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Offering new knowledge and insights into European job markets, this
book explores how young men and women experience job insecurity.
Focusing on the ways in which young adults deal with this by
actively increasing their chances of getting a job through a
variety of methods, it shows how governmental policies can be
altered to reduce early job insecurity. By combining analysis of
original data collected through a variety of innovative methods,
the book compares the trajectories of early job insecurity in nine
European countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece,
Norway, Poland, Spain, Switzerland, and the UK. It explores the
differing reactions to the 2008 Great Recession and socio-economic
and institutional characteristics of each country, analysing the
strengths and weaknesses of different national policies.
Contributions from experts in the field investigate the long-term
consequences of having difficulty finding suitable and stable jobs
in young adulthood, including 'scarring' in the form of weaker
long-term employment prospects, lower life earnings and reduced
well-being. Incorporating high-level academic research with policy
recommendations, this insightful book is essential reading for
advanced public policy and European studies scholars, as well as
policymakers at national and European levels. Contributors include:
D.S. Abebe, S. Ayllon, K.K. Bohler, M. Bussi, D. Buttler, L.A.
Helbling, B. Hvinden, C. Hyggen, C. Imdorf, V. Krasteva, C. Lewis,
A. McDonnell, J. O'Reilly, D. Parsanoglou, S. Sacchi, M.A. Schoyen,
L.P. Shi, R. Stoilova, I. Tolgensbakk, J.S. Vedeler, A. Yfanti
The growth in part-time employment has been one of the most
striking features in industrialized economies over the past forty
years. This work discusses the controversial debates surrounding
the subject - is part-time work better than unemployment or is
social welfare a disincentive to taking up part-time work, is this
kind of work becoming an increasingly normal part of most people's
working lives, or does it remain a female ghetto of low pay, low
pensions and low labour standards. The book presents 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, tackling such areas as
gender issues, ethnic questions and the differences between certain
national economies.
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.
The original essays in this book have been written by a number of
leading international experts in the field of labour market studies
to honour the intellectual contribution and lifetime achievement of
Gunther Schmid.The multidisciplinary contributions, which cover a
variety of theoretical approaches, are all concerned with
transitional labour markets and labour market policy in the new
global economic environment. The authors first address current
arguments and controversies regarding appropriate institutions for
the formation and implementation of labour market and employment
policies. They move on to focus on the policies and problems
associated with enhancing gender equality in terms of labour market
integration and transitions. Finally, they examine new
institutional arrangements that they believe will both enhance the
performance of transitional labour markets and improve the
management of social risks. Combining a theoretical approach with
empirical research and a strong policy emphasis, the scope and
diversity of this book will ensure a broad audience amongst
economists, political scientists and academics in the fields of
labour market theory and policy.
This major new Handbook is a detailed, up-to-date guide to
different national labour markets and policies to combat
unemployment and their outcomes. It will become established as a
standard reference book - the first of its kind - providing an
authoritative account of the rapidly growing field of labour market
policy in a coherent and systematic framework.A group of
internationally renowned researchers provides a state-of-the-art
account of research on three levels; an evaluation of the methods
available, an evaluation of policies and policy regimes and an
evaluation of institutional frameworks and monitoring systems.
Unique features of this reference book include the presentation of
a 'Target-Oriented Approach' to evaluating labour market policy.
The Handbook is international in its approach - all chapters apply
an international comparative framework in assessing contemporary
developments in the field. International Handbook of Labour Market
Policy and Evaluation will be an indispensable source of reference
for policymakers, social scientists and academics interested in
labour market policy and policy evaluation.
Over the past twenty years European labour markets have seen the
simultaneous rise of unemployment and working-time flexibility.
While unemployment generates widespread concern about social
exclusion, the reorganisation of flexible working-time has been
greeted with more ambivalence. The concept of Transitional Labour
Markets (TLMs) is an attempt to address and analyse the factors and
policies that can prevent high levels of unemployment and exclusion
from paid work.This book addresses three key questions: Can
working-time flexibility integrate more people into paid
employment? Can working-time flexibility prevent unemployment? Is
it possible for the barriers between core and peripheral employment
to become more permeable in the way advocated by the concept of
TLMs? Drawing on both quantitative longitudinal panel study data
and qualitative case study material, the authors (whose expertise
is drawn from the fields of economics, sociology and law) provide
an original perspective on the nature and implications of TLMs in
Spain, Sweden, Ireland, Britain, Germany, France and The
Netherlands. This will be essential reading for both academics and
policymakers in the field of labour market policy.
After the financial crisis of 2008 youth unemployment soared across
Europe, leaving a generation of highly qualified young people
frustrated in their search for secure, meaningful work. With
contributions from over 90 authors and more than 60 individual
contributions this collection summarises the findings of a
large-scale EU funding project on Strategic Transitions for Youth
Labour in Europe (STYLE). Including the often overlooked and
unheard voices of young people themselves, this eclectic range of
contributions discuss the distinctive characteristics of the
current phase of youth employment. It provides a comprehensive
analysis of the causes of European youth unemployment and assesses
the effectiveness of labour market policies across the region.
This major new Handbook is a detailed, up-to-date guide to
different national labour markets and policies to combat
unemployment and their outcomes. It will become established as a
standard reference book - the first of its kind - providing an
authoritative account of the rapidly growing field of labour market
policy in a coherent and systematic framework.A group of
internationally renowned researchers provides a state-of-the-art
account of research on three levels; an evaluation of the methods
available, an evaluation of policies and policy regimes and an
evaluation of institutional frameworks and monitoring systems.
Unique features of this reference book include the presentation of
a 'Target-Oriented Approach' to evaluating labour market policy.
The Handbook is international in its approach - all chapters apply
an international comparative framework in assessing contemporary
developments in the field. International Handbook of Labour Market
Policy and Evaluation will be an indispensable source of reference
for policymakers, social scientists and academics interested in
labour market policy and policy evaluation.
This book provides an overview of the institutional arrangements
affecting labour market transitions through different working-time
arrangements in seven European countries. It examines the extent to
which social integration through transitional labour markets is
possible, assesses the effects of labour market transitions, and
prescribes improvements, with the aim of preventing the development
of social exclusion from paid employment. The book concentrates on
how working-time transitions are shaped by industrial relations,
employment regulation and social policy systems. In particular it
seeks to ascertain how institutional regulations may hinder or
encourage the development of transitional labour markets in France,
Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the UK. The
contributors to this volume also analyse the characteristics of
employment regulation with regard to working-time flexibility and
industrial relations in their national setting. They provide a
review of current debates around this issue, and explore the role
of recent reforms to social policy in facilitating or hindering
labour market transitions. Outlining the changes that have occurred
in the regulatory institutional framework shaping working-time
transitions in recent years, this book will be invaluable to
academics with an interest in labour market policy. The book will
also strongly appeal to labour market policymakers.
Shining a light on the very different experiences of work in the
digital age, this book provides a unique contribution to the reform
discussion on the consequences of the fourth industrial revolution.
Drawing on a wide range of international expertise, contributors
examine important policy challenges arising from the transformation
of work as a result of the introduction of digital technology at
work. Authors in this volume discuss the effects of automation,
platform business models, stagnating productivity, increasing
regional disparities, and rising levels of inequality within and
between countries. They consider how to unlock the vast economic
and social potential of new technologies and the implications for
policy reform to meet these challenges. Mastering them requires
developing a new inclusive narrative and progressive reform agenda.
Such an agenda would be economic and political, and not determined
universally by technology. The narrative is not only about what
policymakers need to do, which is rather a lot. It is also about
reforming established organisations and institutions, understanding
new emerging players and supporting disaffected citizens in how the
effects of these changes are going to affect their lives. The
authors clearly pinpoint what needs to be done to support the
transition to work in the digital era.
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