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The Great Recession that has engulfed Europe since 2008 has had a profound impact on the process of young people's school-to-work (STW) transition. Countries' institutional configurations considerably matter in shaping the structure of young people's STW transitions and mediating the impact of...
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Die Einführung von Mindestlöhnen in Deutschland würde vor allem geringfügig Beschäftigte und Personen, die durch einen Job ihr Einkommen aufbessern, tangieren - insbesondere Rentner, Arbeitslose sowie Schüler oder Studenten. Mindestlöhne würden in erster Linie kleine Unternehmen treffen...
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Nach der Deregulierung der Arbeitnehmerüberlassung im Rahmen der Hartz-Reformen stieg die Zahl der Leiharbeitnehmer sprunghaft an; seit 2004 hat sie sich fast verdoppelt. Reichlich zwei Prozent aller Arbeitnehmer sind inzwischen in der Zeitarbeitsbranche beschäftigt. Das ist zwar kein großer...
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The paper takes a comparative perspective on the labour market impact on G20 and EU countries of the financial and economic crisis that began in 2008. It starts from the observation that the decline in employment and rise in unemployment in relation to output or GDP reductions varies...
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The European Employment Strategy has set the goal of raising the retirement age of workers in the EU through a strategy of active ageing. Yet despite some progress over the last decade, empirical data show persistent diversity across EU member states. Institutional arrangements of social and...
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The Great Recession did not only affect European countries to a varying extent, its impact on national labour markets and on specific socio-economic groups in those markets also varied greatly. Institutional arrangements such as employment protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum...
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Most Continental European labour markets and welfare states underwent a substantial transformation over the last two decades moving from a situation of low employment and limited labour market inequality to higher employment, but also more inequality. Germany is a case in point as it exhibits...
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This study gives a comparative overview of labor market dynamics and institutional arrangements in Germany and Brazil with particular emphasis on industrial relations, wage setting, unemployment benefits, employment protection and vocational training. The paper shows that institutions determine...
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Zur Überwindung der aktuellen Krise wird nicht nur in Deutschland das Instrument der Kurzarbeit verwendet. Es ist in Deutschland im Vergleich zu anderen Ländern jedoch sehr großzügig gestaltet und wurde kürzlich sogar noch ausgeweitet. Damit besteht die Gefahr, dass nicht nur wie...
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