Selbständig oder arbeitslos: Brücke oder Falle? Einige empirische Betrachtungen zu geförderten Neugründungen aus arbeitsmarkt- und sozialpolitischer Perspektive

European Labour Markets and the Cultural‐economic Geography of Flexwork

“…Scanning through the available empirically‐oriented academic and policy literature, the most important flexible working arrangements appear to be temporary contract work, self‐employment, temp work (i.e. being placed at a job through a temporary staffing agency or labour market intermediary), and part‐time employment (OECD 2004; Bäcker 2007; Giesecke & Groß 2007; Noll & Wießner 2007; Promberger 2007; Scheele et al 2007).…”

“…The hiring of employees on a temporary basis generally allows employers to avoid the complications of time and money consuming law suits to settle lay‐offs of permanent workers. As for the increasing incidence of so‐called ‘mini‐jobs’, part‐time jobs of approximately 15 contract hours a week – or less, there are worries that despite the possibilities this offers both men and women to juggle work and domestic responsibilities, most people on such contracts gather below subsistence level incomes (Bäcker 2007; Noll & Wießner 2007).…”