We investigate how the flexibility of temporary contracts affects the probability of young workers to be upgraded into … permanent employment. Theoretically, we explore the workers' career development in response to the change in flexibility within … a search and matching model; empirically, we exploit an Italian labour market reform which increased flexibility in a …

West Germany, we find strong true state dependence in all three states. Moreover, compared to wage employment, non …

possible due to a less regulated institutional environment. -- Service sector ; Germany ; dual labor market ; low-skilled work …

The following paper attempts to trace the construction of the standard employment contract in Germany from the … consolidation of the welfare state, this type of employment was reinforced in Germany in the 20th century and finally developed into … flexibility, rising working hours, falling income and increasing unemployment rates, rendering the standard employment contract …

in their reliance on a more dualised model of labour market flexibility, particularly in service occupations with low … non-standard work. In Germany (and to a lesser extent Austria), marginal part-time provides a fertile ground for low …

as sex and age are explored. Those between East- and West-Germany diminish over time. -- job characteristics ; job …

Germany has always been one of the prime examples of institutional complementarities between social insurance, a rather … both flexibility and job creation capacities through two intimately linked processes that redefined the line between … of flexible or 'atypical' jobs, whereas increasing flexibility of the standard employment relationship resulted from wage …