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Typologies of the welfare state are concerned with the extent of the decommodification of labour (Esping-Andersen 1990). However, the sustainability of decommodification by the state also depends upon employer behaviour. Where employers treat labour as a disposable commodity to be bought and sold without regard to its social reproduction, all the burden of decommodification is placed on the state instead of it being a shared responsibility, with employers covering some of the risks of income loss when work is not possible or desirable.
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Rubery, J., Grimshaw, D. (2016). Precarious work and the commodification of the employment relationship: the case of zero hours in the UK and mini jobs in Germany. In: Bäcker, G., Lehndorff, S., Weinkopf, C. (eds) Den Arbeitsmarkt verstehen, um ihn zu gestalten. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-12159-4_19
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