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Niedriglohnfalle Minijob

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  • Voss, Dorothea
  • Weinkopf, Claudia

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The focus of this article is the role of mini-jobs in the employment strategies of companies. Based on empirical evidence it is shown that the non-discrimination rule according to the German “Part-time Work and Fixed-term Employment Contracts Act” is frequently undermined in practice. As a consequence, the mini-jobs turn out to be a low-wage trap for the large majority of the marginal part-time employees which also affects the whole labour market. Employers obviously use mini-jobs as an “exit-option” from collectively agreed and statutory standards in order to reduce their labour costs. As the authors’ analysis suggests that the number of allies for an effective enforcement of equal treatment tends to be low in practice, they argue that the serious repercussions cannot be effectively eliminated without abolishing the particular status of mini-jobs.

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  • Voss, Dorothea & Weinkopf, Claudia, 2012. "Niedriglohnfalle Minijob," WSI-Mitteilungen, Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, vol. 65(1), pages 5-12.
    • Handle: RePEc:nms:wsimit:10.5771/0342-300x-2012-1-5
    DOI: 10.5771/0342-300X-2012-1-5
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    1. Werner Eichhorst & Verena Tobsch, 2013. "Has Atypical Work Become Typical in Germany?: Country Case Studies on Labour Market Segmentation," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 596, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
    2. Alexander Herzog-Stein & Ines Zapf, 2014. "Navigating the Great Recession," ILR Review, Cornell University, ILR School, vol. 67(3), pages 891-925, July.
    3. Elke Wolf, 2014. "The German Part-Time Wage Gap: Bad News for Men," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 663, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
    4. Peters, Tobias, 2017. "Die fiskalischen Kosten der Minijobs," Schriftenreihe Institut Arbeit und Wirtschaft 22/2017, Institut Arbeit und Wirtschaft (IAW), Universität Bremen und Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen.
    5. Andreas Kappeler & Andrés Fuentes Hutfilter, 2014. "Making Economic Growth more Socially Inclusive in Germany," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1175, OECD Publishing.
    6. Pusch, Toralf, 2018. "Lohnausfälle und entgangene Sozialbeiträge durch Mindestlohnumgehungen," WSI Policy Briefs 23, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    7. Eichhorst, Werner & Tobsch, Verena, 2013. "Has Atypical Work Become Typical in Germany?," IZA Discussion Papers 7609, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    8. Pusch, Toralf, 2018. "Bilanz des Mindestlohns: Deutliche Lohnerhöhungen, verringerte Armut, aber auch viele Umgehungen," WSI Policy Briefs 19, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    9. Berthold Norbert & Coban Mustafa, 2013. "Mini- und Midijobs in Deutschland: Lohnsubventionierung ohne Beschäftigungseffekte? / Mini- and Midi-Jobs in Germany: Do Wage Subsidies have an Effect on Employment?," ORDO. Jahrbuch für die Ordnung von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, De Gruyter, vol. 64(1), pages 289-324, January.
    10. Bachmann Ronald & Dürig Wolfgang & Frings Hanna & Höckel Lisa Sofie & Flores Fernanda Martinez, 2017. "Minijobs nach Einführung des Mindestlohns – Eine Bestandsaufnahme," Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik, De Gruyter, vol. 66(3), pages 209-237, December.
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    12. Berthold, Norbert & Coban, Mustafa, 2013. "Mini- und Midijobs in Deutschland: Lohnsubventionierung ohne Beschäftigungseffekte?," Discussion Paper Series 119, Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg, Chair of Economic Order and Social Policy.
    13. Christine Mayrhuber & Silvia Rocha-Akis, 2014. "Niedriglohnbeschäftigung und Sozialversicherungsabgaben," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 60727.
    14. Stegmaier, Jens & Gundert, Stefanie & Tesching, Karin & Theuer, Stefan, 2015. "Bezahlter Urlaub und Lohnfortzahlung im Krankheitsfall: In der Praxis besteht Nachholbedarf bei Minijobbern (Paid leave and sick pay : in practice, minijobbers have a lot of catching-up to do)," IAB-Kurzbericht 201518, Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB), Nürnberg [Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, Germany].

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