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„Arbeitsplatzausstattung“ und „Arbeitsplatzlücke“ nach Geschlechtern in Ost- und Westdeutschland

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  • Brautzsch, Hans-Ulrich
  • Fuchs, Johann
  • Lang, Cornelia

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The paper investigates (a) the number and structure of available jobs by gender in East and West Germany, (b) the gap between the supply and demand of jobs by gender in both regions and (c) the reasons for the wider "job gap" in East Germany compared with West Germany. The paper uses data from the Regional National Accounts and the Federal Labor Office. The analysis shows no significant difference in the number of jobs per 1000 persons in working age between East and West Germany. For women, the East German economy offers more jobs. Nevertheless, the gap between labour demand and the supply of jobs is wider in East Germany. This is caused not only by problems concerning the production structure, but also by the significantly higher partizipation rate of women in the labor market. Reasons are the traditional behaviour of East German woman and - compared with West Germany - the considerably lower household income.

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  • Brautzsch, Hans-Ulrich & Fuchs, Johann & Lang, Cornelia, 2006. "„Arbeitsplatzausstattung“ und „Arbeitsplatzlücke“ nach Geschlechtern in Ost- und Westdeutschland," IWH Discussion Papers 9/2006, Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH).
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    Keywords

    Beschäftigung; Unterbeschäftigung; Arbeitsangebot; Arbeitsnachfrage; Ostdeutschland; Westdeutschland; employment; underemployment; labor demand; labor supply; East Germany; West Germany;
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    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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