Measuring hours worked in Germany: contents, data and methodological essentials of the IAB working time measurement concept

Susanne Wanger, Roland Weigand and Ines Zapf
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Susanne Wanger: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Roland Weigand: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Ines Zapf: Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg, Germany
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Roland Jucknewitz

No 201521, IAB-Discussion Paper from Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany]

Abstract: "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." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Methode; IAB-Arbeitszeitrechnung; Arbeitsvolumen; Arbeitszeit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C82 E01 J20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 60 pages
Date: 2015
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Published in/as: Journal for Labour Market Research, online first (2016), 26 S., doi:10.1007/s12651-016-0206-0

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