Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/89959 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 7662
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
The share of non-standard jobs in total employment has increased in Germany over recent decades. Research tends to attribute this in particular to labour market re-forms and socio-economic change. However, it becomes clear upon closer inspection that macro trends alone cannot provide satisfactory explanations. A striking yet rarely acknowledged aspect of the development in Germany is a large occupational heterogeneity, which is true for both current working conditions and trajectories of change. A process of asymmetric change has been witnessed in recent years, increasing the gap between occupational groups. Given this process, it seems increasingly questionable to aggregate data at the national level. Therefore, this paper analyses the role of different types of non-standard employment across occupations in Germany, explaining variation between occupations with reference to institutional conditions, industrial relations and patterns of labour supply and demand, in particular skill requirements.
Subjects: 
service sector
part-time work
low pay
fixed-term contracts
non-standard employment
manufacturing
Germany
JEL: 
J24
J21
J41
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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