MNCHEN (dpa-AFX) – According to calculations by the Ifo Institute, the planned reform of mini and midi jobs and income tax “has an overall positive effect on labor market participation”. However, men in particular are likely to increase their working hours, while many women “reduce their working hours and work part-time even more frequently,” said Ifo researcher Maximilian Blmer on Thursday.
According to the calculations, around 40,000 women are likely to give up their full-time jobs, and 80,000 more women will work part-time. The increase in the earnings limit for tax and duty-free mini-jobs from 450 to 520 euros, the expansion of the midi-job sliding zone and the increase in the basic allowance and flat-rate income-related expenses “aggravate the part-time trap, which primarily affects women as second earners”./rol/DP /nas
