Declining Gender Differences in Low-Wage Employment in Germany, Austria and Switzerland

Autor(en)

Nina-Sophie Fritsch, Roland Verwiebe, Bernd Liedl

Abstrakt

Although the low-wage employment sector has enlarged over the past 20 years in the context of pronounced flexibility in restructured labor markets, gender differences in low-wage employment have declined in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In this article, the authors examine reasons for declining gender inequalities, and most notably concentrate on explanations for the closing gender gap in low-wage employment risks. In addition, they identify differences and similarities among the German-speaking countries. Based on regression techniques and decomposition analyses (1996-2016), the authors find significantly decreasing labor market risks for the female workforce. Detailed analysis reveals that (1) the concrete positioning in the labor market shows greater importance in explaining declining gender differences compared to personal characteristics. (2) The changed composition of the labor markets has prevented the low-wage sector from increasing even more in general and works in favor of the female workforce and their low-wage employment risks in particular.

Organisation(en)

Institut für Soziologie

Externe Organisation(en)

Universität Potsdam

Journal

Comparative Sociology

Band

18

Seiten

449–488

Anzahl der Seiten

40

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-12341507

Publikationsdatum

2019

Peer-reviewed

Ja

ÖFOS 2012

504003 Armut und soziale Ausgrenzung

Schlagwörter

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Sociology and Political Science

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 10 – Weniger Ungleichheiten

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https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/declining-gender-differences-in-lowwage-employment-in-germany-austria-and-switzerland(f5729ff8-b6ee-4926-b3a8-72c140d2fe5f).html