Wandel der Erwerbsformen: War normal gestern?

Abstract

"Forms of employment are in a process of permanent flux. Especially non-standard types of employment grew in importance over time. This finding addresses two questions: Is there a continuous trend of erosion concerning standard work during the last three decades? Does the process of change go along with shifts within employment or is it associated with the creation of more employment? First of all, the results based on the German Labour Force Survey show that the erosion process cannot be seen as a cast-iron rule. Particularly during the period until entering the Corona-Crises, which was characterised by strong employment growth, non-standard work decreased. The development of the relationship between forms of employment and the labour force suggests that changes do in general not go along with a substitution of other employment, at least as employment of core workers (25–64 years) is concerned. Otherwise, the employment rates of standard employment could not have increased for this group of workers. However, further analyses show that this statement is not true for all age groups. Whereas it is valid for older workers, who participated in the labour market more strongly during the period under consideration. By contrast, we observe that for younger workers the growth of part-employment was at the expense of standard employment. How far this implies cohort effects is still an open question." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku, © De Gruyter Oldenbourg) ((en))

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Walwei, U. (2022): Wandel der Erwerbsformen: War normal gestern? In: Zeitschrift für Sozialreform, Vol. 68, No. 2, p. 151-179. DOI:10.1515/zsr-2022-0007