The commercial cleaning industry is characterized by a high proportion of labour costs and a pronounced comparability and standardization of services. The statistical preconditions for the evaluation have not been ideal which is mainly due to the high proportion of part-time work and mini-jobs....

Since the mid-1990s, income inequality has increased more sharply in Germany than in many other European countries, as the economic basis of middle-class prosperity and security has crumbled. The new minimum wage, an increase in coverage by collective agreements, the re-regulation of atypical...

The extent of low-wage work in Germany is hotly debated. In international comparisons fromthe mid-90s, Germany is often classified as a country with a low wage dispersion. Comparedto the USA and UK, Germany has a relatively equal income structure and a small proportionof low-paid workers (OECD 1996;...

In den letzten 25 Jahren hat in Westdeutschland die Arbeitslosigkeit kontinuierlich zugenommen. In der vorliegenden Studie wird eine Ursache des Anstiegs von Arbeitslosigkeit untersucht: Die Arbeitslosigkeit Älterer beim Übergang vom Erwerbsleben in den Ruhestand. Zunächst werden anhand...