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Closing in on Closure. Occupational Closure and Temporary Employment in Germany

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There is now ample evidence of a rise in ‘non-standard work arrangements’ in many industrialised economies, yet only rarely does theoretical and empirical work probe the question of why the risk of temporary employment varies. Focusing on temporary employment, the author extends the scope of closure theory to an entirely new domain. He develops new and highly sophisticated measures with which to document occupational closure by measuring the scarcity of credentials for particular types of occupations and how effectively these credentials signal quality to potential employers. Similarly, by measuring the degree of task specialisation and the uniqueness of the occupations’ tasks, this work exceeds previous studies in breadth and precision. These new measures allow the author to demonstrate how professions protect their employees from temporary employment contracts.

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  • Stuth, Stefan, 2017. "Closing in on Closure. Occupational Closure and Temporary Employment in Germany," EconStor Books, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, volume 1, number 201802, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:esmono:201802
    Note: Zugl.: Dissertation, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, 2015
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    1. Marloes de Graaf-Zijl & Gerard van den Berg & Arjan Heyma, 2011. "Stepping stones for the unemployed: the effect of temporary jobs on the duration until (regular) work," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 24(1), pages 107-139, January.
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    1. Giesecke, Johannes & Groß, Martin & Stuth, Stefan, 2020. "Occupational Closure and Wage Inequality: How Occupational Closure Effects Vary Between Workers [Wie berufliche Schließungseffekte zwischen Arbeitnehmergruppen variieren]," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 72(S1), pages 157-195.
    2. Stuth, Stefan & Schels, Brigitte & Promberger, Markus & Jahn, Kerstin & Allmendinger, Jutta, 2018. "Prekarität in Deutschland?!," Discussion Papers, Presidential Department P 2018-004, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
    3. Tobias Maier, 2022. "Change in occupational tasks and its implications: evidence from a task panel from 1973 to 2011 for Western Germany," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(3), pages 889-921, June.
    4. Stuth, Stefan & Jahn, Kerstin, 2020. "Young, successful, precarious? Precariousness at the entry stage of employment careers in Germany," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 23(6), pages 702-725.

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