Technological change and employment polarization in Germany
"The generally positive employment development in the Ger-man labor market over the last two decades has been ac-companied by a qualitative change in employment struc-tures. While the middle of the job market has stagnated, employment has grown particularly within low-paid and less-skilled jobs...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
| Format: | TEXT |
| Language: | English |
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Gütersloh
2015
Bertelsmann Stiftung |
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| Online Access: | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19109034124919272169-Technological-change-and-emplo.htm |
| Summary: | "The generally positive employment development in the Ger-man labor market over the last two decades has been ac-companied by a qualitative change in employment struc-tures. While the middle of the job market has stagnated, employment has grown particularly within low-paid and less-skilled jobs, as well as within the high-wage sector. These tendencies toward polarization have been relatively weak; however, there is sign of an increasing labor-market cleavage, particularly with regard to the expansion of atypi-cal employment. These developments can be attributed to the substitution of routine tasks in the course of technologi-cal change and globalization, as well as to institutional changes in the German labor market since the early 2000s." |
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| Physical Description: | 8 p. Digital |