In diesem Beitrag untersuchen wir die Lohnunterschiede zwischen unbefristet und befristet Beschäftigten und zwischen Vollzeit- und Teilzeitbeschäftigten in Russland. Die Analyse basiert auf dem Mikrodatensatz des Household Survey of Welfare, der im Jahr 2003 von Rosstat und der Weltbank...

Статья посвящена рассмотрению проблемы государственного регулирования сферы нестандартной занятости в Украине. Доказано, что средством повышения научного...

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...

It is widely assumed that contingent forms of employment, such as fixed-term contracts, labour-hire and casual employment, are associated with low quality jobs. This hypothesis is tested using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, a nationally...

This paper investigates how particular configurations of institutional conditions cause high rate of long-term unemployment and non-standard employment rate for 18 OECD countries during the period of 2001–2008. The paper aims to investigate how employment protection legislation (EPL),...

This chapter deals with the issue of measuring quality of work according to the subjective perception that each single worker has of it. The essay starts out from the definition put forward by Gallino (1993), who identifies four dimensions of the quality of labour (ergonomic, of complexity, of...

The international literature on non-standard employment has mostly focussed on its impact on employment, and more recently on working and living conditions. This volume explores these issues with special reference to Italy. Italy is characterized by very low participation rates (particularly...

It is widely assumed that contingent forms of employment, such as fixed-term contracts, labour-hire and casual employment, are associated with low quality jobs. This hypothesis is tested using data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, a nationally...