The strong and sustained labour market upswing in Germany is widely recognized. In a developing literature, various relevant studies highlight different specific reasons. The underlying study, instead, simultaneously considers a broad set of factors in a unified methodological framework and...

Die Ankündigung im Wahlprogramm der CDU, die Arbeitslosigkeit weiter reduzieren zu wollen, um bis zum Jahr 2025 Vollbeschäftigung in Deutschland zu erreichen, hat die Diskussion um dieses Thema wieder belebt. Was ist unter »Vollbeschäftigung« zu verstehen, und kann und sollte dieses Ziel...

After the apparent rise of so‐called atypical and 'precarious' jobs, the quality of employment has become of interest because such employment relationships are often related to objectively or subjectively worse working conditions. In this paper we look in detail into what is known about job...