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Record Nr.

UNINA9910719617703321

Titolo

Work inequalities in the crisis : evidence from Europe / / edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cheltenham, U.K., : Edward Elgar

Geneva, : International Labour Office, 2011

ISBN

1-283-45765-2

9786613457653

0-85793-751-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (616 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

Vaughan-WhiteheadDaniel

Disciplina

331.133094

331.4

Soggetti

Labor market - Europe

Labor policy - Europe

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Foreword Maria Helena AndreĢ; Foreword Nicolas Schmit; Foreword Guy Ryder; 1. Introduction: Has the crisis exacerbated work inequalities?; 2. Mixed adjustment forms and inequality effects in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania; 3. Inequality at work emerging in the current crisis in Bulgaria; 4. Croatia: Prolonged crisis with an uncertain ending; 5. France: Protecting the insiders in the crisis and forgetting the outsiders?; 6. The German labour market after the financial crisis: Miracle or just a good policy mix?

7. Hungary: Crisis coupled with a fiscal squeeze - effects on inequality8. Italy: Limited policy responses and industrial relations in flux, leading to aggravated inequalities; 9. The Netherlands: Is the impact of the financial crisis on inequalities different from in the past?; 10. From the highest employment growth to the deepest fall: Economic crisis and labour inequalities in Spain; 11. Negotiated flexibility in Sweden: A more egalitarian response to the crisis?; 12. Crisis in Turkey: Aggravating a segmented labour market and creating new inequalities

13. Social impact of the crisis in the United Kingdom: Focus on gender



and age inequalitiesIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Work Inequalities in the Crisis provides an in-depth overview of the effects of the crisis on inequalities in the world of work. It examines these inequalities multi-dimensionally, looking at employment, wages and incomes, working conditions and social dialogue. At the same time, it investigates whether the crisis may halt the progress made in Europe towards better quality jobs and working conditions. This book offers a unique combination of research, case studies and policy discussions. An assessment of national trends in 30 European countries and 14 country case studies by noted European spe