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| Choices for part-time jobs and the impacts on the hourly wage differentials: a comparative study for The Netherlands and Great Britain | |
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English |
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URL
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http://iserwww.essex.ac.uk/activities/conferences/epunet-2003/docs/pdf/papers/hu.pdf
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Abstract
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This paper uses the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) to analyze individuals’ choices on part-time jobs and their impacts on the hourly wages. Our study is a comparative study between Great Britain and the Netherlands. In contrast to most previous researches on part-time employment, we make a distinction between short parttime and long part-time jobs. The results show that overall women were more likely to work part-time in both countries, but the effect in the Netherlands was much stronger than in Great Britain. We find that there was no substantial wage gap between long parttime and full-time jobs in the Netherlands, working long part-time were more likely to be treated as full-time jobs, which may suggest the presence of 'retention part-time jobs' described by Tilly (1996). On the other hand, the results show that part-time workers in Great Britain suffered relatively larger wage penalties, working short part-time was not significantly different from working long part-time, both received lower wage rates compared to full-time jobs. |
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Reference
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Hu, Yongjian, (2003 July) 'Choices for part-time jobs and the impacts on the hourly wage differentials: a comparative study for The Netherlands and Great Britain', EPUNet-2003 Conference: the conference of the European Panel Users Network: 3-5 July 2003, Colchester |
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JEL Codes
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J22,H31 |
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Authors
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Yongjian Hu |
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Countries included
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Netherlands, United Kingdom |
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ECHP Waves
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1998 |
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Institutions Involved
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Uni. of Amsterdam, Netherlands |
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