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- Title
Same but Different: Work Values in Germany.
- Authors
Hohenleitner, Ingrid; Tolciu, Andreia
- Abstract
Against the background of the current social state debate in Germany and the lack of studies dealing with the role played by social work values on labour market behaviours, the aim of this paper is to examine if, to what extent and in what terms different population groups value work. While the main differentiation is made according to the occupational status of individuals, a special focus is set on unemployed persons, especially on ALG II benefit recipients. Based on a rich data set for 2006/2007 from the German Federal Employment Agency (IAB), the results show that, apart from significant gaps in the importance attributed to work values when accounting for the individuals' employment status, one can still witness large East-West differentials in the individual motivation to work.
- Subjects
GERMANY; WORK values; SOCIAL services; LABOR market; UNEMPLOYED people; EMPLOYEE motivation; EMPLOYEE benefits; LABOR incentives
- Publication
Hamburg Review of Social Sciences, 2011, Vol 6, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
1862-3921
- Publication type
Article