Thesis
Labor market deregulation and nonstandard employment: Measuring the effects of atypical work on establishment-level sex segregation in Germany
Washington State University
Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
2011
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/103528
Abstract
Labor market scholars have shown that numerous organizational characteristics influence establishment-level sex segregation, which can profoundly affect gender equality. This study contributes to this body of literature through analyzing the influence of nonstandard employment arrangements on women‘s representation in German firms over time. Since many European countries, including Germany, have recently adopted policies that increase the prevalence of nonstandard arrangements in the labor market, this study represents a timely and necessary analysis because the impact of many of these arrangements on sex segregation has not been closely examined in previous investigations. Using German Establishment Panel (GEP) data from 2000 – 2008, I find that most nonstandard arrangements in the German labor market desegregate establishments over time. Most importantly, I find that fixed-term contracts, commonly criticized for their employment instability, contribute to establishment desegregation. Similarly, part-time arrangements appear to desegregate managerial and low-skilled jobs, though they contribute to segregation among intermediate-skilled positions (i.e. those requiring a vocational certificate or a college degree). Mindi jobs appear to have no significant impact upon women‘s positions within German establishments over time. These findings suggest that labor market deregulation might indeed benefit female workers and that nonstandard arrangements can directly affect establishment-level segregation processes. It would therefore benefit labor market scholars analyzing demand-side explanations for segregation to control for the influence of atypical work arrangements.
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- Title
- Labor market deregulation and nonstandard employment
- Creators
- Joseph M. King
- Contributors
- Julie A. Kmec (Degree Supervisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Sociology, Department of
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Arts (MA), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Pullman, Wash. :
- Identifiers
- 99900525047401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis