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Whatever works : dualisation and the service economy in Bismarckian welfare states
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2010
non-standard work. In Germany (and to a lesser extent Austria), marginal part-time provides a fertile ground for low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985730
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The unequal incidence of non-standard employment across occupational groups : an empirical analysis of post-industrial labour markets in Germany and Europe
Marx, Paul - 2011
; occupational groups ; post-industrial labour markets ; Germany …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232585
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Has atypical work become typical in Germany?
Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena - 2013
on the changing patterns of labor market segmentation or 'dualization' of employment in Germany. While labor market … duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labor market reforms promoting in particular non-standard forms of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128315
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From the dual apprenticeship system to a dual labor market? : the German high-skill equilibrium and the service economy
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2009
possible due to a less regulated institutional environment. -- Service sector ; Germany ; dual labor market ; low-skilled work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860657
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Things versus people: gender differences in vocational interests and in occupational preferences
Kuhn, Andreas; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2020
Occupational choices remain strongly segregated by gender, for reasons not yet fully understood. In this paper, we use detailed information on the cognitive requirements in 130 distinct learnable occupations in the Swiss apprenticeship system to describe the broad job content in these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012239202
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The role of establishments and the concentration of occupations in wage inequality
Handwerker, Elizabeth Weber; Spletzer, James - 2015
This paper uses the microdata of the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) Survey to assess the contribution of occupational concentration to wage inequality between establishments and its growth over time. We show that occupational concentration plays an important role in wage determination...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317658
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Contingent employment and labour market pathways : bridge or trap?
McVicar, Duncan; Wooden, Mark; Fok, Yin King - 2017
The debate over whether contingent (and typically more precarious) employment acts as a bridge to permanent employment, or as a trap, has tended to focus on transitions rather than longer-run pathways. This approach cannot accurately identify indirect pathways from contingent to permanent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011647678
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Explaining the unexplained : residual wage inequality, manufacturing decline, and low-skilled immigration
Gould, Eric D. - 2015
This paper investigates whether the increasing "residual wage inequality" trend is related to manufacturing decline and the influx of low-skilled immigrants. There is a vast literature arguing that technological change, international trade, and institutional factors have played a significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283167
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Informal employment relationships and the labor market : is there segmentation in Ukraine?
Lehmann, Hartmut; Pignatti, Norberto - 2018
One of the most important factors that determine individuals' quality of life and wellbeing is their position in the labor market and the type of jobs that they hold. When workers are rationed out of the formal segment of the labor market against their will, i.e., the labor market is segmented,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785723
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Non-standard employment across occupations in Germany : the role of replaceability and labour market flexibility
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Tobsch, Verena - 2013
The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to … development in Germany is a large occupational heterogeneity, which is true for both current working conditions and trajectories … analyses the role of different types of non-standard employment across occupations in Germany, explaining variation between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010196464