In-work benefits for low-wage jobs. Can additional income reduce employment stability?

Autor/in	Krug, Gerhard
Titel	In-work benefits for low-wage jobs. Can additional income reduce employment stability? Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Lohnzuschüsse für Niedriglohn-Jobs. Kann zusätzliches Einkommen die Beschäftigungsstabilität beeinträchtigen?
Quelle	In: European sociological review, 25 (2009) 4, S. 459-474Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0266-7215; 1468-2672
DOI	10.1093/esr/jcn062
Schlagwörter	Zufriedenheit; Soziale Norm; Soziale Wahrnehmung; Beschäftigungseffekt; Kombilohn; Lohnhöhe; Lohnkostenzuschuss; Lohnpolitik; Lohnsubvention; Niedriglohn; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Beschäftigungsdauer; Auswirkung; Arbeitgeber; Langzeitarbeitsloser
Abstract	"In-work benefits, which provide financial supplements to employees in low-wage jobs, are an instrument of active labour market policy used to encourage the labour market integration of low-skilled workers and the long-term unemployed. This paper argues that although government subsidies increase overall wages, employees interpret them as a signal that employers are unwilling to behave according to the norm of reciprocity. This leads to negative side-effects on employment stability, counteracting the positive effects of additional income on employment stability. The article tests these hypotheses using a survey of in-work benefit recipients, with non-recipients as a comparison group. The method of propensity score matching is applied to eliminate all compositional differences between benefit recipients and non-recipients except for the source of their income. It is shown that in-work benefits lead to perceived violations of reciprocity. However, whether this explains why in-work benefits are not successful in promoting employment stability remains an open question." Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch; Befragung; Längsschnitt. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2001 bis 2003. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2010/1