Not so standard anymore? Employment duality in Germany
@article{Eichhorst2015NotSS, title={Not so standard anymore? Employment duality in Germany}, author={Werner Eichhorst and Verena Tobsch}, journal={Journal for Labour Market Research}, year={2015}, volume={48}, pages={81-95}, url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:35005308} }
This paper gives an overview of the transformation of the German labour market since the mid-1990s with a special focus on the changing patterns of labour market segmentation or ‘dualisation’ of employment in Germany. While labour market duality in Germany can partially be attributed to labour market reforms promoting, in particular, non-standard forms of employment and allowing for an expansion of low pay, structural changes in the economy as well as strategic choices by employers and social…
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