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Basierend auf qualitativen Interviews mit Geflüchteten und Beschäftigten in Jobcentern ermittelt der Beitrag, welche Bedeutungen Geflüchtete einer Arbeit beimessen und stellt dieser Wahrnehmung den Blickwinkel der Jobcenter gegenüber. Konzeptionelle Grundlage ist Amartya Sens Capability Approach, der auf reale Freiheiten, insbesondere von vulnerablen Personengruppen, fokussiert. Im Blick auf Geflüchtete stellt sich damit die Frage, ob diese im Integrationsprozess über ausreichende Verwirklichungschancen und Handlungsfähigkeit verfügen, um ein Leben entsprechend ihrer Lebensziele zu führen. Die Analyse der Interviews zeigt, dass die persönliche Bedeutung von Arbeit für Geflüchtete weit über den bloßen Einkommenserwerb hinausgeht und die Mehrdimensionalität menschlicher Verwirklichungschancen unterstreicht. Daraus folgt eine hohe Eigenmotivation Geflüchteter, die von Jobcentern ambivalent wahrgenommen wird. Zugleich erschweren Stereotype und Unsicherheiten im Umgang mit Geflüchteten deren soziale und betriebliche Inklusion.

AbstractShort‐time work (STW) is a policy measure whose prominence increases during economic crises and is intended to stabilize the labor market. Employers can temporarily reduce employees' working hours, which are in turn paid by the social security system in the meantime. Although short‐time work—by design—saves employers a fraction of their wage costs, little is known about free riding behavior when using this option. Accordingly, we analyze the employee‐reported free riding experience with respect to longer actual working hours than accounted for in employees' short‐time work allowances, the unchanged workloads experienced by these employees, and announced lay‐off decisions. Since these questions are certainly sensitive, we employ the crosswise model, a privacy‐preserving technique, in a random half of the sample. Our results show significant employee‐reported prevalences across all dimensions and a significant association between free riding and workers' job dissatisfaction. These findings thus highlight the importance of the crosswise model in uncovering these findings and demonstrate a specific drawback in the application of short‐time work.

Since January 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has affected everyday life around the world, and rigorous government lockdown restrictions have been implemented to prevent the further spread of the pandemic. The consequences of the corona crisis and the associated lockdown policies for public health, social life, and the economy are vast. In view of the rapidly changing situation during this crisis, policymakers require timely data and research results that allow for informed decisions. Addressing the requirement for adequate databases to assess people's life and work situations during the pandemic, the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) developed the High-frequency Online Personal Panel (HOPP). The HOPP study started in May 2020 and is based on a random sample of individuals drawn from the administrative data of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany, containing information on all labour market participants except civil servants and self-employed. The main goal of the HOPP study is to assess the short-term as well as long-term changes in people's social life and working situation in Germany due to the corona pandemic. To assess individual dynamics the HOPP collected data on a monthly (wave one to four) and bi-monthly (wave five to seven) basis. Furthermore, respondents were divided into four groups. The different groups of a new wave were invited to the survey at weekly intervals (wave two to four) or bi-weekly intervals (wave five to seven). This gives us the advantage of being able to provide weekly data while each participant only had to participate on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. In this article, we delineate the HOPP study in terms of its main goals and features, topics, and survey design. Furthermore, we provide a summary of results derived from HOPP and the future prospects of the study.

Since January 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has affected everyday life around the world, and rigorous government lockdown restrictions have been implemented to prevent the further spread of the pandemic. The consequences of the corona crisis and the associated lockdown policies for public health, social life, and the economy are vast. In view of the rapidly changing situation during this crisis, policymakers require timely data and research results that allow for informed decisions. Addressing the requirement for adequate databases to assess people's life and work situations during the pandemic, the Institute for Employment Research (IAB) developed the High-frequency Online Personal Panel (HOPP). The HOPP study started in May 2020 and is based on a random sample of individuals drawn from the administrative data of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany, containing information on all labour market participants except civil servants and self-employed. The main goal of the HOPP study is to assess the short-term as well as long-term changes in people's social life and working situation in Germany due to the corona pandemic. To assess individual dynamics the HOPP collected data on a monthly (wave one to four) and bi-monthly (wave five to seven) basis. Furthermore, respondents were divided into four groups. The different groups of a new wave were invited to the survey at weekly intervals (wave two to four) or bi-weekly intervals (wave five to seven). This gives us the advantage of being able to provide weekly data while each participant only had to participate on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. In this article, we delineate the HOPP study in terms of its main goals and features, topics, and survey design. Furthermore, we provide a summary of results derived from HOPP and the future prospects of the study.

Das hochfrequente Online Personen Panel (IAB-HOPP) ist auch unter dem Namen der Studie "Leben und Erwerbstätigkeit in Zeiten von Corona" bekannt und hat im Zeitraum von Mai 2020 bis März 2021 Personen zu ihrer Lage in Zeiten von Corona befragt. Insgesamt wurden 7 Wellen durchgeführt. Die Daten sollen Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern helfen die Veränderungen des Sozial- und Arbeitslebens im Zuge der COVID-19-Pandemie zu evaluieren und längerfristige Forschungsmöglichkeiten zu den Auswirkungen der Krise zu ermöglichen. Beispielhafte Aspekte sind die Entwicklung von Beschäftigungsverhältnissen, Kurzarbeit, soziale und finanzielle Absicherung, Arbeitszeiten, Homeoffice und Kinderbetreuung.

The high-frequency online panel (IAB-HOPP) is also known as the "Life and Work Situations in Times of Corona" study and surveyed individuals from May 2020 to March 2021. Overall, seven waves were conducted. The data will help researchers to evaluate changes in peoples' life during the COVID-19 pandemic, and provide long-term research opportunities on labour market consequences of the crisis. Example aspects include employment trends, short-time work, social and financial security, working hours, home office, and child care.