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1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages) : illustrations |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Conceptualising part-time work: the value of an integrated comparative perspective COLETTE FAGAN AND JACQUELINE O'REILLY; Who wants part-time work and on what conditions?; Where and why is part-time work growing in Europe? MARK SMITH, COLETTE FAGAN AND JILL RUBERY; When do men work part-time? LEI DELSEN; Why don't minority ethnic women in Britain work part-time? ANGELA DALE AND CLARE HOLDSWORTH; Are part-time jobs better than no jobs? ULRICH WALWEI |
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Are benefits a disincentive to work part-time? MARCO DOUDEIJNSPart-time work: a threat to labour standards? JILL RUBERY; How does part-time work lead to low pension income? JAY GINN AND SARA ARBER; International perspectives; Culture or structure as explanations for differences in part-time work in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands? BIRGIT PFAU-EFFINGER; Why is part-time work so low in Portugal and Spain? MARGARIDA RUIVO, MARIA DO PILAR GONZLEZ AND JOS M. VAREJO; How does the 'societal effect' shape the use of part-time work in France, the UK and Sweden? ANNE-MARIE DAUNE-RICHARD |
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What is the nature of part-time work in the United States and Japan? SUSAN HOUSEMAN AND MACHIKO OSAWAWhy is the part-time rate higher in Japan than in South Korea? AKIRA WAKISAKA AND HAESUN BAE; Will the employment conditions of part-timers in Australia and New Zealand worsen? JANEEN BAXTER; Index |
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Part-time employment
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Europe
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North America
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Pacific Area
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Electronic book
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Author |
O'Reilly, Jacqueline, 1964-
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Fagan, Colette
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ISBN |
0203276108 |
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9780203276105 |
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9780203017623 |
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0203017625 |
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1280334606 |
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9781280334603 |
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