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Original Articles Sandro Provenzano: The Empirics of Hidden Labor Force Dynamics in Germany JBNST - Vol. 237/5 - 2017, pp. 373-406.
+ show abstract- hide abstractThe unemployment rate is the core indicator when researchers and
policy-makers assess the level of underemployment in an economy. However,
accumulating evidence suggests that the unemployment rate is biased and underestimates the true level of underemployment. Closing this gap is especially
important because the distortion systematically changes along the business cycle
and affects the various subgroups of the population differently. Neglecting these
effects when setting up policies might flaw its effectiveness and result in unexpected outcomes. Although the existence of these effects is widely agreed upon
only little is known about the magnitude of these effects across various subgroups. Using a highly disaggregated dataset from Germany, this study examines
the dynamics in labor force participation that go beyond the unemployment rate.
Ample evidence is found that the discouraged and the added worker effect significantly affect particular subgroups in the German labor market. In addition, the
discouraged and the added worker effect are generally found to be very symmetric
in economic upturns and downturns. Moreover, the labor market reforms in Germany between 2003 and 2005 are found to have reduced the discouraged worker
effect on average by 25%, leaving the added worker effect unchanged. Christina Boll, Anja Rossen and André Wolf: The EU Gender Earnings Gap: Job Segregation and Working Time as Driving Factors JBNST - Vol. 237/5 - 2017, pp. 407-452.
+ show abstract- hide abstractThis paper estimates size and impact factors of the gender pay gap in
Europe. It adds to the literature in three aspects. First, we update existing figures
on the gender pay gaps in the EU based on the Structure of Earnings Survey 2010
(SES). Second, we enrich the literature by undertaking comprehensive country
comparisons of the gap components based on an Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition. Overall, we analyse 21 EU countries plus Norway, which clearly exceeds the
scope of existing microdata studies. Third, we examine the sources of the
unexplained gap. We find that about one third of the gap can be traced back
to the role of the explanatory factors included in our analysis. Human capital
related factors are of minor importance. Instead, the sectoral segregation of
genders is identified as the most important barrier to gender pay equality in
European countries. In addition, the fact that part-time positions are more
frequent among women notably contributes to the gap. Furthermore, sector
premiums are generally to men’s advantage, this might point to a less
advanta-geous within-sector positional sorting for women compared to men.
We conclude that policies aiming at closing the gender pay gap should focus
more on the sector level than on the aggregate economy.
Book Review Sylvia Kaufmann: Don Harding and Adrian Papgan: The Econometric Analysis of Recurrent Events in Macroeconomics and Finance JBNST - Vol. 237/5 - 2017, pp. 453-456.
Data Observer Michael Weinhardt, Alexia Meyermann, Stefan Liebig and Jürgen Schupp : The Linked Employer–Employee Study of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP-LEE): Content, Design and Research Potential JBNST - Vol. 237/5 - 2017, pp. 457-457.
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