| Description |
1 online resource (305 pages) |
| Contents |
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. VARE |
| Summary |
The book 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 |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fagan, Colette.
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| ISBN |
0203017625 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203017623 (electronic bk.) |
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