TY  - JOUR
A1  - Fritsch, Nina-Sophie
A1  - Verwiebe, Roland
A1  - Liedl, Bernd
T1  - Declining Gender Differences in Low-Wage Employment in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
JF  - Comparative Sociology
N2  - Although the low-wage employment sector has enlarged over the past 20 years in the context of pronounced flexibility in restructured labor markets, gender differences in low-wage employment have declined in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. In this article, the authors examine reasons for declining gender inequalities, and most notably concentrate on explanations for the closing gender gap in low-wage employment risks. In addition, they identify differences and similarities among the German-speaking countries. Based on regression techniques and decomposition analyses (1996-2016), the authors find significantly decreasing labor market risks for the female workforce. Detailed analysis reveals that (1) the concrete positioning in the labor market shows greater importance in explaining declining gender differences compared to personal characteristics. (2) The changed composition of the labor markets has prevented the low-wage sector from increasing even more in general and works in favor of the female workforce and their low-wage employment risks in particular.
KW  - low-wage employment
KW  - gender inequality
KW  - labor market
KW  - Germany
KW  - Austria
KW  - Switzerland
Y1  - 2019
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1163/15691330-12341507
SN  - 1569-1330
SN  - 1569-1322
VL  - 18
IS  - 4
SP  - 449
EP  - 448
PB  - Brill
CY  - Leiden
ER  -