This paper studies net employment growth across 21 OECD economies in 1980-97, focusing on experiences within the European Union. It finds that sectoral effects can only partially account for differences in job creation. By contrast, it shows that a policy package including low taxation and...

Marktnahe Beschäftigungsformen - z.B. die Arbeitnehmerüberlassung, die befristete Beschäftigung oder Formen der abhängigen Beschäftigung - haben national wie international an Bedeutung zugenommen. Innerhalb von Beschäftigungssystemen werden sie als flexible Alternativen im Vergleich zum...

Temporary and part-time workers constitute an important and increasing segment of the workforce in the United States. In this theoretical paper, we examine the impact of IT-induced employment irregularities and deskilling on physical and mental health and economic well-being of such workers. We...

Hitherto, discussion of flexicurity has focused on normal employment (permanent full-time), with atypical work receiving only cursory attention. Nevertheless, the most affected are just atypically employed (= other than normally employed). To monitor effects of flexicurity policies in Europe,...