Workforce segmentation in Germany: From the founding era to the present time (Die Segmentierung der Belegschaft in Deutschland: Von der Gründerzeit bis heute)

Werner Eichhorst and Michael J. Kendzia
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Michael J. Kendzia: IZA ; Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2016, vol. 49, issue 4, 297-315

Abstract: "Despite a more recent debate about ever deeper segmentation, the authors argue that since industrialization, Germany has continually experienced a dual labor market. One segment contains the primary segment of better paid and more attractive jobs, while the secondary segment encompasses rather low paid, less stable and less attractive jobs. Dualization is the result of firms which are likely to hire full-time and long-term workforce for its core activities while relying on more flexible forms of employment for other activities. Based on an in-depth examination of the structure of the workforce since 1871, the article investigates the factors which account for the origin, evolution and the peculiarities of the country's core workforce. The authors show that a non-negligible part of the working population has always been subjected to marginalization, but that the dividing line between the two segments has changed over time as has the character of the respective groups." (Author's abstract, © Springer-Verlag) ((en))

Keywords: Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Deutsches Kaiserreich; Deutsches Reich; Drittes Reich; dualer Arbeitsmarkt; historische Entwicklung; Industrialisierung; interner Arbeitsmarkt; Nachkriegszeit; Randbelegschaft; Segmentationstheorie; Arbeitsbeziehungen; Stammbelegschaft; Tarifverhandlungen; Arbeitsmarktsegmentation; Weimarer Republik; 1871-2016 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J42 N34 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016-09-23
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