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Paradoxical Patterns of Part-Time Employment in Denmark?

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  • Jens Lind

    (Aalborg University)

  • Erling Rasmussen

    (Auckland University)

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Part-time employment in Denmark has undergone some interesting longitudinal changes, which differ considerably from the experiences of other countries. As such, an analysis of part-time employment in Denmark may cast new light on the usual explanations of part-time employment and their underlying premises. The article focuses on the level and composition of part-time employment to present key areas of disagreement with the traditional understanding of part-time work. The article shows that the traditional gender and age distribution has become less pronounced as have the negative implications often associated with part-time employment. In Denmark, part-time employment has increasingly become a `youth phenomenon', the distinctive gender patterns could disappear totally in the near future, and the often portrayed employer strategies of using part-timers as `cheap labour' has less currency in a tight labour market with a growing focus on committed service and `knowledge' workers.

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  • Jens Lind & Erling Rasmussen, 2008. "Paradoxical Patterns of Part-Time Employment in Denmark?," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 29(4), pages 521-540, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:ecoind:v:29:y:2008:i:4:p:521-540
    DOI: 10.1177/0143831X08096226
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    1. Carsten Strøby Jensen, 2011. "The flexibility of flexicurity: The Danish model reconsidered," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 32(4), pages 721-737, November.
    2. Jonas MÃ¥nsson & Jan Ottosson, 2011. "Transitions from part-time unemployment: Is part-time work a dead end or a stepping stone to the labour market?," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 32(4), pages 569-589, November.
    3. Randi Kjeldstad & Erik H Nymoen, 2012. "Underemployment in a gender-segregated labour market," Economic and Industrial Democracy, Department of Economic History, Uppsala University, Sweden, vol. 33(2), pages 207-224, May.

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