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The impact of the crisis on employment and the role of labour market institutions

Eichhorst, Werner; Escudero, Verónica; Marx, Paul; … - 2010

economic crisis that began in 2008. It starts from the observation that the decline in employment and rise in unemployment in … shows that, at least for the time being, unemployment increases have been contained in countries with comparatively strong …

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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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Welfare and employment: a European dilemma?

Eichhorst, Werner; Hemerijck, Anton - 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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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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Crisis, what crisis? Patterns of adaptation in European labor markets

Eichhorst, Werner; Feil, Michael; Marx, Paul - 2010

countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel … with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows that labor market institutions frequently used to study employment … performance can explain the development of unemployment in the situation of crisis in some clusters of countries much better than …

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What Is a Good Job?

Eichhorst, Werner; Wozny, Florian; Mähönen, Erno - 2015

After the apparent rise of so‐called atypical and 'precarious' jobs, the quality of employment has become of interest because such employment relationships are often related to objectively or subjectively worse working conditions. In this paper we look in detail into what is known about job...

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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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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...

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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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Designing Good Labour Market Institutions: How to Reconcile Flexibility, Productivity and Security?

Eichhorst, Werner; Kalleberg, Arne; Portela de Souza, André - 2019

The world of work is in constant change. Demographic shifts, technological innovation, institutional reforms and global economic integration affect the way people work. Technological innovations have a major impact on occupations and industries, changing the ways economies in different world...

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