04000oam 2200661I 450 991017099680332120230421043357.01-134-73041-11-134-73042-X0-203-27610-81-280-33460-60-203-01762-510.4324/9780203017623 (CKB)1000000000252486(EBL)169215(OCoLC)252805824(SSID)ssj0000282655(PQKBManifestationID)11233210(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282655(PQKBWorkID)10316979(PQKB)10250164(MiAaPQ)EBC169215(Au-PeEL)EBL169215(CaPaEBR)ebr10056107(CaONFJC)MIL33460(EXLCZ)99100000000025248620180331d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPart-time prospects an international comparison of part-time work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim /edited by Jacqueline O'Reilly and Colette FaganLondon ;New York :Routledge,1998.1 online resource (305 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-15670-X 0-415-15669-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 WALWEIAre 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-RICHARDWhat 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; IndexThe 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.Part-time employmentEuropePart-time employmentNorth AmericaPart-time employmentPacific AreaPart-time employmentPart-time employmentPart-time employment331.25/72O'Reilly Jacqueline1964-25114Fagan Colette912159FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910170996803321Part-time prospects2042472UNINA