The paper deals with various forms of atypical employment in the public sector that are widely neglected in existing research; its specific focus is on their development, scope, distribution and structural features. In the first part we break down the purely sta-tistical category and...

Das Diskussionspapier beschreibt Ausmaß, Strukturen und soziale Lage von Selbstständigen als Werkvertragsnehmer. Es zeigt, dass diese Gruppe knapp zwei Prozent aller Erwerbstätigen umfasst.Sie sind überwiegend männlich, älter, gut qualifiziert und hauptsächlich in akademischen und...

The paper deals with various forms of atypical employment in the public sector that are widely neglected in existing research; its specific focus is on their development, scope, distribution and structural features. In the first part we break down the purely statistical category and...

Hitherto, discussion of flexicurity has focused on normal employment (Normalarbeitsverhältnis), with atypical work receiving only cursory attention. This paper attempts to remedy this conceptual oversight by identifying strategies for reducing the social risks. We begin by analysing the two...