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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
• Disciplina: 331.25/72
• Soggetto topico: Part-time employment - Europe; Part-time employment - North America; Part-time employment - Pacific Area
• Altri autori: O'ReillyJacqueline <1964-> FaganColette
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; 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. VAREJO; How does the 'societal effect' shape the use of part-time work in France, the UK and Sweden? ANNE-MARIE DAUNE-RICHARD ; What 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Part-time prospects
• ISBN: 1-134-73041-1; 1-134-73042-X; 0-203-27610-8; 1-280-33460-6; 0-203-01762-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910170996803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II