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Title Part-time prospects : an international comparison of part-time work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim / edited by Jacqueline O'Reilly and Colette Fagan
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages) : illustrations
Contents Conceptualising part-time work: the value of an integrated comparative perspective / Colette Fagan and Jacqueline O'Reilly -- Part I: 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. -- Are benefits a disincentive to work part-time? / Marco Doudeijns; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan -- Part-time work. / Jill Rubery; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan -- How does part-time work lead to low pension income? / Jay Ginn; Sara Arber; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan -- Part II: International perspectives -- Culture or structure as explanations for differences in part-time work in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands? / Birgit Pfau-Effinger; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan -- Why is part-time work so low in Portugal and Spain? / Margarida Ruivo; Maria do Pilar; José M. Varejão; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan -- How does the 'societal effect' shape the use of part-time work in France, the UK and Sweden? / Anne-Marie Daune-Richard; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan -- What is the nature of part-time work in the United States and Japan? / Susan Houseman; Machiko Osawa; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan -- Why is the part-time rate higher in Japan than in South korea? / Akira Wakisaka; Haesun Bae; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan -- Will the employment conditions of part-timers in Australia and New Zealand worsen? / Janeen Baxter; Jacqueline O'Reilly and Colette Fagan
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Part-time employment -- Europe
Part-time employment -- North America
Part-time employment -- Pacific Area
Part-time employment
Europe
North America
Pacific Area
Form Electronic book
Author O'Reilly, Jacqueline, 1964- editor
Fagan, Colette, editor.
LC no. 98166828
ISBN 0203017625
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