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Based on dual labor market theory, fixed-term contracts (FTCs) as an important feature of labor market flexibility are analyzed to test the following hypothesis: Firms in the manufacturing sector in Egypt use FTCs to adjust the level of employment to the profit maximizing level in case of demand...
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Arbeitsmarktgeschehens in Deutschland. …
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Der Beitrag praesentiert in drei Teilen eine Bilanz von zwanzig Jahren. Zunaechst werden Zielsetzung und Inhalte der Zeitschrift „Industrielle Beziehungen“ resuemiert, danach die Entwicklungen in der wissenschaftlichen Profession des Objektbereichs Industrielle Beziehungen aufgezeigt und...
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on the changing patterns of labour market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labour market … duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labour market reforms promoting, in particular, non-standard forms of … contributed to the expansion of overall labour market inclusion and job growth in Germany and that at least some forms of non …
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chapter explores how Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, in terms of the strengths and vulnerabilities of their labour market …
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We analyze the evolution of the wage structure in East Germany over the past two decades and compare it to West Germany …. Both regions experienced a rise in wage inequality between 1995 and 2009 with wage dispersion in East Germany exceeding … West Germany, esp. at the top. We also show that wage inequality is no longer rising in Germany and has even been declining …
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This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is unusual due to the scarcity of appropriate data....
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Germany's labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the … particularly affected by the crisis. Although Germany's experience is in stark contrast to the United States, we identify and …
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miracle. In response to the crisis, Germany has shown to be a strong case of internal flexibility. We argue that important … reforms, the nature of the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies in Germany, the extension of short-time work, the …
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