Unemployment Insurance and Non-Standard Employment
Janine Leschke
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Description for Unemployment Insurance and Non-Standard Employment
Paperback. Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--FU Berlin, 2006. Num Pages: 250 pages, 41 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: JFF; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Germany
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
Number of Pages
250
Place of Publication
Weisbaden, Germany
ISBN
9783531159928
SKU
V9783531159928
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About Janine Leschke
Dr. Janine Leschke completed her doctoral studies under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Günther Schmid at the Otto-Suhr-Institute of Political Sciences at the Freie Universität in Berlin. She does research on employment and social policy at the European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety in Brussels.
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