Despite a more recent debate about ever deeper segmentation, the authors argue that since industrialization, Germany has continually experienced a dual labor market. One segment contains the primary segment of better paid and more attractive jobs, while the secondary segment encompasses rather...

Auf der Basis der Existenzgründungsstatistik des IfM Bonn wurde das gewerbliche Gründungsgeschehen im Dienstleistungssektor untersucht. Im Dienstleistungssektor fanden 2013 knapp drei Viertel aller Gründungen statt und damit weniger als 1998. Ursächlich dafür ist vor allem ein Anstieg der...

Inhalt: 1 Einleitung. 2 Steigende Erwerbsbeteiligung. 3 Atypische Beschäftigung und die Vereinbarkeit von Beruf und Familie. 4 Gender Pay Gap. 5 Berufliche und sektorale Segregation. 6 Bildungsbeteiligung der Frauen. 7 Soft Skills als weibliche Domäne. 8 Fazit. 9 Literatur

The insider-outsider theory is one of the approaches with which the persistence of unemployment can be accounted for. The central hypothesis says that the insiders, in other words the 'job holders', drive the wage level above the market-clearing level, thus creating a barrier that prevents new...

This study analyses the extent and determinants of temporary employment in Switzerland and performs an evaluation of these contracts using data from the first three waves of the Swiss Household Panel (SHP), i.e. for the years 1999 to 2001. It is shown that temporary employment is most common...

The impact of atypical employment on the ability of the labour market to function depends on how it is used. In this paper we first define three motives for the use of atypical employment: adjustment to fluctuations in business activity, improvement of personnel selection by extending...

In recent years temporary agency employment has become a very dynamically growing form of employment in the German labour market. Due to the current development, many scientific papers have been published. However, it is not possible to combine previous quantitative research into several aspects...

Less than half of the people with migration background living in Germany possess foreign citizenship. Hence, using citizenship to analyze economic issues of immigration may be problematic for two reasons. On the one hand, a quite substantial share of persons with migration background is...

Obwohl viel über Personen mit fehlenden Bildungsabschlüssen diskutiert wird, gibt es für Deutschland bislang keinen umfassenden Bericht über Jugendliche, die die Schule ohne Abschluss verlassen. Diese Studie schließt diese Lücke. Sie gibt einen Einblick über die zeitliche und regionale...