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Table 7 Categorization of work arrangements

From: Times of change: what drives the growth of work arrangements in Germany?Zeiten des Wandels: Was treibt das Wachstum atypischer Erwerbsformen in Deutschland?

Standard Work Arrangements:

 • Self-employed

 • Permanent workers with working hours of more than 31h a week (excl. agency workers)

Nonstandard Work Arrangements:

 • Part-time workers with working hours of less than 32 h a week (not including “marginal” part-time workers, but including part-time agency workers and part-time workers employed on a fixed-term basis)

 • “Marginal” part-time workers (without multiple job holders, because they are already counted in their main type of employment)

 • Fixed-term contracts with working hours of more than 31h a week

 • Agency workers with working hours of more than 31h a week and working on a permanent basis

 • One-person-businesses

Specific Work Arrangements:

 • Apprentices

 • Related family workers

 • Soldiers, persons working in alternatives to military services, others