Steffen Heinrich
Steffen Heinrich is a political scientist with a focus on comparative welfare state research and labour market politics. He received his doctorate from Heidelberg University upon completion of his dissertation on the politics of labour market reforms in Germany and Japan since 1990, analysing the impact of political and economic institutions. At the DIJ he is conducting research on the politics of minimum wages, the political implications of employment diversification and the role of regulation in social policy (i.e. pensions and housing) in comparative perspective.
DIJ Projects
The political regulation of minimum wages in Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom
The political consequences of employment diversification in Japan
Work-related Diversity in Japan: New Risks and Opportunities for Whom?
Selected Publications
Books
The Politics of Balancing Flexibility and Equality: A Comparison of Recent Equal Pay Reforms in Germany and Japan . Working Papers. Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien.
[With: Apitzsch, Birgit; Shire, Karen; Mottweiler, Hannelore; Tünte, Markus] Flexibilität und Beschäftigungswandel [Flexibility and Employment Change]. Weinheim and Basel: Beltz Juventa Verlag.
Patterns of dualisation: Coordinated capitalism and the politics of flexible labour markets in Germany and Japan, 1990–2010. PhD thesis. Heidelberg: Ruprecht-Karls University.
Editorship
[With: Vogt, Gabriele] Japan in der Ära Abe. Eine politikwissenschaftliche Analyse. Monographien aus dem Deutschen Institut für Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. 291 p.
[With: Söldner, Tobias] Contemporary Japan 28, No. 2. Contemporary Japan. de Gruyter. 228 p.
Articles
[With: Shire, Karen; Imai, Jun; Mottweiler, Hannelore; Tünte, Markus; Wang, Chih-Chieh] Private Labour Market Intermediaries in Cross-Border Labour Markets in Europe and Asia: International Norms, Regional Actors and Patterns of Cross-Border Labour Mobility
In: Quack, Sigrid, Schulz-Schaeffer, Ingo, Shire, Karen, and Anja Weiß (Ed.) Transnationalisierung der Arbeit. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden. pp. 155-183.
ドイツ労働市場
In: 日本労働研究雑誌 [The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies] 60 (4). pp. 29-37.
[With: Vogt, Gabriele] Abes Politik und Politik unter Abe: Eine Einführung
In: Heinrich, Steffen; Vogt, Gabriele (Ed.) Japan in der Ära Abe. Eine politikwissenschaftliche Analyse. Monographien aus dem Deutschen Institut für Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. pp. 11-30.
[With: Vogt, Gabriele] Abes Politik und Politik unter Abe: Eine Zwischenbilanz
In: Heinrich, Steffen; Vogt, Gabriele (Ed.) Japan in der Ära Abe. Eine politikwissenschaftliche Analyse. Monographien aus dem Deutschen Institut für Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. pp. 271-284.
(Keine) Angst vorm Wähler: Abes arbeitsmarktpolitische Strukturreformen in Zeiten wachsender sozialer Ungleichheit
In: Heinrich, Steffen; Vogt, Gabriele (Ed.) Japan in der Ära Abe. Eine politikwissenschaftliche Analyse. Monographien aus dem Deutschen Institut für Japanstudien. München: iudicium Verlag. pp. 118-138.
Does employment dualisation lead to political polarisation? Assessing the impact of labour market inequalities on political discourse in Japan
In: Chiavacchi, David; Hommerich, Carola (Ed.) Social inequality in post-growth Japan. Transformation during economic and demographic stagnation. London: Routledge. pp. 73-87.
Facing the ‘Dark Side’ of Deregulation? The Politics of Two-Tier Labour Markets in Germany and Japan after the Global Financial Crisis
In: Greener, Ian; Holden, Chris; Kilkey, Majella (Ed.) Social Policy Review 22: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy. Bristol: The Policy Press. pp. 151–176.