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Unemployment Insurance and Non-Standard Employment

Four European Countries in Comparison

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  1. Janine Leschke
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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages 1-13
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 15-29

  3. Theoretical background

    Pages 31-61

  4. Labour market indicators and the occurrence of non-standard employment

    Pages 63-81

  5. Regulation of temporary and part-time employment and reasons for using them

    Pages 83-102

  6. Are unemployment insurance systems adapting to non-standard employment?

    Pages 103-136

  7. Risk of job loss and the insurance situation of non-standard workers

    Pages 137-217

  8. Conclusion

    Pages 219-227

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 229-262
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About this book

The importance of non-standard employment forms has increased over the last decades. Janine Leschke addresses two important questions in this regard. First, do workers with part-time and temporary contracts face greater risks of becoming unemployed than those with regular contracts? Secondly, how far are they disadvantaged in terms of access to and level of unemployment benefits? The author compares the design of unemployment benefit systems in Denmark, Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom. After discussing the development and role of non-standard employment in these countries, she examines the relevant features of unemployment insurance systems such as hours and earning thresholds and minimum contribution requirements. Her empirical analysis shows that non-standard workers are more likely to become unemployed or inactive and are disadvantaged in their entitlements to unemployment benefits.

About the author

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Unemployment Insurance and Non-Standard Employment

  • Book Subtitle: Four European Countries in Comparison

  • Authors: Janine Leschke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91197-7

  • Publisher: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2008

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-531-15992-8Published: 29 September 2008

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-531-91197-7Published: 19 February 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 250

  • Additional Information: Erscheint im Programm VS RESEARCH.

  • Topics: Sociology, general, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Political Science, International Relations

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