Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52079 
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Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5521
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The paper addresses an often neglected question in labour market research: to which extent do outcomes aggregated on the national level disguise occupational diversity in employment conditions? In particular, how and why do occupational groups differ with regard to the incidence of non-standard employment? To explore these questions, the paper derives a detailed occupational scheme from the literature, capturing the variety of labour market outcomes within countries. In a second step, the scheme is theoretically linked to the topic of non-standard work. It is argued that different degrees of skill specificity across occupational groups produce diverging incentives for flexible and long-term employment, respectively. This leads to the expectation of (some) service-sector occupations showing stronger tendencies towards non-standard employment than those in the industrial sector. Based on European and German micro data, the categorisation is used to decompose various labour market indicators. The results clearly demonstrate the unequal incidence of non-standard employment along the lines of the suggested categorisation. Moreover, the longitudinal perspective suggests that traditionally functioning occupational groups will be crowded out by more destandardised ones.
Subjects: 
temporary employment
low-pay
labour market dualisation
occupational groups
post-industrial labour markets
Germany
JEL: 
J21
J24
J31
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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