Unemployment Insurance and Non-Standard Employment 2008 (Paperback, 2008 ed.)

Non-standard employment forms have been gaining in importance in western European countries since the 1980s, with the growing labour market partici- tion of women and continuing mass unemployment. The promotion of more flexible employment in the form of part-time employment, temporary empl- ment and self-employment is seen as a possible solution to persistent unempl- ment, underemployment and also to the need to better reconcile work and family life. Flexible employment forms as a remedy for unemployment have in fact been actively promoted through labour market policies. Social insurance systems thus, by installing and preferring certain measures, contribute to the diffusion of insecure employment. In the context of the German Hartz reforms policy inst- ments that encourage self-employment (Ich-AG), marginal employment (Mi- and Midi-jobs) and temporary work agency employment (PSA), for example, have been introduced or broadened. Flexible employment forms are in many countries also promoted through incentives and subsidies or indirectly through changing the law in relation to employment rights (for country-specific examples see Rubery et al. 1998a: 188 et seqq.).

General

Imprint:	VS Verlag fur Sozialwissenschaften
Country of origin:	Germany
Release date:	September 2008
First published:	2008
Authors:	Janine Leschke
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	250
Edition:	2008 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-531-15992-8
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	German
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > International relations > General Promotions
LSN:	3-531-15992-5
Barcode:	9783531159928

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