The evolution of job stability and wages after the implementation of the Hartz reforms

Die Entwicklung von Beschäftigungsstabilität und Löhnen seit Einführung der Hartz-Reformen

Gianna Claudia Giannelli (), Ursula Jaenichen () and Thomas Rothe
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Journal for Labour Market Research, 2016, vol. 49, issue 3, 269-294

Abstract: Abstract We address the concerns about rising inequality in the German labour market after the implementation of the Hartz reforms between 2003 and 2005. We focus on the quality of new jobs started between 1998 and 2010 in West Germany in terms of job stability and level of earnings. Using social security data drawn from the Integrated Employment Biographies, we analyse the distributions of job durations and wages and model their determinants at the worker level. Our results show a high degree of job stability during and after the reform years, decreasing wage levels and increasing wage dispersion.

Keywords: Hartz reforms; Job duration; Wage inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C34 C41 J31 J62 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/s12651-016-0209-x

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