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Whatever works : dualisation and the service economy in Bismarckian welfare states

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2010

The paper compares employment structures in five Continental welfare states. These countries feature broad similarities in their reliance on a more dualised model of labour market flexibility, particularly in service occupations with low skill requirements. However, a closer look also reveals...

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Are there austerity‐related policy changes in Germany?

Eichhorst, Werner; Hassel, Anke - 2015

This paper assesses the existence and the extent of austerity‐oriented policies in Germany in the aftermath of the 2008‐9 recession. In contrast to the intensive phase of labour market and welfare state reforms in the early 2000s aimed at 'welfare readjustment', we do not see austerity...

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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 attribute this in particular to labour market re-forms and socio-economic change. However, it becomes clear upon closer inspection that macro trends alone cannot provide...

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Not so standard anymore? : employment duality in Germany

Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena - 2014

This paper gives an overview of the transformation of the German labour market since the mid-1990s with a special focus 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...

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The use of flexible measures to cope with economic crises in Germany and Brazil

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Pastore, José - 2011

with particular emphasis on industrial relations, wage setting, unemployment benefits, employment protection and vocational … training. The paper shows that institutions determine the mode of adjustment to changing economic conditions and the role of …

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Has atypical work become typical in Germany?

Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena - 2013

This paper gives an overview of the transformation of the German labor market since the mid-1990s with a special focus 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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128315

Welfare and employment : a European dilemma?

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); … - 2008

The majority of the Member States of the European Union have undertaken remarkably comprehensive welfare and labor market reforms in the years since the 1990s. Many of these reforms, however, have not followed the conventional retrenchment and deregulation recipes, but rather took a liking to...

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Welfare states, labor markets, social investment and the digital transformation

Eichhorst, Werner; Hemerijck, Anton; Scalise, Gemma - 2020

Barely having had the time to digest the economic and social aftershocks of the Great Recession, European welfare states are confronted with the even more disruptive coronavirus pandemic as probably, threatening the life of the more vulnerable, while incurring job losses for many as the...

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The German labor market : still adjusting badly?

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); Kaiser, Lutz C. (contributor) - 2006

institutional inertia being reflected in notoriously sluggish employment growth and rising unemployment. Recent years, however, saw … a complex sequence of reforms with regard to labor market-related institutions such as labor market regulation, social …' and creating an institutional setup more conducive to strong employment growth and lower unemployment. We provide a …

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Labor market reforms in Europe : towards more flexicure labor markets?

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Wehner, Caroline - 2016

and restrictions on fixed‐term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of … unemployment benefits and access to ALMPs. In particular, we will provide some evidence on potential changes in hirings on …

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