Gerhard Bosch

Biographic Data

ID313548
NAMEGerhard Bosch
GIVEN NAMESGerhard
FAMILY NAMEBosch
SIGNATUREBOSCH G
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Duisburg-Essen
ORCID0000-0002-7629-985X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS38
TOTAL CITATIONS32
AUTHOR COUNT34
EDITOR COUNT4
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1991
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX3

  • Revaluation of Essential Work: The Example of Elderly Care in Germany

    Open AccessGerhard Bosch, Michaela Evans‐BorchersARTICLEIndustrial Relations Journal2026

    This article is about how labour in a sector can be upgraded through new labour market institutions by mobilizing political support across political camps, even if collective bargaining power through strong trade unions and employers' associations is insufficient. The article summarizes the results of several empirical research projects by the two authors on elderly care, in which the key players in the sector were interviewed. Institutional eros…

  • Employment policy for a just transition – the example of Germany

    Open AccessGerhard BoschARTICLETransfer European Review of…2023

    The green transformation and Industry 4.0 are associated with considerable risks for workers in countries with dual labour markets such as Germany. The biggest risks are wage losses due to the involuntary transition into the precarious secondary labour market and insufficient education and training for the new ‘green’ jobs. Institutional reforms are necessary for a ‘just transition’. The ongoing reforms in Germany in education and training and wa…

  • Vers des relations collectives du travail inclusives: Une sélection d'articles de la Revue internationale du Travail au cours du siècle écoulé

    Open AccessGerhard BoschARTICLERevue internationale du Travail2021

    Les relations collectives du travail, ou relations professionnelles, sont fondées sur des droits spécifiques qui ne peuvent être exercés que par des organes de représentation des salariés, et non par des salariés à titre individuel. Parmi les nombreuses publications sur le sujet parues dans la Revue internationale du Travail au cours des cent dernières années, quinze contributions ont été sélectionnées pour figurer dans ce numéro du centenaire. L…

  • Shaping Industry 4.0 – an experimental approach developed by German trade unions

    Open AccessGerhard Bosch, Jutta Schmitz-KießlerARTICLETransfer European Review of…2020

    Despite declining union density, the existence of works councils in the core sectors of the economy gives German trade unions considerable institutional power. Besides collective bargaining, the training and activation of works councillors is the trade unions’ most important sphere of activity. Through their involvement in the ‘Arbeit 2020’ project analysed in this article, three industrial unions have been attempting to find answers to the quest…

  • The making of the German minimum wage: A case study of institutional change

    Open AccessGerhard BoschARTICLEIndustrial Relations Journal2018

    In the more recent dualistic theories, Germany is cited as an example of a less solidaristic equilibrium, in which ‘producer coalitions’ between core workforces supposedly unaffected by deregulation and their employers prevented the introduction of a minimum wage. The present article shows that such an equilibrium never existed. Core workforces are being threatened by the outsourcing of jobs to the low‐wage sector. This threat created the breedin…

  • Reducing Wage Inequality: The Role of the State in Improving Job Quality

    Open AccessGerhard Bosch, Claudia WeinkopfARTICLEWork and Occupations2017Cited by: 7References: 18

    This article concurs with Weiss's critique of the myth of the powerless state, which underestimates the possibilities that remain open to nation states to take action. Even today in an environment characterized by globalized markets, nation states have at their disposal instruments that can effectively ensure high job quality. The Swedish and French examples show that the state, by means of various combinations of participative and protective lab…

  • Shrinking collective bargaining coverage, increasing income inequality: A comparison of five EU countries

    Open AccessGerhard BoschARTICLEInternational Labour Review2015

    Wage‐setting institutions can play a crucial part in containing the socio‐economically destabilizing growth of income inequality. Using an analytical framework that distinguishes between protective and participative standards, the author examines their respective effects on the incidence of low‐paid employment and income inequality under the wage‐setting systems of Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom. His comparative focus on …

  • Standpunkte: Der holprige Weg zum gesetzlichen Mindestlohn in Deutschland

    Gerhard BoschARTICLESozialer Fortschritt2015Cited by: 1References: 5

    Mit der Einführung eines allgemeinen gesetzlichen Mindestlohnes in Deutschland geht das deutsche System der Lohnfindung von einem autonomen zu einem gemischten System über. Der neue Mindestlohn sollte, wie schon zuvor die Branchenmindestlöhne, keinen Systembruch mit der deutschen Tarifautonomie kennzeichnen, sondern, darin waren sich alle Akteure einig, so pfadabhängig wie möglich gestaltet werden. Es wurde Teil eines Gesetzespakets mit dem Titel…

  • Der Mindestlohn im Kampf gegen Armut

    Open AccessGerhard BoschARTICLEZeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft2014Cited by: 1References: 1

    ZPol Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft , Seite 503 - 512

  • Working-Time Configurations: A Framework for Analyzing Diversity across Countries

    Open AccessPeter Berg, Gerhard Bosch et al.ARTICLEIndustrial and Labor Relations…2014Cited by: 15References: 24

    working time; international comparisons

  • Transnational labour markets and national wage setting systems in the EU

    Open AccessGerhard Bosch, Claudia WeinkopfARTICLEIndustrial Relations Journal2013

    The article analyses the impact of E uropean regulations of posting on different national wage systems. The article shows that the impact varied across the countries and has been filtered by the national institutions regulating the labour market. In the voluntarist wage setting systems of G ermany and even S weden, they have been a major factor bringing wages back into competition. The ability of national actors to act has been considerably curta…

  • Sozialpolitik und Sozialstaat: Festschrift für Gerhard Bäcker

    Gerhard Bosch, Gerhard Naegele et al.BOOKSozialpolitik und Sozialstaat2012

  • Sozialpolitik und Sozialstaat: Festschrift Für Gerhard Bäcker

    Open AccessReinhard Bispinck, Gerhard Bosch et al.BOOKSozialpolitik und Sozialstaat2012

    Dieser Band bietet eine Summe der sozialpolitischen Forschung in Deutschland und der aktuellen Entwicklungen in Sozialpolitik und Sozialstaat.

  • Bajos salarios en cinco países europeos y los EE.UU: El papel de las instituciones nacionales

    Open AccessGerhard Bosch, Jerôme GautiéARTICLECuadernos de Relaciones Laborales2012References: 5

    This paper is devoted to the analysis of the differences in the share of low wage work in six countries. The main differences are related with the set of institutions that influence the regulation of labour markets. It is emphasized the role of collective bargaining, minimum wages, product market regulations and welfare systems

  • Das Berufsbildungssystem in Deutschland

    Open AccessGerhard Bosch, Sirikit Krone et al.BOOKBerufsbildungssytem in Deutschland2010

    Im Februar 1998 hat die Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung aus Anlass ihres 30-jährigen Bestehens das Förderprogramm „Bekämpfung der - gendarbeitslosigkeit“ eingerichtet. Das Kuratorium bes

  • Germany: What Role for Minimum Wages on Low-wage Work?

    Open AccessGerhard Bosch, Thorsten KalinaCHAPTERMinimum Wage Revisited in the…2010

    This book provides in-depth and innovative analysis of the minimum wage in Europe. The authors explore its role and scope within the enlarged EU, and address the question of whether there should be harmonization between the individual member states or even a common EU minimum wage. They also examine the impact of the minimum wage at the national level, looking at trends and effects through case studies of specific policy issues and industrial sec…

  • The Welfare State and Life Transitions: A European Perspective

    Dominique Anxo, Gerhard Bosch et al.BOOKWelfare State and Life Transitions2010

    This timely book reveals that new life courses are found to require more, and not less welfare support, but only Sweden has developed an active life course approach and only three more could be considered supportive, in at least some life stages. For the remainder, policies were at best limited or, in Italy’s case, passive. The contributors reveal that the neglect of changing needs is leading to greater reliance on the family and the labour marke…

  • Shaping the Life Course: A European Perspective

    Dominique Anxo, Gerhard Bosch et al.CHAPTERWelfare State and Life Transitions2010

    This book investigates the changing patterns and levels of social welfare systems through the lens of key life stage transitions. This provides an insight into the adequacy of welfare systems ’ response to the changing needs for support at these critical stages of life that shape future life course prospects. The focus on key life stages has three purposes. First it provides a lens through which to analyse a range of different dimensions of socia…

  • Das Berufsbildungssystem in Deutschland: Aktuelle Entwicklungen und Standpunkte

    Gerhard BoschBOOKDas Berufsbildungssystem in…2010

  • Berufsbildungssytem in Deutschland: Aktuelle Entwicklungen und Standpunkte

    Dirk Langer, Gerhard Bosch et al.BOOKBerufsbildungssytem in Deutschland2010

  • Zur Zukunft der dualen Berufsausbildung in Deutschland

    Gerhard BoschCHAPTERBerufsbildungssytem in Deutschland2010

    Während in den meisten entwickelten OECD-Ländern die betriebliche Berufsausbildung in den letzten Jahrzehnten an Bedeutung verlor und die tertiäre Bildung (Bildung in Fachhochschulen und Universitäten) rasch expandierte (OECD 2009), stieg in Deutschland bis in die 90er-Jahre der Anteil der Jugendlichen in einer betrieblichen Berufsausbildung. Gleichzeitig sind die Wachstumsraten in der tertiären Bildung vergleichsweise gering. Der wichtigste Grun…

  • European Employment Models in Flux: Pressures for Change and Prospects for Survival and Revitalization

    Open AccessGerhard Bosch, Steffen Lehndorff et al.CHAPTEREuropean Employment Models in Flux2009

    Institutions are the building blocks of social order; they shape, govern and legitimize behaviour. Not only do they embody social values but they also reflect historical compromises between social groups negotiated by key actors. It thus comes as no surprise to find major differences in the institutional arrangements of today’s capitalist societies. These differences apply especially to employment institutions, which shape the exchange of human l…

  • From the’ sick Man’to the ‘Overhauled Engine’ of Europe? Upheaval in the German Model

    Open AccessSteffen Lehndorff, Gerhard Bosch et al.CHAPTEREuropean Employment Models in Flux2009

    For most of the 1960s–80s the Federal Republic of Germany was regarded both at home and abroad as one of the countries that had been particularly successful in combining economic growth and social equality. For many economists and social scientists Germany was the exemplar of ‘Rhenish capitalism’ (Albert, 1992) which, by virtue of the ‘beneficial constraints’ (Streeck, 1997) imposed on German capital by strong labour unions and institutions, fost…

  • European Employment Models in Flux: A Comparison of Institutional Change in Nine European Countries

    Open AccessGerhard Bosch, Steffen Lehndorff et al.BOOKEuropean Employment Models in Flux2009

  • Berufliche Weiterbildung in Deutschland 1969 bis 2009: Entwicklung und Reformoptionen

    Gerhard BoschCHAPTERArbeitsmarktpolitik in der…2009

    In der international vergleichenden Arbeitsmarktforschung dient der deutsche Arbeitsmarkt meistens als Referenzfall für vergleichsweise stark ausgeprägte berufliche Arbeitsmärkte (Marsden 1990). Kaum bekannt ist, dass sich die unterschiedliche Struktur des deutschen Arbeitsmarktes erst in den letzten Jahrzehnten herausgebildet hat. In den 50er Jahren hatten die meisten angelsächsischen Länder noch ähnlich hohe Anteile an Auszubildenden wie in Deu…