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Explaining the Growth of Part-Time Employment: Factors of Supply and Demand

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Euwals, Rob () (CPB, The Hague, CEPR and IZA Bonn)
Hogerbrugge, Maurice (CPB, The Hague)
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Using the Dutch Labour Force Survey 1991-2001, the authors investigate the incidence of part-time employment in the country with the highest part-time employment rate of the OECD countries. Women fulfil most part-time jobs, but nevertheless a considerable fraction of men works part-time as well. Evidence from descriptive statistics and a macro-econometric model at the sectoral level of industry suggests that the growth of part-time employment in the 1990s relates strongly to the growth in female labour force participation. Factors of labour demand, like the shift from manufacturing to services, turn out to play a significant role as well.

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Keywords: labour demand; labour supply; part-time employment; panel data;

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C33 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Models with Panel Data
J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand

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  1. Buddelmeyer, Hielke & Mourre, Gilles & Ward, Melanie, 2004. "Recent Developments in Part-Time Work in EU-15 Countries: Trends and Policy," IZA Discussion Papers 1415, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  2. Giovanni Russo & Wolter Hassink, 2008. "The Part-Time Wage Gap: a Career Perspective," De Economist, Springer, vol. 156(2), pages 145-174, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Hielke Buddelmeyer & Gilles Mourre & Melanie Ward, 2008. "Why do Europeans work part-time? A cross-country Panel Analysis," Working Paper Series 872, European Central Bank. [Downloadable!]
  4. Pfeifer, Christian, 2005. "Betriebliche Determinanten von Teilzeitarbeit, Mini- und Midi-Jobs; Eine theoretische und empirische Analyse mit niedersächsischen Betriebsdaten," Diskussionspapiere der Wirtschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Hannover dp-324, Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät. [Downloadable!]
  5. Giovanni Russo & Wolter Hassink, 2005. "The Part-Time Wage Penalty: a Career Perspective," Working Papers 05-01, Utrecht School of Economics. [Downloadable!]
  6. Hirsch, Barry T., 2004. "Why Do Part-Time Workers Earn Less? The Role of Worker and Job Skills," IZA Discussion Papers 1261, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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  7. Buddelmeyer, Hielke & Mourre, Gilles & Ward, Melanie, 2004. "The Determinants of Part-Time Work in EU Countries: Empirical Investigations with Macro-Panel Data," IZA Discussion Papers 1361, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
  8. Russo, Giovanni & Hassink, Wolter, 2005. "The Part-Time Wage Penalty: A Career Perspective," IZA Discussion Papers 1468, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]
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