@article{2022:pyschny:die_berufs,
title = {Die Berufsstruktur des Deutschen Bundestages in der 20 . Wahlperiode},
year = {2022},
note = {After the 2021 Bundestag election, the composition of parliament
changed considerably . With 736 mandate holders, the Bundestag has
more members than ever before, and more than 38 percent of them are
newcomers . The article uses Adalbert Hess’ categorization scheme to
examine how the personnel changes affect German MPs’ occupational
structure . Compared to the previous electoral term, it is noticeable
that, significantly more MPs are from occupational areas close to
politics, especially staff members of parliamentary groups and parties
. MPs who previously worked in those jobs are often younger and their
share is higher among East German MPs . Although convergence
tendencies between East and West German MPs are still rare, they do
exist: While East German MPs are still less likely to be freelancers
and more likely to be self-employed than their West German colleagues,
the dif- ferences between the groups have narrowed noticeably compared
to the previous electoral term .},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {328--343},
author = {Pyschny, Anastasia and Kintz, Melanie},
volume = {53},
number = {2}
}