The current unemployment insurance and employment protection legislation were set up in an environment in which relationships between workers and firms were typically long-lasting and stable. The increasing globalisation of the economy and the rapid technological and organisational changes...

Der deutsche Sozialstaat erfreut sich einer hohen Wertschätzung in der Bevölkerung, ist aber wegen seines hohen Leistungsvolumens und seiner konkreten politischen Ausgestaltung starker Kritik ausgesetzt. Dieses Buch vermittelt Grundinformationen und beschreibt aktuelle Entwicklungen. Nach...

Expansion of non-standard employment under globalization is widely observed in all of the newly industrializing countries. This book explores the deregulation of labor markets, social protection for nonstandard workers, and social security reforms in accordance with the transformation of...