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Table 2 Working time preferences, moonlighting incidence and wage ratios in Germany and the UK

From: The determinants of secondary jobholding in Germany and the UKDeterminanten der Nebenerwerbstätigkeit in Deutschland und im Vereinigten Königreich

 

Germany

UK

Would like to work …

Working time preferences (%)

Moonlighting incidence (%)

Wage ratio (w 1/w 2)

Working time preferences (%)

Moonlighting incidence (%)

Wage ratio (w 1/w 2)

more hours

16.1

8.7

1.09

7.2

12.0

0.94

the same hours

27.2

5.4

1.07

59.3

8.1

0.92

fewer hours

56.7

7.1

0.97

33.5

5.9

0.83

Total/all

100

6.9

1.01

100

7.8

0.90

  1. Source: SOEP; BHPS. Own calculations