Better work-life balance, lack of childcare, studying alongside work or no opportunity to increase hours with your employer: the reasons for part-time employment are varied. Calculations by the liberal economic think tank Agenda Austria show how it is distributed across age groups and what gender differences there are.
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The sharp increase in part-time employment among women in the middle age groups is particularly striking, it says. Younger women tend to work full-time, but after their first child many return to the job market only for a reduced number of hours.
At the same time, however, women without care responsibilities also often work part-time. In the 45 to 49 age group, the employment rate of women is around 83 percent. 45 percent of them work part-time (part-time is defined in the study as working up to 35 hours a week). 38 percent work full-time. Among 25 to 29-year-old women, three out of ten work part-time.
Men and older people
Among men, it is mainly younger people – especially students – who work part-time. Among older people, the proportion is around ten percent or even less, and only from the age of 60 onwards does there again an increase, which is due to partial retirement.
Compared to 2018, more men and women are employed today, but according to Agenda Austria, the increase is exclusively due to part-time work. Especially among young people and those aged between 40 and 54, a higher level of part-time employment is accompanied by a decline in full-time work.
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