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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 - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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 …
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Der Wandel der Erwerbsformen in Deutschland
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Der vorliegende Beitrag untersucht den Wandel der Erwerbsformen in Deutschland und zeigt, dass atypische Beschäftigung … Deutschland gewachsen. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266089
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Non-Standard 'Contingent' Employment and Job Satisfaction: A Panel Data Analysis
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; McVicar, Duncan; Wooden, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
It is widely assumed that contingent forms of employment, such as fixed-term contracts, labour-hire and casual employment, are associated with low quality jobs. This hypothesis is tested using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, a nationally...
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The Effect of Non-Standard Employment on Mental Health in Britain
Bardasi, Elena; Francesconi, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
This paper explores the relationship between non-standard types of employment and mental health. The analysis uses data on workers from the first seven waves of the British Household Panel Study, 1991-97. Four different types of non-standard employment (non-standard ontracts, places, times, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703372
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Non-Standard Employment and Labour Force Participation: A Comparative View of the Recent Development in Europe
Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper presents – in a new way of examination and portrayal – the extent and changes of nonstandard employment relationships (part-time work, fixed-term contracts, and self-employment) in 24 EU member states at two points of time, in 1998 and 2008, on the basis of the European Labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548712
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Quantity over Quality? A European Comparison of the Changing Nature of Transitions between Non-Employment and Employment
Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina; Koslowski, Alison; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper explores the empirical evidence for the claim that non-employed men and women in post-industrial labour markets are more likely to make the transition into employment than has previously been the case. It concludes that whilst the unemployed and the inactive remain distinct groups...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008683651
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The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Wages, Employment and Prices
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper puts together evidence for the wages, employment and price effects of the minimum wage. This overall picture will help to understand the small employment effects prevalent in the literature in the light of price effects. The data used is an under-explored monthly Brazilian household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822091
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Political Variables as Instruments for the Minimum Wage
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Following the early 1980s apparent consensus, there has been a controversial debate in the literature over the direction of the minimum wage employment effect. Explanations to nonnegative effects range from theoretical to empirical identification and data issues. An explanation, however, that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763846
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Are Wage and Employment Effects Robust to Alternative Minimum Wage Variables?
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
A national minimum wage cannot explain variation in wages or employment across regions. Identification of the effect of the minimum wage separately from the effect of other variables on wages or employment requires regional variation. Many minimum wage variables with regional variation have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761644
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The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Prices
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
It is well established in the international literature that minimum wage increases compress the wages distribution. Firms respond to these higher labour costs by reducing employment, reducing profits, or raising prices. While there are hundreds of studies on the employment effect of the minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761755