TY - UNPB

T1 - Second job holding in Germany – a persistent feature?

AU - Lentge, Philipp

PY - 2022/11

Y1 - 2022/11

N2 - This paper investigates the persistence and determinants of second job holding inGermany, especially marginal second jobs, following a legislative change allowing extensive dispensation of marginal second jobs from taxes and social security contributions. I document an upward trend in second job holding driven in particular by women. Moreover I find strong evidence for the persistence of second job holding using a dynamic panel model. Further, I identify significant gender differences in the decision to moonlight, where especially women in the lower part of the earnings distribution and women with few years of tenure are most likely to take up a second job.

AB - This paper investigates the persistence and determinants of second job holding inGermany, especially marginal second jobs, following a legislative change allowing extensive dispensation of marginal second jobs from taxes and social security contributions. I document an upward trend in second job holding driven in particular by women. Moreover I find strong evidence for the persistence of second job holding using a dynamic panel model. Further, I identify significant gender differences in the decision to moonlight, where especially women in the lower part of the earnings distribution and women with few years of tenure are most likely to take up a second job.

KW - Economics

KW - second job

KW - marginal scond job

KW - multiple job holding

M3 - Working papers

T3 - University of Lüneburg Working Paper Series in Economics

BT - Second job holding in Germany – a persistent feature?

PB - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg

CY - Lüneburg

ER -