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Author : Wiemer Salverda
Publisher : ACCO
ISBN 13 : 9033456192
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)
Download or read book Low-wage Employment in Europe written by Wiemer Salverda and published by ACCO. This book was released on 2005 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Eve Caroli
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610441117
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)
Download or read book Low-Wage Work in France written by Eve Caroli and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2008-04-03 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In France, low wages have historically inspired tremendous political controversy. The social and political issues at stake center on integrating the working class into society and maintaining the stability of the republican regime. A variety of federal policies—including high minimum wages and strong employee protection—serve to ensure that the low-wage workforce stays relatively small. Low-Wage Work in France examines both the benefits and drawbacks of this politically inspired system of worker protection. France's high minimum wage, which is indexed not only to inflation but also to the average increase in employee wages, plays a critical role in limiting the development of low-paid work. Social welfare benefits and a mandatory thirty-five hour work week also make life easier for low-wage workers. Strong employee protection is a central characteristic of the French model, but high levels of protection for employees may also be one of the causes of France's chronically high rate of unemployment. The threat of long-term unemployment may, in turn, contribute to a persistent sense of insecurity among French workers. Low-Wage Work in France provides a lucid analysis of how a highly regulated labor market shapes the experiences of workers—for better and for worse. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies
Author : Rita Asplund
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)
Download or read book Low Pay and Earnings Mobility in Europe written by Rita Asplund and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dozen papers from the first conference of the European Low-Wage Employment Research Network (LoWER), held in Bordeaux, January to February 1997. They focus on whether poorly paid workers can obtain higher-paid jobs through upward mobility over time within the earnings distribution. They identify those individual characteristics that affect upward mobility positively and negatively. The perspective in pan-European, encompassing 13 countries. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Wiemer Salverda
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)
Download or read book Policy Measures for Low-wage Employment in Europe written by Wiemer Salverda and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These studies consider policy measures in the areas of taxation, benefits, and employer subsidies aimed at the low-skilled worker. The policy debate is extended to encompass the role of product demand related to low-paid, low-skilled work and to the fluctuating of the labor market. In particular, consideration is given to the role of job satisfaction and turnover in the retail trade and the hotel industry. Contributors are economists and government officials from Europe and the United States. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Weimer Salverda
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610444841
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)
Download or read book Low-Wage Work in the Netherlands written by Weimer Salverda and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2008-04-03 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dutch economy has often been heralded for accomplishing solid employment growth within a generous welfare system. In recent years, the Netherlands has seen a rise in low-wage work and has maintained one of the lowest unemployment rates in the European Union. Low-Wage Work in the Netherlands narrows in on the causes and consequences of this new development. The authors find that the increase in low-wage work can be partly attributed to a steep rise in the number of part-time jobs and non-standard work contracts—46 percent of Dutch workers hold part-time jobs. The decline in full-time work has challenged historically powerful Dutch unions and has led to a slow but steady dismantling of many social insurance programs from 1979 onward. At the same time, there are hopeful lessons to be gleaned from the Dutch model: low-wage workers benefit from a well-developed system of income transfers, and many move on to higher paying jobs. Low-Wage Work in the Netherlands paints a nuanced picture of the Dutch economy by analyzing institutions that both support and challenge its low-wage workforce. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies
Author : Jérôme Gautié
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)
Download or read book Low-wage Work in the Wealthy World written by Jérôme Gautié and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Minimum Wage Revisited in the Enlarged EU written by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyses minimum wage developments in the last ten years or so in 14 of the EU-27 countries and in Turkey. Considers the role of increased mobility of goods and services, capital and labour, and the issue of harmonization between individual member States.
Author : Jerome Gautie
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610446305
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)
Download or read book Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World written by Jerome Gautie and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2010-03-01 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As global flows of goods, capital, information, and people accelerate competitive pressure on businesses throughout the industrialized world, firms have responded by reorganizing work in a variety of efforts to improve efficiency and cut costs. In the United States, where minimum wages are low, unions are weak, and immigrants are numerous, this has often lead to declining wages, increased job insecurity, and deteriorating working conditions for workers with little bargaining power in the lower tiers of the labor market. Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World builds on an earlier Russell Sage Foundation study (Low-Wage America) to compare the plight of low-wage workers in the United States to five European countries—Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom—where wage supports, worker protections, and social benefits have generally been stronger. By examining low-wage jobs in systematic case studies across five industries, this groundbreaking international study goes well beyond standard statistics to reveal national differences in the quality of low-wage work and the well being of low-wage workers. The United States has a high percentage of low-wage workers—nearly three times more than Denmark and twice more than France. Since the early 1990s, however, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany have all seen substantial increases in low-wage jobs. While these jobs often entail much the same drudgery in Europe and the United States, quality of life for low-wage workers varies substantially across countries. The authors focus their analysis on the "inclusiveness" of each country's industrial relations system, including national collective bargaining agreements and minimum-wage laws, and the generosity of social benefits such as health insurance, pensions, family leave, and paid vacation time—which together sustain a significantly higher quality of life for low-wage workers in some countries. Investigating conditions in retail sales, hospitals, food processing, hotels, and call centers, the book's industry case studies shed new light on how national institutions influence the way employers organize work and shape the quality of low-wage jobs. A telling example: in the United States and several European nations, wages and working conditions of front-line workers in meat processing plants are deteriorating as large retailers put severe pressure on prices, and firms respond by employing low-wage immigrant labor. But in Denmark, where unions are strong, and, to a lesser extent, in France, where the statutory minimum wage is high, the low-wage path is blocked, and firms have opted instead to invest more heavily in automation to raise productivity, improve product quality, and sustain higher wages. However, as Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World also shows, the European nations' higher level of inclusiveness is increasingly at risk. "Exit options," both formal and informal, have emerged to give employers ways around national wage supports and collectively bargained agreements. For some jobs, such as room cleaners in hotels, stronger labor relations systems in Europe have not had much impact on the quality of work. Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World offers an analysis of low-wage work in Europe and the United States based on concrete, detailed, and systematic contrasts. Its revealing case studies not only provide a human context but also vividly remind us that the quality and incidence of low-wage work is more a matter of national choice than economic necessity and that government policies and business practices have inevitable consequences for the quality of workers' lives. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies
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Publisher : International Monetary Fund
ISBN 13 : 1484388836
Total Pages : 45 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cross-Country Report on Minimum Wages written by and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Selected Issues
Author : Caroline LLoyd
Publisher : Russell Sage Foundation
ISBN 13 : 1610443640
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)
Download or read book Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom written by Caroline LLoyd and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2008-04-03 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United Kingdom's labor market policies place it in a kind of institutional middle ground between the United States and continental Europe. Low pay grew sharply between the late 1970s and the mid-1990s, in large part due to the decline of unions and collective bargaining and the removal of protections for the low paid. The changes instituted by Tony Blair's New Labour government since 1997, including the introduction of the National Minimum Wage, halted the growth in low pay but have not reversed it. Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom explains why the current level of low-paying work remains one of the highest in Europe. The authors argue that the failure to deal with low pay reflects a policy approach which stressed reducing poverty, but also centers on the importance of moving people off benefits and into work, even at low wages. The U.K. government has introduced a version of the U.S. welfare to work policies and continues to stress the importance of a highly flexible and competitive labor market. A central policy theme has been that education and training can empower people to both enter work and to move into better paying jobs. The case study research reveals the endemic nature of low paid work and the difficulties workers face in escaping from the bottom end of the jobs ladder. However, compared to the United States, low paid workers in the United Kingdom do benefit from in-work social security benefits, targeted predominately at those with children, and entitlements to non-pay benefits such as annual leave, maternity and sick pay, and crucially, access to state-funded health care. Low-Wage Work in the United Kingdom skillfully illustrates the way that the interactions between government policies, labor market institutions, and the economy have ensured that low pay remains a persistent problem within the United Kingdom. A Volume in the Russell Sage Foundation Case Studies of Job Quality in Advanced Economies
