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The Persistent Pandemic of Precariousness: Young People at Work

Kretsos, Lefteris

Pages: 3 –21

[The emergence of a new underclass composed of young people usually described in the press as the “Precarious Generation” or the “Generation of 1,000 euros”1 (and earning even less in certain cases) is, currently, one of the most widely discussed issues in the international discourse about the...

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Comparing Welfare Regime Changes: Living Standards and the Unequal Life Chances of Different Birth Cohorts

Chauvel, Louis

Pages: 23 –36

[This article focuses on generational sustainability in welfare states and aims to analyse the long-term consequences that the reforms1 carried out by these states have on the different cohorts. It is shown that in the context of conjuncture fluctuation, from the “economic miracle” (1945–1975) to...

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How Does Globalization Affect the Life Courses of Young Men and Women in Modern Societies?

Blossfeld, Hans-Peter; Mills, Melinda

Pages: 37 –55

[Young people in industrialized nations have experienced significant changes in the transition to adulthood in past decades. Globalization, via (1) the internationalization and importance of markets, (2) intensified competition, (3) accelerated spread of networks and knowledge through new...

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Traditional Inequalities and New Insecurities: Long-Term Trends in the Transition to the Labor Market in Germany

Hillmert, Steffen

Pages: 57 –76

[Successful transitions from school to work are decisive for success later in life. The situation of young people at this stage is therefore an issue not only for scientific research, but also for public discussion. A high level of institutionalized coordination has traditionally been a core...

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German Bundestag Survey on Intergenerational Justice in the Labour Market

Tremmel, Joerg Chet; Wegner, Patrick

Pages: 77 –105

[Nowadays, most welfare transfer payments are made to the older generation, especially to cover pensions, nursing, and health costs. As far as distributive justice is concerned, redistributions among age groups are not unjust as such, because everybody ages. People usually experience both the...

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On the Way to Life-Domains Balance: Success Factors and Obstacles

Lothaller, Harald

Pages: 109 –128

[A certain phenomenon appeared in political as well as scientific discussions in the last decade – the so-called “rush hour of life” (Bittman and Wajcman 2000). It is defined as “a certain stage of life, from the mid-twenties until the late thirties of age, when persons of both sexes who just...

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Shifting Parenthood to Advanced Reproductive Ages: Trends, Causes and Consequences

Sobotka, Tomáš

Pages: 129 –154

[In the last four decades, women and men in industrialised countries have been delaying parenthood towards ever later ages. This persistent trend, termed “postponement transition” by Kohler et al. (2002), has become characteristic for a wide range of countries with very diverse cultural, social...

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The “Rush Hour” of Life: Insecurities and Strains in Early Life Phases as a Challenge for a Life Course-Oriented, Sustainable Social Policy

Klammer, Ute

Pages: 155 –166

[In order to get a wider scope, one should look not only into different income patterns and familial time arrangements at a certain point in time, but also at how these patterns develop through a respective life course. Certain working time models, such as regular or marginal part-time, must be...

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Age Groups and Generations: Lines of Conflict and Potentials for Integration

Kohli, Martin

Pages: 169 –185

[The “rush hour” of life may be regarded as a manifestation of cleavages between age groups or generations. Cleavages inherent in social structure create the potential for conflicts; whether and to what extent these conflicts manifest themselves openly depends on the mobilisation of the actors on...

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Who Wants What from the Welfare State? Socio-structural Cleavages in Distributional Politics: Evidence from Swiss Referendum Votes

Bonoli, Giuliano; Häusermann, Silja

Pages: 187 –205

[Research on individual social policy preferences has highlighted a number of socio-structural cleavages as determinants. Studies investigating public opinion on the various redistributive schemes that make up today’s welfare states have shown the relevance of class-related factors such as income...

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