| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages : illustrations) |
| Contents |
1. Conceptualising part-time work: the value of an integrated comparative perspective / Colette Fagan and Jacqueline O'Reilly -- Pt. I. Who wants part-time work and on what conditions? 2. Where and why is part-time work growing in Europe? / Mark Smith, Colette Fagan and Jill Rubery. 3. When do men work part-time? / Lei Delsen. 4. Why don't minority ethnic women in Britain work part-time? / Angela Dale and Clare Holdsworth. 5. Are part-time jobs better than no jobs? / Ulrich Walwei. 6. Are benefits a disincentive to work part-time? / Marco Doudeijns. 7. Part-time work: a threat to labour standards? / Jill Rubery. 8. How does part-time work lead to low pension income? / Jay Ginn and Sara Arber -- Pt. II. International perspectives. 9. Culture or structure as explanations for differences in part-time work in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands? / Birgit Pfau-Effinger. 10. Why is part-time work so low in Portugal and Spain? / Margarida Ruivo, Maria Do Pilar Gonzalez and Jose M. Varejao. 11. How does the 'societal effect' shape the use of part-time work in France, the UK and Sweden? / Anne-Marie Daune-Richard. 12. What is the nature of part-time work in the United States and Japan? / Susan Houseman and Machiko Osawa. 13. Why is the part-time rate higher in Japan than in South Korea? / Akira Wakisaka and Haesun Bae. 14. Will the employment conditions of part-timers in Australia and New Zealand worsen? / Janeen Baxter |
| Summary |
The growth in part-time employment has been one of the most striking features in industrialized economies over the past forty years. Part-Time Prospects presents for the first time a systematically comparative analysis of the common and divergent patterns in the use of part-time work in Europe, America and the Pacific Rim. It brings together sociologists and economists in this wide-ranging and comprehensive survey. It tackles such areas as gender issues, ethnic questions and the differences between certain national economies including low pay, pensions and labour standards. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Also available as an electronic book via the World Wide Web to institutions affiliated with netLibrary, Inc |
| Subject |
Part-time employment -- Europe.
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Part-time employment -- North America.
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Part-time employment -- Pacific Area.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fagan, Colette.
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O'Reilly, Jacqueline, 1964-
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| ISBN |
9780306473258 |
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