TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Dohmen, Thomas
AU  - Künn, Steffen
AU  - Radbruch, Jonas
AU  - Schiprowski, Amelie
        TI  - Reallocating Labor from Within: Worker Preferences for Dual-Job Arrangements
        PY  - 2026/Oct/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 19000
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp19000
        AB  - This paper studies workers' preferences for dual-job arrangements in which workers reduce hours in primary employment to take up a secondary job in a different occupation to increase task variety and job satisfaction. Using a discrete choice experiment embedded in a survey of 5,238 full-time, prime-age workers in permanent jobs in Germany, we ask respondents to compare their current job to a hypothetical dual-job arrangement that varies in earnings, contractual security, job-search support, and training requirements. We find that nearly half of respondents choose a dual-job arrangement in at least one out of five choice tasks presented to them. Earnings changes have large effects on acceptance, and contractual risk is a central non-wage determinant: guaranteed return options substantially increase participation and command high willingness-to-pay. Overall, the results indicate that a considerable share of workers is willing to reallocate working time across jobs primarily when income stability and employment security are preserved.
        KW  - secondary employment
KW  - labor supply
KW  - worker preferences
KW  - discrete choice experiment
        ER  -