaged during Soviet times; instead, we have even found evidence of a slight female advantage in Estonia and East Germany. Thus, our findings mirror the communist regime's effectiveness in equalising women's and men's opportunities at work. Second, in the pre-collapse decade, the advantage of women in terms of job authority decreased in East Germany and Estonia, whereas in Russia, women fell behind men. Third, with the Soviet Union collapse, a remarkable female disadvantage emerged in all formerly state socialist countries under scrutiny. In addition, we observe a growing gender gap in West Germany in the same period. The latter result strengthens the conclusion that times of economic liberalisation may go hand-in-hand with increasing gender inequalities.
Underrepresentation of women at academic excellence and position of power: role of harassment and glass ceiling
Autor/in:
Yousaf, Rizwana; Schmiede, Rudi
Quelle: Open Journal of Social Sciences, 4 (2016) 2, S 173-185
Inhalt: The study intends to comprehend the underrepresentation of women on positions of power and
academic excellence in academia. The study explained the role of exploitation and harassment,
which might hinder, when women were trying to climb to top hierarchical position. The majority
of women supervised by male heads, sexual harassment could be used as a glass ceiling to hamper
women to reach top hierarchal level. The majority participants were working on lower academic
and administrative hierarchy; they were experiencing harassment throughout the hierarchical
level. Similarly, they considered that harassment could contribute to the underrepresentation of
women at academic excellence and a position of power.
A stalled revolution? What can we learn from women’s drop-out to part-time jobs: a comparative analysis of Germany and the UK
Autor/in:
Dieckhoff, Martina; Gash, Vanessa; Mertens, Antje; Romeu Gordo, Laura
Quelle: Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, (2016) 46 (B), S 129-140
Inhalt: This study examines how within-couple inequalities, that is power differences between men and women in a partnership, act as predictors of transitions from full-time to part-time employment applying Heckman corrected probit models in three different institutional and cultural contexts; Eastern Germany, Western Germany and the United Kingdom. The analyses show that when women are in a weaker position within their relationships they are more likely to drop-out of full-time work, but that this propensity varies by context. The authors also find an increased tendency over time for women to leave full-time for part-time employment in both Eastern and Western Germany, but observe no such trend in the UK. This is suggestive of ongoing incompatibilities in the institutional support for equality in dual-earning in Germany. The study uses longitudinal data covering the period 1992 until 2012 from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for Germany and from the British Household Panel (BHPS) and the ‘Understanding Society’ data for the UK.
Schlagwörter:alte Bundesländer; Erwerbsbeteiligung; Arbeitsteilung; old federal states; part-time work; Haushaltseinkommen; division of labor; Hausarbeit; housework; partnership; Federal Republic of Germany; household income; Großbritannien; Teilzeitarbeit; neue Bundesländer; Partnerschaft; labor force participation; Great Britain; gender-specific factors; New Federal States; Ungleichheit; inequality; cross-national comparison
SSOAR Kategorie:Arbeitsmarktforschung, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Teilhabe von Aufstocker/innen: die Gleichzeitigkeit von Erwerbstätigkeit und SGB II
Autor/in:
Graf, Julia
Quelle: Marburg, 2013. 273 S
Inhalt: Die Doktorarbeit rückt die Frage ins Zentrum wie sich die Teilhabemöglichkeiten von Aufstocker/innen, d.h. Erwerbstätigen die ´Hartz IV´ beziehen, darstellen. Normativer Fokus ist, dass eine Demokratie gleichberechtigte Teilhabe aller Gesellschaftsmitglieder gewährleisten sollte. Der verwendete Begriff von Teilhabe leitet sich dabei aus der Demokratietheorie Nancy Frasers ab und nimmt deshalb insbesondere Fragen von Verteilung, von Anerkennung und von Repräsentation in den Blick. Anhand von Interviews mit Aufstocker/innen und der Auswertung des Panels Arbeitsmarkt und Soziale Sicherung werden die Teilhabemöglichkeiten von Aufstocker/innen beleuchtet. Dabei zeigt sich, dass diese 1,3 Millionen Personen (Januar 2013) in Bezug auf Teilhabemöglichkeiten sowohl einige Gemeinsamkeiten aufweisen, als sich die Lage Einzelner auch unter anderem nach Geschlecht, Haushaltszusammensetzung und Erwerbstätigkeitstyp unterscheidet. In manchen Bereichen des Arbeitsmarktes (wie dem Reinigungswesen oder bei Minijobs), ist beispielsweise bis zu einem Fünftel aller Beschäftigten in dieser Situation. So zeigen sich in Bezug auf die Aufstocker/inen viele allgemeine Entwicklungen des Arbeitsmarktes wie Möglichkeiten zum Drücken von Löhnen nach unten, Niedriglöhne, Dominanz von Minijobs, Problematiken feminisierter Beschäftigungsformen oder auch die Armutsproblematik von Familien mit Kindern.
Schlagwörter:Hartz-Reform; Hartz-Reform; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; labor market policy; Sozialpolitik; social policy; Prekarisierung; precariousness; Geschlechterforschung; gender studies; Leiharbeit; temporary work; geringfügige Beschäftigung; minimal employment; allein erziehender Elternteil; single parent; Demokratie; democracy; Partizipation; participation; soziale Sicherung; social security; Leistungsbezug; receipt of benefits; Hinzuverdienst; additional income; Gerechtigkeit; justice; Ungleichheit; inequality; Geschlechterverhältnis; gender relations; soziale Anerkennung; social recognition; Armut; poverty; Erwerbstätigkeit; gainful employment; Federal Republic of Germany; Aufstocker; Minijobs; Nancy Fraser
SSOAR Kategorie:Arbeitsmarktforschung, Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, soziale Sicherung, soziale Probleme, Arbeitsmarktpolitik
The evolution of labor relations inside a Russian firm during late tansition: evidence from personnel data
Titelübersetzung:Die Entwicklung innerbetrieblicher Arbeitsverhältnisse einer russischen Firma in Zeiten der Transformation: Evidenz von Personaldaten
Autor/in:
Lehmann, Hartmut
Quelle: Historical Social Research, 35 (2010) 2, S 334-361
Inhalt: "Diese Studie bespricht drei Arbeiten, die sich mit dem internen Arbeitsmarkt einer russischen Firma in den Jahren 1997 bis 2002 befassen und sich dabei auf drei Themenbereiche konzentrieren. Die Arbeiten analysieren bisher nicht zugängliche Personaldaten, die die Arbeitsgeschichte jedes einzelnen Beschäftigten sowie monatliche Löhne und Gesamtvergütung im Jahresdurchschnitt beinhalten. Da diese Arbeiten Teil eines größeren Forschungsprojektes über interne Arbeitsmärkte in Russland und der Ukraine sind, beginnt unsere Studie mit einer generellen Einschätzung, wie die Analyse von Personaldaten aus Transformationsländern zur allgemeinen Literatur über interne Arbeitsmärkte beitragen kann. Kurzen Beschreibungen der analysierten Firma und der benutzten Personaldaten folgen die Motivierung und ausschlaggebenden Resultate der drei Arbeiten. Die erste Arbeit untersucht die Frage, wie die Kosten der russischen Finanzkrise des Jahres 1998 auf die Beschäftigten innerhalb der Firma verteilt werden und ob langjährig beschäftigte Arbeitnehmer von negativen Schocks abgeschirmt werden. Das zweite Papier betrachtet die Diskussion über die Lohnbestimmung in Russland und analysiert die engere Fragestellung, ob lokale Arbeitsmarktbedingungen einen wichtigen Faktor im Lohnbestimmungsprozess darstellen oder ob stabile interne Arbeitsmarktstrukturen von vorrangiger Bedeutung für das Personalmanagement der Firma sind. Die letzte besprochene Arbeit liefert einen Beitrag zu der Literatur über die Arbeitsmarkterfahrungen von Frauen während der Transformation, indem sie die Entwicklung und die Determinanten des geschlechtsspezifischen Lohndifferentials innerhalb der Firma aufzeigt." (Autorenreferat)
Inhalt: "This paper surveys three studies on the internal labor market of one Russian firm spanning the years 1997 to 2002 and focusing on three different issues. The studies use unique personnel data that were collected by us and that include the work history of each employee as well as annual averages of monthly wages and total compensation. Since the three studies are part of a larger project on internal labor markets in Russia and Ukraine during transition, the paper starts off with a general assessment of how the analysis of personnel data from transition countries can contribute to the general literature on internal labor markets. After short descriptions of the investigated firm and the personnel data at our disposal, the motivation and the pertinent results of the three studies are presented. While the first study looks at the question how the costs of a financial crisis are spread over the workforce and whether incumbent employees are sheltered from negative shocks in the economy, the second study is tied to the discussion of wage determination in Russia and analyzes the narrower question whether local labor market conditions are an important factor in the wage determination process of the firm at hand or whether stable internal labor market structures are of primary concern for its human resource managers. The third study contributes to the literature on the labor market experience of women in transition by analyzing the evolution and the determinants of the gender earnings gap in the firm." (author's abstract)