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Familienarbeitszeit: mehr Arbeitszeit für Mütter, mehr Familienzeit für Väter

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  • Kai-Uwe Müller
  • Michael Neumann
  • Katharina Wrohlich

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Two years ago, DIW Berlin introduced “Familienarbeitszeit”, which provides financial incentives for families in which both partners decide to take on reduced full-time employment (working hours amounting to roughly 80 percent of a full-time job). This study investigates further developments of this model: In addition to a more generous wage replacement variant, the study examines a simplified variant with a lump sum benefit that serves as a sensible alternative, since it entails fewer administrative burdens and lower overall costs. The benefit’s eligibility requirements are also flexibilized: Instead of a having to adhere to a fixed working-time requirement (base model), any parent whose working hours fall within the “corridor” of 28 to 32 hours per week is entitled to the benefits (corridor model). The corridor model increases the number of eligible recipients, and thus utilization rises somewhat more than it does with the base model; however, a corridor model would also come with higher costs. Vor zwei Jahren hat das DIW Berlin das Modell der Familienarbeitszeit vorgestellt. Es sieht eine Lohnersatzleistung für Familien vor, in denen sich beide Partner für eine reduzierte Vollzeittätigkeit (etwa 80 Prozent einer Vollzeitstelle) entscheiden. Die vorliegende Studie entwickelt dieses Modell weiter. Neben einer großzügiger gestalteten Lohnersatzleistung wird eine vereinfachte Variante mit Pauschalleistung untersucht, die wegen ihres geringeren Verwaltungsaufwands und niedrigerer Kosten eine sinnvolle Alternative wäre. Auch die Anspruchsvoraussetzung wird flexibilisiert: Anstelle einer starren Arbeitszeitvorgabe wird ein Korridor von 28 bis 32 Stunden gewährt. Damit erhöht sich der Kreis der Berechtigten und die Inanspruchnahme steigt etwas stärker als im Modell mit fixer Arbeitszeitvorgabe. Allerdings müssten dafür höhere Kosten in Kauf genommen werden.

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  • Kai-Uwe Müller & Michael Neumann & Katharina Wrohlich, 2015. "Familienarbeitszeit: mehr Arbeitszeit für Mütter, mehr Familienzeit für Väter," DIW Wochenbericht, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research, vol. 82(46), pages 1095-1103.
  • Handle: RePEc:diw:diwwob:82-46-1
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    1. Ulrike Huemer & Julia Bock-Schappelwein & Ulrike Famira-Mühlberger & Hedwig Lutz & Christine Mayrhuber, 2017. "Österreich 2025 – Arbeitszeitverteilung in Österreich. Analyse und Optionen aus Sicht der Arbeitnehmerinnen und Arbeitnehmer," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 59285.

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    Keywords

    family benefits; reduced working hours; gender equality;
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    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J22 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Time Allocation and Labor Supply
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination

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