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Flexicurity in a life-course perspective

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  • Ute Klammer

    (Senior researcher, Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI/Hans-Böckler-Foundation), Düsseldorf. E-mail: ute-klammer@boeckler.de)

Abstract

This article extends the analysis of flexicurity to take account of the life-course perspective; in the international flexicurity debate such an approach has so far not been systematically taken. The article focuses on the question of what options will be needed for time allocation in different phases of life and over the whole life of an individual, and what financial resources could be combined to finance those phases. The first section discusses methodological and conceptual issues related to flexicurity and the life course. In the second section, longitudinal data from Germany is presented to illustrate some of the relevant patterns of, and changes within, life courses. The third and main section deals with policy implications. Four crucial objectives of a flexicurity policy based on a life-course approach are identified, and a range of options to improve flexibility and security over the lifetime are discussed. These options include measures to increase time sovereignty, subsidised part-time schemes for care and lifelong learning, the use of accumulated pension savings to finance other activities during the course of working life, and the role of minimum provision in social security schemes.

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  • Ute Klammer, 2004. "Flexicurity in a life-course perspective," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 10(2), pages 282-299, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:treure:v:10:y:2004:i:2:p:282-299
    DOI: 10.1177/102425890401000210
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