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Despite a more recent debate about ever deeper segmentation, we argue that since industrialization, Germany has … dualization is the result of firms which are likely to hire full-time and long-term workforce for its core activities performed by … the core workforce while relying on more flexible forms of employment for other activities. Based on an in …
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Despite a more recent debate about ever deeper segmentation, the authors argue that since industrialization, Germany … the result of firms which are likely to hire full-time and long-term workforce for its core activities while relying on … more flexible forms of employment for other activities. Based on an in-depth examination of the structure of the workforce …
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The increase in the real wages of British workers over the last one hundred years is often attributed to the growth in labour productivity, but this has rarely been confirmed. In the research reported here, this ascription is confronted with annual observations on wages and productivity spanning...
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This paper empirically examines the impact of temporary agency work on firm performance using panel data from German establishments. Thereby, special attention is devoted to the question, whether there are performance differences between firms using temporary agency workers (TAWs) as a buffer...
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repräsentativer Datensätze für Unternehmen in der Schweiz respektive für Betriebe in Deutschland. Besonderes Augenmerk wird auf die …
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This article provides a comparative analysis of the development of the gender wage gap in West Germany and Sweden … traditions penetrate institutional settings and ensnare Germany in a cultural trap with regard to gender equality. While Sweden … concerns (e.g., marriage and motherhood) decrease female income in Germany to a far greater extent than do such factors in …
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The following paper attempts to trace the construction of the standard employment contract in Germany from the … developed more broadly. At first, state regulations were implemented to protect the workforce against exploitation by industrial … consolidation of the welfare state, this type of employment was reinforced in Germany in the 20th century and finally developed into …
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This article examines the role of business in the historical development of job security regulations in Germany from …
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This research explores the long-run effect of industrialization on the process of development. In contrast to … the French industrial revolution, the research establishes that regions in which industrialization was more intensive …. Nevertheless, intensive industrialization has had an adverse effect on income per capita, employment and equality by the turn of …
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The research explores the effect of industrialization on human capital formation. Exploiting exogenous regional … views early industrialization as a predominantly deskilling process, the industrial revolution was conducive for human …
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