Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/180634 
Year of Publication: 
2018
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Policy Paper No. 139
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper argues that inclusive growth appears to be the only suitable strategy for realising the right to decent work (RDW) in the digital economy. This reasoning is in blunt opposition to the current mood of giving up this right in favour of an unconditional basic income (UBI). The study starts by briefly expanding the basic argument and by defining the principles of inclusive versus exclusive growth (1); a comprehensive overview of German labour market policy and labour law reforms since the beginning of this millennium assesses to what extent Germany is pursuing these principles, accompanied by selective evidence of their consequences for the German labour market performance (2); a stylised and descriptive overview of the inclusive impact of these reforms in quantitative and qualitative terms follows, with an essay reflecting the concept of the inclusive labour contract (3).
Subjects: 
labour market policy
labour law
human right law
inclusion
institutions
growth
non-standard work
Germany
JEL: 
J41
J48
K31
K38
O43
R11
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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