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Percentage of Workforce in Temporary Employment 30 25 20 1985(a) 15 2009 10 5 0 Denmark France Germany Italy Japan Netherlands Spain United Kingdom
Percentage Young Persons in Permanent Employment Age 15 – 24, 1985 – 2010 100 90 80 70 United Kingdom Denmark 60 Japan Italy 50 France 40 Germany Netherlands 30 Spain 20 10 0 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010
Share of Workers at the Same Job Ten Years or Longer, Men and Women, Ages 35-39 60.00% 50.00% 40.00% 1995 30.00% 2009 20.00% 10.00% 0.00% Denmark France Germany Italy Netherlands Spain United Kingdom
Change in Union Density, 1970 – 2005 (in percentage points) 20.0 0.0 -20.0 -40.0 -60.0 -80.0 -100.0
Percent change in gini coefficient between mid-1980's and mid-2000s
Some Green Shoots New Forms of Employment Contracts Flexicurity Redesigning Unemployment Insurance and Severance Pay New Types of Social Insurance New Regional Labor Market Institutions New Modes of Workplace Dispute Resolution New Forms of Collective Bargaining
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