| Abstract: | ![]()
Sociologists and economists emphasize the relevance of employment stability for labour market participants and the welfare state. Consequently, changes in the distribution of stable and unstable employment are discussed intensively and controversially. Based on the IAB Employment Subsample 1975–2001 (regional sample) and the second collection of the SFB 580-Firmpanel the paper analyses trends and determinants of employment stability. The results show: Employment becomes more unstable. Past “barriers of mobility” of the job market theory against an expansion of open job markets, like production and receipt of firm specific knowledge or readiness to perform, prove as a little stable. |
