The author objects to a number of propositions which were chosen as the starting point of the research programme on flexibility potential. These theories include the allegedly inflexible wage structure that causes unemployment and the claim of poor labour market flexibility on the whole in...

Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

In his article 'The tale of the inflexible German labour market' ('Die Mär vom starren deutschen Arbeitsmarkt') in this issue of the Journal for Labour Market Research (ZAF) Werner Sengenberger criticises our introductory paper 'Potentials for flexibility in heterogeneous labour markets - an...

"Flexibility and heterogeneity are important topics in labour market research. Since 2004 the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) has funded a research network addressing the issue of 'Flexibility in Heterogeneous Labour Markets', which intends to uncover possibilities for fostering...

"Occupational research at the IAB is an essential part of the legal task of the Federal Employment Services to carry out 'labour market and occupational research'. In this legal and institutional context, occupational research was designed from the start in such a way that all the research...

"Es wird hier über Ergebnisse berichtet, die im Rahmen des IAB-Projektes 5-141 "Technologie der Arbeitsplätze" erarbeitet wurden. Ziel dieses Projektes ist es, Hilfen zur Erstellung aussagekräftiger und systematisch verarbeitbarer Tätigkeitsund Berufsbeschreibungen zu geben, um...

"Die bisherige empirische Flexibilitätsforschung hat sich vor allem damit befaßt, Fakten zu ermitteln, zu analysieren und interpretieren. Es soll nun versucht werden, die Flexibilität auch vor dem Hintergrund allgemeiner Normen zu beurteilen und Kriterien für arbeitsmarktpolitische...

This paper presents recent empirical evidence on the extent and determinants of employment dynamics and job mobility, building on economic theory and German labor market institutions. In particular, it identifies dynamic and immobile segments of the labor market. Conclusions are drawn with...

"Since the end of the 1980s telework has been a central subject of political and scientific debates about the structural change in the economy and society. The main focus of attention has so far been the work in the field of information and communication (I&C) technology which is performed...

"Since as early as the beginning of the 1980s German labour law - especially the regulations related to protection against dismissal and fixed-term employment - has come under criticism as a possible cause of a lack of labour market flexibility. From an economic point of view mandatory labour...