Unemployment Insurance and Non-Standard Employment: Four European Countries in Comparison

by Janine Leschke

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3531159925
• ISBN13: 9783531159928
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.3"