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Differences in the Patterns of In-Work Poverty in Germany and the UK

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  • Giesselmann, Marco

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This study analyses differences in individual-level working poverty determinants between Germany and the UK. These differences are linked to institutional patterns at the country level. Here, we observe that the two countries differ especially in bargaining centralisation, employment protection legislation and family policy. At the same time, the levels of decommodification and labour market regulation are no longer core differences in the institutional settings of Germany and the UK, which is interpreted as a consequence of Germany's departure from a traditional conservative regime since the mid-1990s. Adopting economic and sociological approaches, we explain how Germany's closed employment system channels the effects of deregulation policies to the periphery of the labour market. Additionally, we argue that open employment relationships that dominate in the UK put specifically older employees at risk. Finally, we identify country-specific differences in the economic dependency of women, resulting from a stronger male breadwinner orientation of family policy in Germany. Accordingly, multivariate analyses based on harmonised versions of the British Household Panel Study (2002–2005) and the Socio-Economic Panel Study (2003–2006) reveal that entrants and re-entrants to the labour market, women and – unexpectedly – low-educated persons are particularly affected by in-work poverty in Germany; whereas older workers are more likely to face precarious economic conditions in the UK.

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  • Giesselmann, Marco, 2015. "Differences in the Patterns of In-Work Poverty in Germany and the UK," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 17(1), pages 27-46.
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    1. Rainer Pischner, 2007. "Die Querschnittsgewichtung und die Hochrechnungsfaktoren des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) ab Release 2007 (Welle W): Modifikationen und Aktualisierungen," Data Documentation 22, DIW Berlin, German Institute for Economic Research.
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    1. Jeroen Horemans, 2016. "The part-time poverty gap across Europe: How institutions affect the way part-time and full-time workers avoid poverty differently," Working Papers 1603, Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp.
    2. Struffolino, Emanuela & Van Winkle, Zachary, 2019. "Is there only one way out of in-work poverty? Difference by gender and race in the US," Discussion Papers, Research Group Demography and Inequality SP I 2019-601, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    3. Nursel Aydiner-Avsar & M. Burak Onemli, 2023. "Working Poverty in Türkiye: A Dynamic Panel Analysis," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 168(1), pages 139-164, August.

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