Flexicurity – the German trajectory

Berndt Keller and Hartmut Seifert
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Berndt Keller: Professor of Employment Relations, Department of Politics and Public Policy, University of Konstanz
Hartmut Seifert: Head of Department at the Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut (WSI) of the Hans Böckler Foundation

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2004, vol. 10, issue 2, 226-247

Abstract: The focus of this article is the concept of ‘flexicurity’, flexibility linked to social security. We shall look at the issue in terms of the institutional framework in Germany and as an alternative to pure flexibilisation. The central elements are the four related concepts of (i) transitional labour markets, (ii) collective bargaining and working time policies which safeguard employment, (iii) lifelong learning, and (iv) provision for old age. These can be looked at from an analytical perspective, as well as in terms of the periods of employment and of post-employment. Furthermore, we deal with different forms of atypical employment in terms of the concept of flexicurity developed here.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1177/102425890401000207

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