Stimulating part-time work by legal entitlements? Evidence from a German policy experiment

Schnabel C, Schank T, Gerner HD (2009)

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2009

Journal

Applied Economics Letters Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Book Volume: 16

Pages Range: 391 – 394

Journal Issue: 4

URI: http://ideas.repec.org/a/taf/apeclt/v16y2009i4p391-394.html

Abstract

Difference-in-difference estimates indicate that the new law on part-time work in Germany has raised the share of part-time workers in those plants that already used part-time employment whereas it has not stimulated the introduction of part-time work in other plants.

Authors with CRIS profile

Claus Schnabel Lehrstuhl für Volkswirtschaftslehre, insbesondere Arbeitsmarkt- und Regionalpolitik Thorsten Schank Fachbereich Wirtschaftswissenschaften

Involved external institutions

Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) der Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Schnabel, C., Schank, T., & Gerner, H.-D. (2009). Stimulating part-time work by legal entitlements? Evidence from a German policy experiment. Applied Economics Letters, 16(4), 391 – 394.

MLA:

Schnabel, Claus, Thorsten Schank, and Hans-Dieter Gerner. "Stimulating part-time work by legal entitlements? Evidence from a German policy experiment." Applied Economics Letters 16.4 (2009): 391 – 394.

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