11th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference - SOEP 2014

  • Iris Burmester (Speaker)

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    Description

    Low-wage mobility of female and male self-employed and employees– Evidence from German and British longitudinal data

    Level of low-wage employment and inequality widely discussed
    Central factor in explaining poverty
    Discourage individuals
    Illegal activities and work in informal sector
    Key issue: low-wage persistence and a lack of mobility
    Perception of social equality
    Incentives
    Evidence for German employees for gender differences in mobility rates (Aretz 2013)
    More volatile income of self-employed (Merz/Zwick 2008; Dittrich et al. 2013)


    Level of low-wage employment and inequality widely discussed Central factor in explaining poverty Discourage individuals Illegal activities and work in informal sector Key issue: low-wage persistence and a lack of mobility Perception of social equality Incentives Evidence for German employees for gender differences in mobility rates (Aretz 2013) More volatile income of self-employed (Merz/Zwick 2008; Dittrich et al. 2013)
    Period30.06.2014 → 01.07.2014
    Event typeConference
    Conference number11
    OrganiserGerman Institute for Economic Research
    SponsorGerman Research Foundation
    LocationBerlin , GermanyShow on map
    Degree of RecognitionNational

    Research areas and keywords

    • Economics

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