Family-friendly working time policy in Germany and the United Kingdom

Warth, Lisa

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“…Still, Germany and the UK have undergone neither paradigmatic changes nor a convergence in family policies, as indicated most significantly by the configuration of the transfer systems (Warth 2011). Relevant measures in this regard are a) the separate taxation system in the UK (which favours dual-earner couples, as incomes of a second earner are taxed at a low level), b) dependent insurance regulations in Germany, where married partners of employed persons are automatically covered by their health insurance, and c) fixed child allowances and comparatively generous parental leave arrangements in Germany (Daly 2011).…”

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Differences in the Patterns of in-work Poverty in Germany and the UK

Gießelmann

2014

European Societies

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractThis 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 BHPS (2002)(2003)(2004)(2005) and the SOEP (2003SOEP ( -2006 reveal that entrants and re-entrants to the labour market, women and-unexpectedly-low-educated persons are particularly affected by inwork poverty in Germany; whereas older workers are more likely to face precarious economic conditions in the UK.

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Section: Family Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

Differences in the Patterns of in-work Poverty in Germany and the UK

Gießelmann

2014

European Societies

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Family-friendly working time policy in Germany and the United Kingdom

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Differences in the Patterns of in-work Poverty in Germany and the UK

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