Atypische Beschäftigungsverhältnisse wie Teilzeitjobs und befristete Arbeitsverträge dominieren den Dritten Sektor mehr und mehr. Es droht eine weitere Verschlechterung der Arbeitsverhältnisse und die Entwicklung zum Niedriglohnsektor. In Ostdeutschland sind 16 Prozent der Erwerbstätigen im...

This paper presents - in a new way of examination and portrayal - the extent and changes of nonstandard employment relationships (part-time work, fixed-term contracts, and selfemployment) in 24 EU member states at two points of time, in 1998 and 2008, on the basis of the European Labour Force...

This essay starts, after a short introduction on the importance and dimensions of "inclusive growth", with a brief empirical sketch on to what extent Europe has already succeeded with respect to this ambitious goal. The result is quite sobering and gives rise to the question: why is it so? The...

Industry 4.0 and robots are said to speed up productivity thereby inducing a 'quantum leap' towards the 'end of work' and calling for a complete change of social security institutions that have so far been closely linked to employment. Unconditional basic income is the cry of the day, curiously...