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Book SynopsisExamining the occupational variation within non-standard employment, this book combines case studies and comparative writing to illustrate how and why alternative occupational employment patterns are formed.Non-standard employment has grown significantly in most developed economies, varying between countries. Different institutional settings have been deemed accountable for this variation, although inadequate consideration has been given to differences within national labour markets. Through an occupational perspective, this book contends that patterns of non-standard employment are shaped by flexibility in hiring and firing practices and the dispensability of workers' skills. The framework integrates explanations based on labour market regulation, industrial relations and skill supply, filling the gaps in previous scholastic research.A necessary and discernible insight into employment patterns, academics in the fields of economics and sociology will find this book of great value. Policy makers and practitioners alike will benefit from the comparative analysis of rich empirical material.Contributors: F. Berton, M.R. Busemeyer, H. Chung, M. Dieckhoff, W. Eichhorst, B. Francon, V. Gash, A.C. Gielen, M. Keune, A. Koslowski, J. Leschke, P. López Roldán, P.K. Madsen, P. Marx, C. McLean, A. Mertens, O. Molina, R. Muffels, M. Nelson, M. Richiardi, L. Romeu-Gordo, S. Sacchi, T. Schils, K. Thelen, V. TobschTrade Review‘The articles contained in the book are written by an international group of authors and comprise some very interesting analyses, filled with, and enhanced by, empirical data and case studies.’ -- European Journal of Social Security‘The editors and authors are to be congratulated on a most useful volume that will confirm some of its readers’ assumptions about Europe’s changing employment market and will demolish a few others.’ -- Citizen’s Income NewsletterTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: An Occupational Perspective on Non-standard Employment Werner Eichhorst and Paul Marx PART I COUNTRY CHAPTERS 2. Non-Standard Employment Across Occupations in Germany: The Role of Replaceability and Labour Market Flexibility Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx and Verena Tobsch 3. Non-Standard Employment Patterns across Occupations in the Netherlands Anne C. Gielen and Trudie Schils 4. Occupational Employment Patterns in a Highly Regulated Labour Market: The Case of France Baptiste Françon and Paul Marx 5. Occupational Growth and Non-Standard Employment in the Spanish Service Sector: From Upgrading to Polarisation Oscar Molina and Pedro López Roldán 6. Non-standard Work, Low-paid Work and Employment Dynamics in Italy: Evidence From an Occupational Perspective Fabio Berton, Matteo Richiardi and Stefano Sacchi 7. Labour Market Flexibility in the Danish Service Sector: Same Old, Same Old, But More Different Per K. Madsen 8. Variation in the Prevalence of Temporary Contracts across Occupations in the UK Alison Koslowski and Caitlin McLean 9. Non-standard Employment across Occupations in the United States: The Role of Replaceability and Labour Market Flexibility Moira Nelson PART II COMPARATIVE CHAPTERS 10. Subjective Employment Insecurity Gap between Occupations: Variance across Europe Heejung Chung 11. Understanding Occupational Differences in Flexibilisation and Mobility Patterns in Europe: Do Institutions Matter? Ruud Muffels 12. Non-standard Employment of Women in Service Sector Occupations: A Comparison of European Countries Janine Leschke 13. Female Atypical Employment in the Service Occupations: A Comparative Study of Time Trends in Germany and the UK Martina Dieckhoff, Vanessa Gash, Antje Mertens and Laura Romeu-Gordo 14. Trade Unions, Precarious Work and Dualisation in Europe Maarten Keune 15. Non-standard Employment and Systems of Skill Formation in European Countries Marius R. Busemeyer and Kathleen Thelen Index

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Book SynopsisSweden has gained a worldwide reputation for its family friendly policies and the high share of women in paid employment. This book discusses the particular importance of early activation policies in the increase of women's paid employment and in changing gender and family relations. It explores how the integration of women into paid work was actually accomplished: on what ideational grounds, and using what concrete measures, were the conditions created for increasing the employment ratio of women? A number of activation measures are analyzed in more detail: vocational training, opinion-shaping, persuading activities and the work done by activating inspectors, specially installed to initiate housewives into paid labor. The book showcases how early activation policies contributed to the transformation of gender and family relations and thus to a farewell to male breadwinning. The book will appeal to undergraduates as well as graduate students, lecturers and researchers in gender studies, social and public policy and across the fields of politics, European studies, and contemporary history.Trade Review'Sweden's social policies have a central place in both academic and political discussions of the role of states in promoting women's labor market activation and gender equality. Lundqvist's innovative, historically rich and theoretically sophisticated study analyzes a key episode in the building of these policies, focusing on the agency of Sweden's activation inspectors. She brings to light for the first time the critical role of women inspectors in the building of Sweden's policy architecture. Scholars of gender, social policy, states and labor markets will find here fresh insights and understandings of the gendered transformations of state policies and politics which continue into our own time.' --Ann Shola Orloff, Northwestern University, US'Asa Lundqvist has written a compelling study on gender, the labour market and the welfare state. Based on a profound historical-sociological analysis of Swedish labour market and family policies, including the 1960s activation campaigns attracting women into the workforce, the book is an exciting history of gendered welfare-state efforts to change social structures and individual behaviour. With her historical sensitivity and theoretical and methodological skills, Lundqvist makes a highly important contribution to current discussion on activation, workfare, and work-family relations.' --Pauli Kettunen, University of Helsinki, FinlandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Activation policies and changing family relations 2. The politics of paid work 3. The activation project: Mission, goals and visions 4. Activation through training 5. Activation through information and persuasion 6. The activation inspector 7. Activating women: aim, means and consequences References Index

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Book SynopsisOver the last 70 years, Korea has experienced a rapid and remarkable transformation from a devastatingly poor nation to one of the world's leading advanced economies, achieving both sustained economic growth and a successful democracy. This pioneering work focuses on the key role of sustained investment in human capital behind Korea's phenomenal success. Human Capital and Development analyzes the importance of balancing diverse aspects of the educational system at different stages of development. The need to balance general and vocational education, top-down and bottom-up reform, as well as qualitative and quantitative expansion are highlighted. Adapting Korea's development experience to general principles shows that rather than seeking universal strategies and rules, the key to successful transformation is the provision of educational systems that can evolve over time depending on socio-economic and technological conditions for both developing and advanced countries. For researchers and students of economic development, education, and Asian development, this book is an excellent tool to discover possible ways for developing countries to initiate and accelerate their paths of economic growth and development. This book also provides a useful reference for policy makers of advanced as well as developing countries in designing their education systems and policies.Trade ReviewI want to congratulate Dr. Ju-Ho Lee and his colleagues Professor Hyeok Jeong and Dr. Song Chang Hong on this remarkable book. At a time when the global community seeks to rise to - and meet - the Sustainable Development Goal promise, a book such as this is certain to hasten our efforts and inspire further action. The message this text carries, that when leaders invest in the creation of knowledge through universal education and skills development innovation and economic growth will follow, cannot be ignored. Korea is a fitting example of, and testament to, this truth.' --From the Foreword by Rt. Hon. Gordon Brown, United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of the United KingdomTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Introduction 1. Accumulating Human Capital for Sustainable Development 2. Education Bubble and Widening Inequality 3. Making Education Diversification Reform Happen 4. Turning Around Failing Vocational High Schools 5. Deteriorating Skills and Weak Life-long Learning 6. Fostering Project-Based Learning and Performance Assessment 7. Stimulating High-Risk High-Payoff Research 8. Nuts and Bolts of the Aid for TVET Reference References Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is a sustainable career? And how can individuals and organizations develop pathways that lead to them? With current levels of global unemployment and the need for life-long learning and employability enhancement, these questions assume a pressing significance. Offering twenty-eight chapters from leading scholars, the Handbook of Research on Sustainable Careers makes an important contribution to our understanding of sustainable careers and lays the foundation for the direction of future research.With the aim of advancing existing knowledge surrounding the meaning, antecedents and outcomes of sustainable careers, this book discusses the topic from several different angles combining both theoretical and empirical as well as practical insights. Topics include crafting sustainable careers in organizations, merits and challenges of career adaptability, psychological mobility during unemployment and the role of employee adaptability.Students and academics of varied disciplines looking for multidimensional perspectives on sustainable careers will find this to be a worthwhile read. HR professionals, career counsellors and public policy makers will find use in the practical guidance offered in this book.Contributors: T. Aalbers, M.B. Arthur, P.M. Bal, Y. Baruch, C. Bernhard-Oettel, T. Bipp, N. Bozionelos, J.P. Briscoe, M.B.W. Buyken, A. De Coen, N. De Cuyper, S. De Hauw, A.H. De Lange, P. De Prins, A. De Vos, H. De Witte, N. Dries, N. Egold, C. Fleisher, A. Forrier, F. Fraccaroli, A. Froidevaux, J.H. Greenhaus, D.E Guest, D.T. Hall, A. Hirschi, I.M. Jawahar, C. Kelliher, S.N. Khapova, U. Kinnunen, U.-C. Klehe, D. Kooij, M. Latzke, B.S. Lawrence, A. Mäkikangas, S. Mauno, W. Mayrhofer, A. Milissen, K. Näswall, K. Pernkopf, P.Peters, J. Rantanen, J. Richardson, R. Rodrigues, C. Rohr, R. Schalk, M.M. Schipper, T.M. Schneidhofer, J. Segers, L. Sels, J.H. Semeijn, T.H. Stone, D.M. Truxillo, M. Valcour, L. Van Beirendonck, K. Van Dam, A. Van den Broeck, B. Van der Heijden, R. Van Dick, M. van Engen, J. van Ruysseveldt, S. Vansteenkiste, A.E.M. Van Vianen, T. Van Vuuren, M. Verbruggen, C.J. Vinkenburg, S. Zaniboni, J. ZikicTrade Review'Sustainability is a principle which can be applied both to manage people in organizations and for self-management. The international contributors to this Handbook explore new facts of career management and how careers can be made more sustainable both from an individual and an organizational perspective. Sustainable employability, work ability, combining career and care, sustainable employment relations, career eco-systems and sustainable careers of older workers are only some of the many interesting topics in this volume. This Handbook is a milestone in career research and a huge contribution to the literature on sustainable human resource management - a book that academics and practitioners, newcomers and experts interested in careers should not miss.' --Ina Ehnert, Louvain School of Management, Belgium'Ans De Vos and Beatrice Van der Heijden reframe our thinking in this Handbook of Research on Sustainable Careers. The collection of contemporary perspectives grounds elements such as meaning, balance and relationships into viable future careers. In so doing, they stimulate possibility while retaining practicality. Highly recommended for careers scholars, students and practitioners.' --Polly Parker, University of Queensland, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Sustainable Careers: Introductory Chapter Beatrice I.J.M. Van der Heijden and Ans De Vos 2. Facilitating the Crafting of Sustainable Careers in Organizations Monique Valcour 3. Merits and Challenges of Career Adaptability as a Tool Towards Sustainable Careers Maximilian B.W. Buyken, Ute-Christine Klehe, Jelena Zikic and Annelies E.M. Van Vianen 4. Relational Career Capital: Towards a Sustainable Perspective Markus Latzke, Thomas M. Schneidhofer, Katharina Pernkopf, Carina Rohr and Wolfgang Mayrhofer 5. Social Capital and Careers: Indisputable Evidence and Note for Caution Nikos Bozionelos 6. Career Capital Acquisition through Corporate Volunteering Chen Fleisher, Svetlana N. Khapova and Mette M. Schipper 7. Career and Organizational Identification: Extending the Expanded Model of Identification Nikolai Egold and Rolf Van Dick 8. Managing Visibility for Career Sustainability: A Study of Remote Workers Julia Richardson and Clare Kelliher 9. Promoting New Norms and True Flexibility: Sustainability in Combining Career and Care Claartje J. Vinkenburg, Marloes L. van Engen and Pascale Peters 10. Sustainable Labour Participation and Sustainable Careers Judith H. Semeijn, Karen Van Dam, Tinka Van Vuuren and Beatrice I.J.M. Van der Heijden 11. Perceived Employability in Times of Job Insecurity: A Theoretical Perspective Nele De Cuyper, Anja Van den Broeck, and Hans De Witte 12. Psychological Mobility during Unemployment: An Outplacement Study Marijke Verbruggen, Nicky Dries, Anke Milissen and Sarah Vansteenkiste 13. The Role of Employee Adaptability, Goal Striving and Proactivity for Modern Careers Karen van Dam, Tanja Bipp and Joris van Ruysseveldt 14. Career Control David E. Guest and Ricardo Rodrigues 15. Building a Sustainable Career: The Role of Work-home Balance in Career Decision Making Sara De Hauw and Jeff H. Greenhaus 16. Work-family Interface in Atypical Working Arrangements Saija Mauno, Ulla Kinnunen, Johanna Rantanen, and Anne Mäkikangas 17. Sustainable Work Ability and Cognitive Functioning through Lifestyle Improvement? Teun Aalbers and Annet H. De Lange 18. Older Workers and Sustainable Late Careers: Job Characteristic Effects Sara Zaniboni, Franco Fraccaroli, and Donald M. Truxillo 19. Sustainability in the Second Half of the Career René Schalk, Marloes L. van Engen and Dorien Kooij 20. Sustainable Careers: Enabling Older Workers to Continue Working through Individualized Work Arrangements P. Matthijs Bal 21. Sustainable HRM for Sustainable Careers: Introducing the ‘Respect Openness Continuity (ROC)’ model Peggy De Prins, Ans De Vos, Lou Van Beirendonck and Jesse Segers 22. Studying Retirement from a Career Perspective: Are People who take Charge of their Career Less Inclined to Retire? An De Coen, Anneleen Forrier and Luc Sels 23. Managing the Transition to Retirement: From Meaningful Work to Meaning in Life at Retirement Ariane Froidevaux and Andreas Hirschi 24. Organizational and Labor Markets as Career Eco-system Yehuda Baruch 25. Career Continuance and Transfer of Competencies after Job Transitions: Insights from a Swedish Study Claudia Bernhard-Oettel and Katharina Näswall 26. Career Implications of Job Performance: Persistence of OCB and CWB Behaviors Across Domains Thomas H. Stone and I.M. Jawahar 27. Educating Students for Sustainable Careers – In the Classroom and Beyond Jon P. Briscoe 28. Sustainable Careers Then and Now Barbara S. Lawrence, Douglas T. Hall and Michael. B. Arthur Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a critical reflection on the operation and effects of labour regulation. It articulates the broad goals and extensive potential for it to contribute to inclusive development, while also considering the limits of some areas of regulation and governance. Drawing on both field studies and innovative theoretical perspectives, the contributors reveal an emerging consensus that labour regulation is neither negative nor positive for economic and social outcomes. By comparing the concerns and methodologies of various disciplines, they argue that balanced regulation is essential. Following analysis of how the global financial crisis has increased labour market segmentation, the book addresses the needs of key groups often at the periphery, including young women, workers in the informal economy, migrants and home-care workers. The book argues that effective and efficient labour market regulation can contribute to achieving key policy goals of employment formalization and inclusive labour markets, while also pursuing equitable distribution. An important comparative work, academics and students will find this book to be of exceptional value, particularly those studying law, economics, political science, international relations and development studies. Practitioners and policy-makers from both developed and developing countries will also benefit from the wide range of perspectives.Contributors include: D. Bailey, F. Bertranou, L. Casanova, S. Charlesworth, A. De Ruyter, C. Fenwick, M. Freedland, J. Grundy, B.-H. Lee, R. Rachmawati, J. Rubery, M.I. Syaebani, M.P. Thomas, K. Tijdens, V. Van Goethem, M. Van Klaveren, A.M. Vargas Falla, L.F. Vosko, T. WarneckeTable of ContentsContents: 1. Labour market regulation and the imperative to stimulate job-rich growth Colin Fenwick and Valérie Van Goethem Part I: Introduction 2. Reregulating for inclusive labour markets Jill Rubery 3. Beyond New Governance: Improving Employment Standards Enforcement in Liberal Market Economies Leah F. Vosko, John Grundy and Mark P. Thomas Part II: Labour Market Regulation and Vulnerability 4. Assessing the Scale of Women’s Informal Work: An Industry Outlook for 14 Developing Countries Maarten van Klaveren and Kea Tijdens 5. Regulating informal work at the interface between labour law and migration law Mark Freedland 6. Partial protection? The Regulation of Home Care Workers’ Working Conditions Sara Charlesworth Part III: Labour Market Regulation and Informality 7. Informal work in the Republic of Korea: Non-Regulation or Non-Compliance? Byung-Hee Lee 8. Employment Formalization in Argentina: Recurring and New Challenges for Public Policies Fabio Bertranou and Luis Casanova 9. Formalizing Street Vendors: Regulating to Improve Well-Being or to Gain Control? Ana Maria Vargas-Falla 10. Working conditions of urban vendors in Indonesia: Lessons for labour law enforcement Alex de Ruyter, Muhammad Irfan Syaebani, Riani Rachmawati, David Bailey and Tonia Warnecke Index

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Book Synopsis'This timely book offers not only richly textured studies of European trade union responses to the influx of immigrant workers across the continent, but also an insightful comparative analysis. Building on an earlier volume that the editors published at the turn of the 21st century, this one focuses on the new challenges posed by growing economic globalization, trade union decline, and the surge of xenophobia among European workers. It deserves a prominent spot on the bookshelf of anyone interested in labor movements and migration, not only in Europe but worldwide.'- Ruth Milkman, The Graduate Center, City University of New York'Trade Unions and Migrant Workers updates the classic ''three-dilemmas'' thesis of Penninx and Roosblad, demonstrating its continuing relevance in today's shifting migration context. Drawing on national case studies of union responses to labour migration, it shows that while the balance of power and incentive structures unions face have shifted, the fundamental strategic dilemmas posed to unions by labour migration remain the same. This book will be a go-to citation for me in the coming years.'- Nathan Lillie, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland This timely book analyzes the relationship between trade unions, immigration and migrant workers across eleven European countries in the period between the 1990s and 2015. It constitutes an extensive update of a previous comparative analysis - published by Rinus Penninx and Judith Roosblad in 2000 - that has become an important reference in the field. The book offers an overview of how trade unions manage issues of inclusion and solidarity in the current economic and political context, characterized by increasing challenges for labour organizations and rising hostility towards migrants. The qualitative analysis of trade union strategies towards immigration and migrant workers is based on a common analytical framework centred on the idea of 'dilemmas' that trade unions have to face when dealing with immigration and migrant workers. This approach facilitates comparative analysis and distinguishes patterns of union policies and actions across three groups of countries, identifying some explanations for observed similarities and differences. In addition, the book also includes theoretical chapters by expert scholars from a range of disciplinary fields including industrial relations, migration studies and political economy. This comprehensive comparative analysis is an essential resource for academics across a range of disciplines as well as policy-makers, practitioners and organizations involved in trade unions and migrant inclusion and integration.Contributors include: M. Bernaciak, L. Berntsen, M. Canek, H. Connolly, S. Contrepois, A. Gachter, A. Giorgi, R. Gumbrell-McCormick, T. Hastings, J. Heyes, M. Hyland, R. Hyman, J. Kubisa, S. Marino, M. Martinez Lucio, A. Neergaard, R. Penninx, M. Rinaldini, J. Roosblad, B. Sellers, T. Vitale, I. Wagner, C. WoolfsonTrade Review'This work provides a relevant comparative and detailed description of how the early slogan ''Proletarians of all countries, unite!'' (Karl Marx, 1848) has been put into practice in Europe in the 21st century. This presented a huge challenge for the (re)construction of worker solidarity and the organized defence of social rights. This book sheds important light on how further European social construction could progress.' --Albert Martens, KU Leuven, Belgium'The labour market integration of migrant workers and of workers with a migration background is an increasingly sensitive puzzle for employment services, employers, and especially politicians across Europe. In this puzzle, trade unions have an enormous role, which is too often neglected and which varies across countries, issues and time. This book by an impressive team of experts provides a long needed systematic and sympathetic analysis and will be the central reference for both research and policy debates for years to come.' --Guglielmo Meardi, University of Warwick, UK'In recent years, immigration has posed major political and economic challenges for western societies. Whether and how to integrate or restrict immigrant workers is a burning question for politicians and activists across the spectrum. Of particular importance are the attitudes of trade unions, organizations well situated either to exclude or to craft strategies of inclusion. In this fine book, experienced researchers offer a comprehensive study of contrasting union approaches across eleven European countries. Findings are informative, surprising, and couldn't be more timely.' --Lowell Turner, Cornell University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Done-One Kim Foreword by Moussa Oumarou and Manuela Tomei 1. Introduction: How to study trade union action towards immigration and migrant workers? Stefania Marino, Rinus Penninx and Judith Roosblad Part I Changing contextual conditions for trade union action 2. Economic and labour market change and policies: Before and beyond austerity in Europe Jason Heyes and Thomas Hastings 3. Migration and its regulation in an integrating Europe Rinus Penninx 4. Migrants in the public discourse: Between media, policy and public opinion Alberta Giorgi and Tommaso Vitale 5. Trade unions in Europe: Challenges and responses Rebecca Gumbrell-McCormick, Richard Hyman and Magdalena Bernaciak Part II Trade union attitudes and actions relating to immigration and migrant workers in 11 European countries 6. Trade unions and migration in Austria, 1993-2015 August Gächter 7. France: The assimilationist model called into question Sylvie Contrepois 8. Trade unions and migrant workers in Germany: Unions between national and transnational labour market segmentation Ines Wagner 9. The Netherlands: Finding common ground in an increasingly fragmented workforce Judith Roosblad and Lisa Berntsen 10. Sweden: A model in dissolution? Anders Neergaard and Charles Woolfson 11. Trade unions and migrant workers in the UK: Organising in a cold climate Heather Connolly and Ben Sellers 12. Trade unions and migrant workers in Ireland: New organisational opportunities under changed circumstances Mary Hyland 13. Trade unions and migrant workers in Italy: Between labour and social rights Matteo Rinaldini and Stefania Marino 14. Trade unions and immigration in Spain: The politics and framing of social inclusion within industrial relations Miguel Martínez Lucio 15. Trade unions and migration in the Czech Republic, 2004-15 Marek Čanek 16. Trade unions and migrant workers in Poland: First stage of a work in progress Julia Kubisa Part III Analysis and conclusions 17. Comparing trade union attitudes and actions relating to immigration and migrant workers in 11 European countries Stefania Marino, Judith Roosblad and Rinus Penninx Index

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Book SynopsisBy examining the evolution of industrial relations institutions in the emerging economies of Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Turkey, the authors in this book assess the contribution of these institutions to inclusive development. Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies uses real world examples to assess the relevance of the conceptual frameworks used to examine employment relations. The chapters focus on the evolution of industrial relations institutions and the role these have played in periods of economic and political transition. They demonstrate that rather than acting as a constraint on development, trade unions can contribute to stability, security and equity. However, the contribution of industrial relations institutions to inclusive development is at best a contested pathway. At worst it is viewed as increasingly irrelevant to the vast numbers of workers in the informal economy. The authors reveal a continuing demand for independent collective interest representation in labour relations, whether in the informal economy or in rapidly industrialising districts.This book will prove an interesting and stimulating read for students, academics and researchers in the fields of human resources, industrial relations, sociology and labour economics, in addition to trade union researchers and policy-makers.Contributors include: J. Berg, A. Celik, S. Hayter, C.-H. Lee, N. Pons-Vignon, U. Rani, E. Schneider, R. SenTrade Review'As the share of emerging economies in the global economy grows, interest in industrial relations in these countries is also increasing among academics, policy-makers and practitioners. This book makes a significant contribution to the analysis of industrial relations' role relative to inclusive growth in the era of socio-economic polarization.' --Dong-One Kim, President, International Labor and Employment Relations Association (ILERA)'This timely volume goes a long way towards filling an important gap in the literature on industrial relations. It shows that the role that trade unions play in the development process is contested terrain, exposing the inherent limitations of pluralist frameworks in the largest emerging economies.' --Richard Hyman, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Industrial Relations in Emerging Economies Susan Hayter 2. Labour Relations and Inclusive Growth in India: New Forms of Voice Uma Rani and Ratna Sen 3. Industrial Relations and Inclusive Development in South Africa: A Dream Deferred? Susan Hayter and Nicolas Pons-Vignon 4. Industrial Relations and Inclusive Growth in Brazil: The Swinging Pendulum Janine Berg and Eduardo Schneider 5. Industrial Relations and Inclusive Development in China: Connecting Institutions and Voice Chang-Hee Lee 6. Industrial Relations in Turkey: Still Waiting for a Strong and Modern System Aziz Çelik Index

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Book SynopsisSince the 1970s the long term decline in self-employment has slowed - and even reversed in some countries - and the prospect of 'being your own boss' is increasingly topical in the discourse of both the general public and within academia. Traditionally, self-employment has been associated with independent entrepreneurship, but increasingly it is linked to being a form of precarious work. This book utilises evidence-based information to address both the current and future challenges of this trend as the nature of self-employment changes, as well as to demonstrate where, when and why self-employment has emerged as precarious work in Europe. Bringing together leading international experts in the field, this book provides insight into key issues surrounding self-employment from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives. Covering existing theory and context, providing empirical results of studies into self-employment and precarious work from across Europe, and discussion of the implications of this research, it offers key insights into future avenues for research. Students of European studies and social policy, as well as policy makers and researchers with a particular interest in employment, self-employment and precarious work across Europe, will find the data and policy ideas presented in this book an invaluable read.Trade Review‘The reviewed book represents a significant enrichment of the discussion on the topic of precarious self-employment. It is therefore recommended to a wide range of readers, especially to those wishing to gain insight and advance their knowledge in this field, while also being particularly relevant for researchers and policy makers.’ -- Primoz Rataj, European Journal of Social SecurityTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Self-Employment: Between Freedom and Insecurity Wieteke Conen and Joop Schippers PART I Do we have to worry about the ‘new self-employed’? Theory and Context 2. Labour Market Flexibility, Self-Employment and Precariousness Joop Schippers 3. Social Protection for the Self-Employed: an EU Legal Perspective Hanneke Bennaars 4. Self-Employment, Pensions and the Risk of Poverty in Old Age Uwe Fachinger PART II Self-Employment and Precarious Work in Europe: Empirical Results 5. Self-Employment: Independent ‘Enterprise’, or Precarious Low-skilled Work? The case of the UK Nigel Meager 6. Micro-Entrepreneurship and Changing Contours of Work: Towards Precarious Work Relations? Empirical Findings from Austria Dieter Bögenhold, Andrea Klinglmair, Zulaicha Parastuty and Florian Kandutsch 7. Precariousness and Social Risks among Solo Self-Employed in Germany and The Netherlands Wieteke Conen and Maarten Debets 8. Between Precariousness and Freedom: the Ambivalent Condition of Independent Professionals in Italy Paolo Borghi and Annalisa Murgia 9. Bogus Self-Employment in Sweden Dominique Anxo and Thomas Ericson 10. Precariousness among Older Self-Employed Workers in Europe Wieteke Conen 11. Migrant Self-Employment in Germany: On the Risks, Characteristics and Determinants of Precarious Work Stefan Berwing, Andrew Isaak and René Leicht PART III Implications and Future Research Agenda 12. The Matter of Representation: Precarious Self-Employment and Interest Organisations Giedo Jansen and Roderick Sluiter 13. The ‘New’ Self-Employed and Hybrid Forms of Employment: Challenges for Social Policies in Europe Karin Schulze Buschoff 14. Between Freedom and Insecurity: Future Challenges Joop Schippers and Wieteke Conen Index

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Book Synopsis'All in all, the chapters of the volume provide insightful material 'about how different forms of precarious work are linked to speci?c institutional changes in the labour market and laws governing it but also how they are linked to each other'. . . Situated in the ?eld of Global Labour Studies, the volume goes beyond one of the most central weaknesses of the discipline: its optimistic bias. By systematically including cases in which trade failed or chose not to engage in the organization of precarious workers, the contributions pave the way to a deeper understanding of the challenges within this ?eld.'- British Journal of Industrial RelationsWith the renaissance of market politics on a global scale, precarious work has become pervasive. This edited collection explores the spread across a number of economic sectors and countries worldwide of work that is invariably insecure, dirty, low-paid, and often temporary and/or part-time.The first part of this cross-disciplinary book analyses the different forms of precarious work that have arisen over the past thirty years in both the Global North and South. These transformations are captured in ethnographically orientated chapters on sweatshops, day labour, homework, Chinese construction workers unpaid contract work, the introduction of insecure contracting into the Korean automotive industry, and the insecurity of Brazilian sugarcane cutters. The case studies all shed light upon how the nature of work and the workplace are changing under the pressures of neoliberal capitalism and what this means for workers. In the second part the editors and contributors then detail some of the ways in which precarious workers are seeking to improve their own situations through their efforts to counter the growth of precarity under neoliberal capitalism, efforts that involve collectively exploring forms of resistance to work restructuring and the failures of traditional trade unions to fully engage with precarious work's growth.Illustrating the impacts of the expansion of precarious work, this book will appeal to students, academics and those generally interested in the issues of the global economy, the reworking of labour markets, the impacts of neoliberal capitalism and ethnographies of the working poor in various parts of the world.Contributors include: L.L.M. Aguiar, M.J. Barreto, S. Chauvin, J. Cock, B. Garvey, M. Gillan, D. Hattatoglu, A. Herod, L. Huilin, K. Joynt, R. Lambert, P. Ngai, J. Tate, M. Thomas, E. Webster, A. YunTrade Review'Precarious work is on the rise in the Global South and North alike. This important volume provides interesting examples about the hardship of long working hours, poverty wages and dangerous employment conditions. And yet, workers are not only victims but also agents with possibilities of resistance. The book points to the potential of a cross-border movement of the dispossessed based on a re-imagined role of the labour movement. A must read for everyone interested in resistance to capitalist exploitation.' --Andreas Bieler, University of Nottingham, UK'As the world becomes increasingly global, labor's response must be as well. As ''standard'' employment declines, and workers come to see ''flexibility'' as a four-letter word, the future of the labor movement hinges on the ability to develop creative responses to precarious labor. Anyone interested in stimulating examples of what is happening to employment and ways to challenge precarious work needs to read Neoliberal Capitalism and Precarious Work.' --Dan Clawson, University of Massachusetts Amherst'A clear and engaging global overview of the extent and nature(s) of precarious work and the link between such precarity and neoliberalism is provided by the editors' Introduction. . . I would thoroughly recommend.' --Journal of Industrial RelationsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Neoliberalism, Precarious Work and Remaking the Geography of Global Capitalism Andrew Herod and Rob Lambert PART I EXPERIENCES OF PRECARIOUS WORK Andrew Herod and Rob Lambert 2. The Growth and Organization of a Precariat: Working in the Clothing Industry in Johannesburg’s Inner City Katherine Joynt and Edward Webster 3. Bounded Mobilizations: Informal Unionism and Secondary Shaming Amongst Immigrant Temp Workers in Chicago Sébastien Chauvin 4. Homebased Work and New Ways of Organizing in the Era of Globalization Dilek Hattatoğlu and Jane Tate 5. Constructing Violence and Resistance: The Political Economy of the Construction Industry and Labour Subcontracting System in Post-Socialist China Pun Ngai and Lu Huilin 6. Nature and Insecurity in South Africa Jacklyn Cock and Rob Lambert 7. At the Cutting Edge: Precarious Work in Brazil’s Sugar and Ethanol Industry Brian Garvey and Maria Joseli Barreto PART II CHALLENGING PRECARIOUS WORK Andrew Herod and Rob Lambert 8. Organizing Across a Fragmented Labour Force: Trade Union Responses to Precarious Work in Korean Auto Companies Aelim Yun 9. Closures and Openings: The Politics of Place and Space in Resisting Corporate Restructuring Michael Gillan and Rob Lambert 10. Sweatshop Citizenship, Precariousness and Organizing Building Cleaners Luis L.M. Aguiar 11. Global Unions, Global Framework Agreements and the Transnational Regulation of Labour Standards Mark Thomas Conclusion: Towards a Movement of the Dispossessed? Rob Lambert and Andrew Herod Index

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Book SynopsisRegional integration plays an important role in the advance of economic and social development across many parts of the world. Generating growth and expanding markets, it boosts productivity through the exchange of ideas, technologies, and human resources. This book explores the key vision of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN): fostering the free flow of goods, services, investment, and skilled labor in order to establish a globally competitive region with a single market and production base. Bringing together contributions from renowned scholars in their respective fields, this book takes stock of the trends and patterns of skilled labor migration in the ASEAN, examining the existing literature and adding to it with unique insights drawn from original case studies and policy simulations. Identifying the challenges posed by recent significant changes, this book also looks to the future, to identify potential policy responses. The contributions dispel a common assumption that skill mobility is a zero-sum game, and instead contend that it can be mutually beneficial for both sides. With rigorous quantitative analysis, this book will be a useful tool for both policy practitioners and policymakers as well as for researchers and students of international development, economics, and Asian studies.Trade Review‘This book is highly informative on both theoretical and policy fronts, thereby offering a valuable tool for policymakers as well as researchers or students who are interested in international economic development of Asian economies.’ -- Hai Anh La, Asian-Pacific Economic LiteratureTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface 1. Trends and patterns in intra-ASEAN migration Aiko Kikkawa and Eric B. Suan 2. Skilled migration in the literature: What we know, what we think we know, and why it matters to know the difference Elisabetta Gentile 3. Economic impacts of skilled labor mobility within the ASEAN Economic Community Erwin Corong and Angel Aguiar 4. Implications of ASEAN economic integration on services: a global computable general equilibrium analysis Kakali Mukhopadhyay 5. Employment effects of removal of restrictions on the movement of natural persons in the ASEAN banking sector Huong Dinh 6. Skills mobility and postsecondary education in the ASEAN Economic Community Maki Kato 7. Institutionalized costs and international migration patterns Saibal Kar 8. Expanding skilled-worker mobility: Comparing the migration of Indonesian careworkers to Taipei,China and Indonesian nurses and careworkers to Japan Ratih Pratiwi Anwar 9. Will ASEAN mutual recognition arrangements induce skilled workers to move? A case study of the engineering labor market in Thailand Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat and Jessica Vechbanyongratana 10. Skill flows and the Fourth Industrial Revolution: Future questions and directions for the ASEAN Economic Community Anna Fink and Elisabetta Gentile Index

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Book SynopsisInternational debate has recently focused on increased inequalities and the adverse effects that they may have on both social and economic developments. Income inequality, which is at its highest level for the past half-century, may not only undermine the sustainability of European social policy but also put at risk Europe?s sustainable recovery. A common feature of recent reports on inequality (ILO, OECD, IMF, 2015?2017) is their recognition that the causes emerge from mechanisms in the world of work. The purpose of this book is to investigate the possible role of industrial relations, and social policies more generally, in reducing these inequalities.The volume pays particular attention to the contribution of social partners and social dialogue to achieving concrete outcomes, notably in terms of flexibility and security for both employers and workers. The key aim is to identify elements of a response to a number of important questions: which countries have succeeded in carrying out the necessary reforms without generating further inequalities? What industrial relations systems seem to perform better in this respect? What policy measures, institutions and actors play a determinant role in achieving more balanced outcomes? How can social dialogue address future transformations of the world of work, while limiting inequalities?The scope of this volume goes beyond pay to address other types of inequality ? in the distribution of working time, access or re-access to jobs, training and career opportunities, and social protection and pensions. It also looks at inequalities that may affect particular groups of workers, including women or young people, as well as people in certain types of work arrangements, such as part-time or temporary work or the self-employed.This book is vital reading for anyone concerned with labour policy, industrial relations and social welfare but, above all, with how advances in these areas can contribute to the global fight against growing inequalities.Contributors include: D. Anxo, B. Bembic, G. Bosch, P. Courtioux, C. Erhel, K. Espenberg, G. Fiorani, G. Giakoumatos, D. Grimshaw, M. Johnson, M. Karamessini, I. Marx, J. Masso, I. Mierina, R. Muñoz de Bustillo, B. Nolan, F. Pinto Hernández, W. Salverda, A. Simonazzi, M. Tverdostup, L. Van Cant, D. Vaughan-Whitehead, R. Vazquez-AlvarezTrade Review‘I strongly recommend it to any scholar interested in this important topic.’ -- John D Stephens, Journal of Social Policy‘Within its prescribed orbit, this is a useful book for those wishing to examine recent shifts and interactions between industrial relations regimes and inequality.’ -- Michael Quinlan, Emeritus Professor, Industrial RelationsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Curbing Inequalities in Europe: The Impact of Industrial Relations and Labour Policies Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez 2. Labour Market Inequalities in Conditions of Limited Social Dialogue: The Case of the Baltic States Jaan Masso, Maryna Tverdostup, Inta Mierina and Kerly Espenberg 3. Belgium: Is Robust Social Concertation Providing a Buffer against Growing Inequality? Ive Marx and Lien Van Cant 4. Social Dialogue in France under Pressure: Can Worker Security be achieved in a Context of Increasing Job Flexibility? Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel 5. Social Dialogue in Germany: Innovation or Erosion? Gerhard Bosch 6. Industrial Relations, Imposed Flexibility and Inequality during the Greek Great Depression Maria Karamessini and Stefanos Giakoumatos 7. Social Dialogue and Inequality: Ireland Brian Nolan 8. Italy: Industrial Relations and Inequality in a Recessionary Environment Annamaria Simonazzi and Giuseppe Fiorani 9. The Netherlands: Is the Polder Model Behind the Curve with Regard to Growing Household Income Inequality? Wiemer Salverda 10. Changes in Inequality Outcomes alongside Industrial Relations Transformation in Slovenia Branko Bembič 11. Industrial Relations and Inequality in the Spanish Labour Market: Resilience and Change Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo and Fernando Pinto Hernández 12. Shaping the Future of Work in Sweden: The Crucial Role of Social Partnership Dominique Anxo 13. Inequality at Work in the United Kingdom: How Perforated Industrial Relations Worsen Inequalities and Hold Back Progress on Equalities Damian Grimshaw and Mat Johnson Index

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Book SynopsisIn recent decades, due to unprecedented technological advancements, Europe has seen a move towards on-demand service economies. This has allowed the growth of self-employed professionals who are able to satisfy an increasing demand for flexible and high-skilled work. This book explores the need for reform of regulations in Europe, studying the variance in legal status, working conditions, social protection and collective representation of self-employed professionals. It provides insights into ways that policy could address these important challenges.Presenting the results of a wide-reaching European survey, this book highlights key issues being faced across Europe: the implementation of universal social protection schemes; active labour market policies to support sustainable self-employment and the renewal of social dialogue through bottom-up organisations to extend the collective representation of self-employed professionals. With its theoretically-informed, empirical and interdisciplinary comparative analysis, this book identifies and explains key strategies to resolve these challenges.This book will be of great benefit to both advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of labour and economic sociology, political science, industrial relations, human resource management and social law. It will also appeal to scholars, practitioners and policymakers concerned with the labour market and self-employment in the European context.Trade Review'This book has no rival in its field. It is by a long shot the most comprehensive, informative, and in-depth treatment of how different European nations adapt to, provide social support for, and legally regulate the burgeoning class of highly qualified self-employed professionals. This volume highlights one of the many challenges facing the new post-industrial order, and it does so with aplomb.' --Gøsta Esping-Andersen, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain and Bocconi University, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Foreword David Marsden 1. Introduction: self-employed professionals in a comparative perspective François Pichault and Renata Semenza 2. New self-employment as a theoretical matter Renata Semenza and Anna Mori 3. Working conditions and needs: results of a European survey Anna Soru, Elena Sinibaldi and Cristina Zanni 4. The place of self-employment in the European context. Evidence from nine country case studies: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom Laura Beuker, Paolo Borghi, Marie-Christine Bureau, Antonella Corsani, Bernard Gazier, Alejandro Godino, Bas Koene, Antonio Martín-Artiles, Oscar Molina, Anna Mori, Frédéric Naedenoen, Maria Norbäck, Klemen Širok, Maylin Stanic and Lars Walter 5. Comparing the national contexts Laura Beuker, François Pichault and Frédéric Naedenoen 6. Continuity and discontinuity in collective representation Anna Mori and Bas Koene 7. Conclusions: perspectives on self-employment in Europe Manuela Samek Lodovici, François Pichault and Renata Semenza Afterword: conditions for a new social dialogue in Europe Bernard Gazier Index

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Book SynopsisOffering 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. Ayllón, K.K. Bøhler, 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. YfantiTrade Review'Comprehensive and well-articulated, this book provides a new and original investigation of early experiences of job insecurity in Europe and its effects on youth well-being and future employability. Given its innovative approach that goes beyond the ''usual'' economic argument, the book is a must-read text for every scholar, practitioner and policymaker who wants to broaden their understanding of youth and their perceptions of joblessness and precarity.' --Massimiliano Mascherini, Eurofound, IrelandTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Bjørn Hvinden, Christer Hyggen, Mi Ah Schoyen and Jacqueline O’Reilly Part I: Wellbeing and overcoming early job insecurity 2. Employment status and wellbeing among youth. Explaining variation across European countries Dominik Buttler 3. Four narratives of overcoming early job insecurity in Europe: A capabilities approach Kjetil Klette Bøhler, Veneta Krasteva, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Janikke Solstad, Vedeler, Rumiana Stoilova and Ida Tolgensbakk Part II: Scarring 4. Comparing long-term scarring effects of unemployment across countries: The impact of graduating during an economic downturn Laura Alexandra Helbling, Stefan Sacchi and Christian Imdorf 5. The impact of active labour market policies on employers’ evaluation of young unemployed: A comparison between Greece and Norway. Dimitris Parsanoglou, Aggeliki Yfanti, Christer Hyggen and Lulu P. Shi 6. Moderators of unemployment and wage scarring during the transition to young adulthood: Evidence from Norway Dawit Shawel Abebe and Christer Hyggen Part III: Social resilience 7. Social resilience in facing precarity: Young people ‘rising to the occasion’ Margherita Bussi, Mi Ah Schoyen, Janikke Solstad Vedeler, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Ann McDonnell and Christine Lewis 8. Mobile young individuals: subjective experiences of migration and return Veneta Krasteva, Ann McDonnell and Ida Tolgensbakk 9. Drug use and early job insecurity Sara Ayllón, Margherita Bussi, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Mi Ah Schoyen, Ida Tolgensbakk and Ann McDonnell Part IV: Policies to overcome early career insecurity 10. Public policy on career education, information, advice and guidance: Developments in the United Kingdom and Norway Christine Lewis and Ida Tolgensbakk 11. Conclusion Jacqueline O’Reilly, Bjørn Hvinden, Mi Ah Schoyen and Christer Hyggen Index

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Book SynopsisDependent self-employment is widely perceived as a rapidly growing form of precarious work conducted by marginalised lower-skilled workers subcontracted by large corporations. Unpacking a comprehensive survey of 35 European countries, Colin C. Williams and Ioana Alexandra Horodnic map the lived realities of the distribution and characteristics of dependent self-employment to challenge this broad and erroneous perception. Featuring rigorous empirical research, Dependent Self-Employment moves beyond the reliance on anecdotal evidence to fill in gaping lacunae in our understanding of employment. Reporting on the European Working Conditions Survey of 2015, this impressive book provides a crucial contribution to our understanding of dependent self-employment in the 21st century, challenging not only academic perceptions, but also depictions of work in the media and political discourse. The authors expertly navigate the 'grey zone' of defining dependent self-employment, embracing the spectrum of employment relationships and outlining the limits to the rights and authority of the dependently self-employed. Bold and comprehensive, this timely book offers critical insight for researchers at all levels exploring the nature and distribution of employment in Europe. Given the current public debates on the platform economy, this book will also prove useful for practitioners and policy-makers in labour inspectorates, tax administrations and social security institutions worldwide. Trade Review'How can we tackle the deficit of work faced by dependent self-employed workers? This topic is timely, complex and under review by policy makers, academics and researchers in EU, OECD and ILO. The book sheds light on the phenomenon and policies in 35 European countries. In addition, the study supports evidence based discussions and policy making on this employment model.' --Päivi Kantanen, Ministerial adviser, Senior representative of Finland in UDW Platform'Williams and Horodnic's incisive analysis of the growing phenomenon ''dependent self-employment'' helps to cast light on the murky and poorly understood nature of contemporary employment relationships. This theoretically-informed and empirically-based account of Europe-wide self-employment tackles prevailing stereotypes. The result is a balanced and lucid assessment that develops theory, contributes empirical evidence and offers positive policy options that advance of the goal of decent work.' --Monder Ram OBE, Aston University, UK'A comprehensive read on dependent self-employment, this book - perhaps for the first time - positions a politico-economic lens to a sociological theme, traditionally ignored as ''causal work''.' --Anjula Gurtoo, Indian Institute of Science, IndiaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I Theorizing Dependent Self-Employment 2. Dependent self-employment in broader context: trends in employment 3. Dominant depictions of dependent self-employment Part II Dependent Self-Employment in Practice 4. Prevalence and trends 5. Who engages in dependent self-employment? 6. Working conditions of the dependent self-employed Part III Policy Options 7. Approaches towards addressing the misclassification of employment 8. The wider context: employment and social protection 9. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisProviding original insights into the factors causing early job insecurity in European countries, this book examines the short- and long-term consequences. It assesses public policies seeking to diminish the risks to young people facing prolonged job insecurity and reduce the severity of these impacts.Based on the findings of a major study of nine European countries, this book examines the diverse strategies that countries across the continent use to help young people overcome employment barriers. The authors present recommendations for governments to improve the job market environment and to support young people in finding suitable and stable employment.A vital tool for European policymakers, this book provides new knowledge that will help improve existing policies, at both national and European levels. The detailed analysis of original data collected through innovative methods will prove highly useful to public policy and European studies scholars.Contributors include: M.-L. Assmann, P. Boyadjieva, M. Bussi, I. Dingeldey, O. Hora, M. Horáková, B. Hvinden, C. Hyggen, P. Ilieva-Trichkova, C. Imdorf, M. Karamessini, P. Michon, J. O'Reilly, D. Parsanoglou, S. Sacchi, R. Samuel, M.A. Schoyen, L.P. Shi, T. Sirovátka, G. Stamatopoulou, L. Steinberg, R. Stoilova, M. Symeonaki, A. Yfanti, G. YordanovaTrade Review'This excellent book analyses the challenge of youth unemployment, by focusing on its causes and consequences, during the Great Recession in Europe. Throughout the volume, it uses the notions of resilience, capability, and active agency, while also considering policy responses at various levels of governance. It is a very clearly-articulated book, conceptually and analytically, which should be read by academics, students and policy-makers interested in welfare and labour market issues.' --Caroline De La Porte, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark'This is the first volume of one of the most innovative studies on unemployment in recent years, exploring the sources of the persisting high rates of youth unemployment since the Great Recession. It provides valuable insight into the diverse patterns of youth unemployment and insecurity in the EU, the contribution of employer recruitment policies to scarring effects and the changing nature of national and EU policy responses.' --Duncan Gallie, Nuffield College, Oxford, UK'A compelling collection of chapters addressing the crucial issues of the consequences of job insecurity and exclusion in the transition to adulthood and the policies to tackle them. A must read for students, researchers, scholars and policymakers in the field of youth labour market integration.' --Ana M. Guillén, University of Oviedo, SpainTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Bjørn Hvinden, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Tomáš Sirovátka and Mi Ah Schoyen PART I: THE PROBLEM OF EARLY JOB INSECURITY AND THE CRISIS 2. Mapping early job insecurity impacts of the crisis in Europe Maria Karamessini, Maria Symeonaki, Dimitris Parsanoglou and Glykeria Stamatopoulou 3. Factors explaining youth unemployment and early job insecurity in Europe Maria Karamessini, Maria Symeonaki, Glykeria Stamatopoulou and Dimitris Parsanoglou 4. The Great Recession and the youth labour market in European countries: The demographic versus the labour market effect Piotr Michoń 5. Scars of early job insecurity across Europe: Insights from a multi-country employer study Christian Imdorf, Lulu P. Shi, Stefan Sacchi, Robin Samuel, Christer Hyggen, Rumiana Stoilova, Gabriela Yordanova, Pepka Boyadjieva, Petya Ilieva-Trichkova, Dimitris Parsanoglou and Aggeliki Yfanti 6. (Un)realized agency in a situation of early job insecurity: Patterns of young people’s agency regarding employment Pepka Boyadjieva and Petya Ilieva-Trichkova PART II: POLICIES FOR DEALING WITH EARLY JOB INSECURITY 7. Diversity of youth policy regimes and early job insecurity – towards an integrated approach Ondřej Hora, Markéta Horáková and Tomáš Sirovátka 8. Policy adaptation to address early job insecurity in Europe Ondřej Hora, Markéta Horáková and Tomáš Sirovátka 9. Horizontal and vertical coordination of the European Youth Guarantee Irene Dingeldey, Lisa Steinberg and Marie-Luise Assmann 10. Has the European Social Fund been effective in supporting young people? Margherita Bussi, Bjørn Hvinden and Mi Ah Schoyen PART III: CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS 11. Implications for policymaking Bjørn Hvinden, Jacqueline O´Reilly, Tomáš Sirovátka, Mi Ah Schoyen and Christer Hyggen Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisStarting from the premise that learning and career development happen naturally and optimally through collaboration and social relationships, this book challenges the dominant employability skills discourse by exploring socially connected and networked perspectives to learning and teaching in higher education. With 10 empirical case studies of educational practice, chapters investigate the development of learner capabilities, teaching approaches, and institutional strategies to foster lifelong graduate employability through social connectedness. The book argues that higher education institutions have placed themselves at a disadvantage in learning and teaching by limiting and prescribing interactions that prevent multidisciplinary and cross-functional collaboration, and embeddedness into wider industry and community networks. The book offers new strategies and pedagogic approaches that can support learners to build, maintain and make the most of social connections for purposeful participation in life and work. It also demonstrates how universities can forge effective partnerships internally as well as with industry and community partners to ensure the relevance and vibrancy of university learning. Offering an alternative perspective on learning and teaching in higher education with international relevance, this book is a practical resource that can be used by educators to inform teaching practice and curriculum development. It will be essential for university leadership, as well as academics and researchers focused on education policy and university management.Table of ContentsContents: 1. A Connected Approach to Learning in Higher Education Ruth Bridgstock and Neil Tippett PART I CONNECTEDNESS CAPABILITIES 2. Connectedness Capabilities Ruth Bridgstock and Neil Tippett 3. Students’ Professional Digital Identities Mandy Lupton, Kay Oddone and Neal Dreamson 4. Connectedness Capabilities of Non-Traditional Students: Pedagogical implications Margarietha J. de Villiers Scheepers, Joanna McIntyre, Gail Crimmins and Peter English 5. Social Connectedness and Graduate Employability: Exploring the Professional Networks of Graduates from Business and Creative Industries Ruth Bridgstock, Denise Jackson, Kate Lloyd and Matalena Tofa PART II CONNECTEDNESS PEDAGOGIES 6. Connectedness Pedagogies Ruth Bridgstock and Neil Tippett 7. Connectedness Learning in the Life Sciences: LinkedIn as an assessment task for employability and career exploration Jason L. Brown, Michael Healy, Louise Lexis and Brianna L. Julien 8. Indigenous Perspectives on Connected and Networked Learning: Towards holistic connectedness pedagogies Peter Radoll, Peter Copeman, Scott Heyes, Mary Walsh, Sam Byrnand, Brian Egloff with Lance Bartram, Kerani Cameron, Fehin Coffey, Sarah Falusi, Victoria Hales, Robert Liesagang, David Jolley, Catherine Lampe, Natalie Lutan, Joshua Naivalurua, Chilli Platt, Thomas Rigon and Caroline Wallace. Project Elder: Aunty Roslyn Brown, University of Canberra 9. The Capstone Experience: Five principles for a connected curriculum Mitch Goodwin, Kay Are, Michael ‘Maxx’ Schmit, Bryonny Goodwin-Hawkins, Wajeehah Aayeshah and Elizabeth Lakey 10. Curriculum Transformation for Graduate Connectedness and Employability: Perspectives from the University of Wollongong Simon Bedford and Kenton Bell PART III INSTITUTIONAL ENABLING STRATEGIES 11. Institutional Enabling Strategies Ruth Bridgstock and Neil Tippett 12. Developing a Connected Learning Community for Social Entrepreneurship through University and High School Collaboration Jeremy Kerr, Natalie Wright and Timothy Barraud 13. Integrating Connectedness Learning into Institutional Program Review Processes in an Australian Regional University Sara Hammer, Peter Ayriss, Marita Basson, Beata Batorowicz, Jo Devine, Melissa Forbes, Alexander Kist, Tessa McCredie, Amanda McCubbin and Bill Wade 14. The Connected University: Connectedness learning across a lifetime Kirsty Kitto, Julieanne Cutrupi, Mark Philips, Gabrielle Gardiner, Moein Ghodrati and Simon Buckingham Shum 15. Future Connections: Implications for connectedness strategy, pedagogy and capability in Higher Education Ruth Bridgstock and Neil Tippett Index

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Book SynopsisThis book introduces readers to some key concepts in post-Keynesian and heterodox economics, in particular the importance of finance in relation to income distribution and growth. The book explores various aspects of financialization, such as its role in pension funds, and explores its consequences especially in developing economies. Readers will recognize other key concepts such as the role of banks, and the effectiveness of monetary policy and its transmission mechanism, and unconventional policies, such as quantitative easing. Considerable space is given to income inequality, a topic that has become increasingly important. Authors explore the growing importance of household debt, and policies that could address inequality. Finally, the book discusses the rising importance of dualism, a much under-researched topic in heterodox economics. Policy makers and scholars alike, especially those in Heterodox Economics, will find the book a much need addition to the field.Trade Review'This invaluable collection brings together the work of the world's leading Post-Keynesian thinkers. With great verve and originality the contributors take on most of the pressing theoretical and policy issues or our time-finance and financialization, monetary policy, economic growth, distribution, and economic dualism. This book belongs on the shelf of academic macroeconomists, their students, and every politician seeking insight and inspiration that will help get us out of the present morass.' --Ilene Grabel, University of Denver, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Louis-Philippe Rochon and Virginie Monvoisin PART I POST-KEYNESIAN VIEWS ON FINANCE AND FINANCIALIZATION 1. Measuring finance for the economy and finance for finance Marcello Spanò 2. Economic limits of the originate to distribute model of banking Óscar Dejuán and John S. L. McCombie 3. Private pension funds in emerging economies: From broken promises to financialisation Bruno Bonizzi and Diego Guevara 4. Financialization and bancarization of Argentina, Brazil and Mexico: the financial services transformations as from the post-crisis period Alicia Girón and Marcia Solorza PART II POST-KEYNESIAN VIEWS ON Distribution and Growth 5. Macroeconomic implications of inequality and household debt: European evidence Jonathan Perraton 6. How can policy tackle inequality in 21st century? Hanna Szymborska 7. Economic policies and growth regimes in France (1974-2016) Hélène de Largentaye and Renaud du Tertre 8. Non-conventional fiscal rules in a Kaleckian model of growth and income distribution with external debt Pablo G. Bortz, Gabriel Michelena, and Fernando Toledo PART III POST-KEYNESIAN VIEWS ON Monetary Policy 9. The transmission of monetary policy in the US: Testing the credit channel and the role of endogenous money Nathan Perry and Carlos Schönerwald 10. Corporate debt expansion in emerging countries after 2008: Profile, determinants and policy implications Cristiano Duarte 11. From trillemma to dilemma: monetary policy after Bretton Woods Hasan Cömert 12. Shifting frames of the expert debate: Quantitative Easing, international Macro-finance and the potential impact of Post-Keynesian Scholarship Max Nagel and Matthias Thiemann PART IV SOME NOTES ON THE DUAL ECONOMY Introduction Helene Delargentaye 13. Dualism: more or less? David Leadbeater 14. Do the robots come to liberate us or to deepen our inequality? The uncertain macrostructural foundations of the robotic age Arpita Bhattacharjee and Gary Dymski Index

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Book SynopsisIn the coming decades robots and artificial intelligence will fundamentally change our world. In doing so they offer the hope of a golden future, one where the elderly are looked after by companion robots, where the disabled can walk, robot security protects us all, remote rural areas have access to the best urban facilities and there is almost limitless prosperity. But there are dangers. There are fears in the labour market that robots will replace jobs, leaving many unemployed, and increase inequality. In relying too much on robots, people may reduce their human contact and see their cognitive abilities decline. There are even concerns, reflected in many science fiction films, that robots may eventually become competitors with humans for survival. This book looks at both the history of robots, in science and in fiction, as well as the science behind robots. Specific chapters analyse the impact of robots on the labour market, people's attitudes to robots, the impact of robots on society, and the appropriate policies to pursue to prepare our world for the robot revolution. Overall the book strikes a cautionary tone. Robots will change our world dramatically and they will also change human beings. These important issues are examined from the perspective of an economist, but the book is intended to appeal to a wider audience in the social sciences and beyond.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Innovation 2. The History and Development of Robots 3. Robots now and in the Future 4. The Science of Robots 5. The impact on employment, unemployment and wages 6. The Economic, Social and Political Impact 7. People’s Hopes and Fears 8. Policies to deal with potential problems and to realise the promise 9. A Changing World of Innovation References Index

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Book SynopsisProviding an insightful analysis of the key issues and significant trends relating to labour within the platform economy, this Modern Guide considers the existing comparative evidence covering all world regions. It also provides an in-depth look at digital labour platforms in their historical, economic and geographical contexts. Highlighting the diversity of experience of platform work, case studies illustrate how general trends play out, both in online and location-based labour platforms, across the globe. Chapters illustrate a need for a post-pandemic regulatory requirement of digital labour platforms at different policy levels, whilst providing a general overview of key topics. Interlinking contributions with a global scope and coverage identify the challenges faced and offer thoughtful regulatory solutions. This engaging book will be an invaluable resource for academics of labour economics, legal and business studies and sociology. It will also benefit policy makers in social and political geography and political science looking for a deeper understanding of the topic.Trade Review‘This collected volume on the world of work produced by platform companies should be required reading for anyone interested in the modern politics of labor. Drahokoupil and Vandaele have brought together cutting-edge scholars and scholarship to historicize the emergence of the platform economy and to understand its complex, transnational implications for work and workers. Together, the chapters help to contextualize both the challenges and opportunities posed by digital labor and should be required reading for regulators, policymakers, and academics alike.’ -- Veena Dubal, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco, US‘Here’s everything you need to know about the platform economy and workers—and perhaps hadn’t even thought of asking—in this comprehensive Modern Guide. It covers emerging trends, particular cases, regulatory issues and much else, and is likely to become an essential guide for researchers and policy makers.’ -- Jayati Ghosh, University of Massachusetts Amherst, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: Janus meets Proteus in the platform economy 1 Jan Drahokoupil and Kurt Vandaele PART I CONTEXT AND ISSUES 2 The business models of labour platforms: Creating an uncertain future 33 Jan Drahokoupil 3 Moving on, out or up: The externalization of work to B2B platforms 49 Pamela Meil and Mehtap Akgü. 4 Measuring the platform economy: Different approaches to estimating the size of the online platform workforce 66 Agnieszka Piasna 5 A historical perspective on the drivers of digital labour platforms 81 Gérard Valenduc 6 The platform economy at the forefront of a changing world of work: Implications for occupational health and safety 96 Pierre Bérastégui and Sacha Garben 7 How place and space matter to union organizing in the platform economy 112 Benjamin Herr, Philip Schörpf and Jörg Flecker PART II REGULATING PLATFORM WORK 8 Embedding platforms in contemporary labour law 129 Valerio De Stefano and Mathias Wouters 9 The regulation of platform work in the European Union: Mapping the challenges 145 Sacha Garben 10 Workers, platforms and the state: The struggle over digital labour platform regulation 162 Sai Englert, Mark Graham, Sandra Fredman, Darcy du Toit, Adam Badger, Richard Heeks and Jean-Paul Van Belle 11 Trade union responses to platform work: An evolving tension between mainstream and grassroots approaches 177 Simon Joyce and Mark Stuart PART III CASE STUDIES ACROSS THE GLOBE: ONLINE LABOUR PLATFORMS 12 The uneven potential of online platform work for human development at the global margins 194 Mark Graham, Vili Lehdonvirta, Alex J. Wood, Helena Barnard, Isis Hjorth and David Peter Simon 13 From outsourcing to crowdsourcing: Assessing the implications for Indian workers of different outsourcing strategies 209 Janine Berg, Uma Rani and Nora Gobel 14 The geographic and linguistic variety of online labour markets: The cases of Russia and Ukraine 225 Mariya Aleksynska, Andrey Shevchuk and Denis Strebkov PART IV CASE STUDIES ACROSS THE GLOBE: LOCATION-BASED LABOUR PLATFORMS 15 Aliada and Alia: Contrasting for-profit and non-profit platforms for domestic work in Mexico and the United States 242 Andrea Santiago Páramo and Carlos Piñeyro Nelson 16 The role of worker collectives among app-based food delivery couriers in France, Germany and Norway: All the same or different? 258 Kristin Jesnes, Denis Neumann, Vera Trappmann and Pauline de Becdelièvre 17 The pitfalls and promises of successfully organizing Foodora couriers in Toronto 274 Raoul Gebert 18 Labour management and resistance among platform-based food delivery couriers in Beijing 290 Jack Linchuan Qiu, Ping Sun and Julie Chen 19 Struggles over the power and meaning of digital labour platforms: A comparison of the Vienna, Berlin, New York and Los Angeles taxi markets 308 Hannah Johnston and Susanne Pernicka 20 Passenger transport in Australia: Injury compensation, public policy and the health pandemic 323 David Peetz PART V CLOSING THOUGHTS 21 Institutional experimentation and the challenges of platform labour 339 Maria Figueroa Index

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Book SynopsisThis Modern Guide presents a comprehensive synthesis of contemporary thought on the informal economy, which, as the author demonstrates – far from being a peripheral feature of the global economy – is a system in which the majority of the global workforce are employed and which has pervasive detrimental effects. Formalising it is therefore a priority for most governments. Employing theoretical and empirical methodologies, Colin C. Williams explores the latest research on methods of understanding and measuring the informal economy in its various forms, and discusses the rationale behind its participants. Its rigorous discussion of the need to shift away from solely using tools that punish the practice and towards aligning social norms with the regulations of formal institutions is complemented by a rich analysis of how jobs and enterprises across the world can be encouraged to make the transition towards formalism. Incentives, education and reform are among the strategies advocated in this Modern Guide’s compelling and lucid roadmap for the transition to formality.An invaluable resource for policymakers involved in tax, social security and labour policies, belonging to both governments and supra-national institutions, the book will also be valuable for academics and researchers in sociology, economics and business studies, especially those with an interest in taxation, industrial relations, entrepreneurship and labour economics.Trade Review‘Peerless and prolific, Professor Colin Williams has again produced an essential guide for anyone wanting a concise yet sophisticated introduction to contemporary issues in the “informal economy”. With admirable clarity and precision, Professor Williams deftly explains the magnitude, characteristics and drivers of the informal economy. Nuanced assessments of theoretical and policy choices inform the “roadmap” this text provides to understanding such an integral feature of the global economy. Seasoned scholars and newcomers alike will find value in Professor William’s latest contribution to this important topic.’ -- Monder Ram, Aston University, UK‘An indispensable book to understanding one of the most important policy challenges of the 21st century: how to facilitate transition from the informal to the formal economy to ensure sustainable development and decent work. Professor Williams provides an intelligent, evidence-based and well-structured critical contribution to the knowledge of both the concept of informal economy and policy options for tackling the informal economy.’ -- Frédéric Lapeyre, International Labour Organization‘Colin William’s book is a must read classic for anyone looking for an in depth understanding of the informal economy. . . the book nails the pulse of the modern informal system.’ -- Anjula Gurtoo, Indian Institute of Science, India‘This book provides an excellent bridge between academia and policymakers by offering a synthesis of the latest state of research in the field of the informal economy, presented in an easy to understand and yet a comprehensive way. Critical insights for researchers and policymakers in the field of tax administration, labour and social security policies are provided.’ -- Ioana Alexandra Horodnic, ‘Alexandru Ioan Cuza’ University of Iași, RomaniaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction to the informal economy 1 PART I THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 2. Evolution of theories explaining the informal economy 3. Methods for measuring the size of the informal economy PART II MAGNITUDE AND CHARACTER OF THE INFORMAL ECONOMY 4. Prevalence of the informal economy in global perspective 5. Types of work in the informal economy 6. Who participates in the different types of informal work and why? PART III POLICY APPROACHES 7. Policy options for tackling the informal economy: objectives and policy measures 8. Deterring participation in the informal economy 9. Incentives to operate in the formal economy 10. Education and awareness raising to encourage formalisation 11. Reforming formal institutions to encourage formalisation 12. Conclusions and a future roadmap for the transition to formality References Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive Handbook explores the complex and volatile debate over globalisation and labour standards. It offers key insights into the impact of globalisation on workers, the obligations of corporations and international legal bodies in protecting workers’ rights and maximising the opportunities offered by international trade and investment. Multidisciplinary contributions illustrate the benefits and drawbacks of globalisation for labour standards, demonstrating the limitations of recent initiatives to improve working conditions. The chapters pay close attention to the buying practices of multinational corporations at the top of global value chains, the priorities of which too often diverge from the codes of corporate social responsibility, as well as the inadequate actions of national governments in enforcing labour standards, including through trade agreements and sanctions. Offering an impressive overview of the key actors in the protection of workers’ rights, the Handbook provides an essential reference point and research agenda for scholars and researchers of global economics and labour policy, highlighting crucial gaps in the field that are in need of further study. Its practical, empirical insights will also benefit practitioners and policy-makers working in human rights and labour advocacy, as well as trade specialists and political and economic commentators.Trade Review‘In this well-structured Handbook, Elliott has masterfully pulled together case studies and interdisciplinary reflections on globalisation and labour issues from the perspectives of business, economics, labour relations, international law, political science and sociology. The resulting volume provides a better understanding of the functioning of global value chains and the roles of public and private actors. Calling for more empirical work, the book points to the policy changes needed to arrive at improved working conditions worldwide.’ -- Anne Trebilcock, Georg-August University, Germany, and former ILO Legal Adviser‘This Handbook on Globalisation and Labour Standards is novel, engaging and manages to offer a coherent approach to a controversial topic, while also presenting diverse perspectives. It begins by identifying contemporary challenges to international labour standards in the context of globalisation, and then proceeds to analyse public, private and multi-stakeholder initiatives designed to address these. In this way, the editor, Kimberly Ann Elliott, has collated an exciting array of essays. The contributions come from leading experts, with each chapter offering original observations on a key issue. In short, this Handbook provides an invaluable resource for policy-making, teaching and further research in a field of study which is of ever-increasing importance.’ -- Tonia Novitz, University of Bristol, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Handbook on globalisation and labour: introduction and overview 1 Kimberly Ann Elliott PART I INTERNATIONAL LABOUR STANDARDS UNDER GLOBALISATION 2 Globalization and freedom of association and collective bargaining rights 13 David Kucera and Dora Sari 3 Globalization and the persistence of forced labor and child labor 36 Eric V. Edmonds 4 Work, gender and discrimination in global production 65 Stephanie Barrientos 5 Protecting the vulnerable: migration, work and human rights due diligence 85 Janelle M. Diller 6 Workers’ rights and human rights: toward a new fundamental principle? 108 Zahra Yusifli and Colin Fenwick 7 Human resource management and abuse in global supply chains 127 Laura Babbitt, Drusilla Brown, Ana Antolin and Elyse Voegeli 8 Prospects for labor-related upgrading in global supply chains 143 Layna Mosley PART II PUBLIC APPROACHES TO PROTECTING LABOUR STANDARDS UNDER GLOBALISATION 9 Sovereignty and the ILO 167 Steve Charnovitz 10 The 1998 ILO Declaration: responding to globalization and impacting corporate labor behavior 184 Janice R. Bellace 11 The strategy and politics of linking trade and labor standards: an overview of issues and approaches 204 Sandra Polaski 12 Evidence on the impact of labor provisions in preferential trade agreements 227 Damian Raess 13 Labor standards in EU and US preferential trade agreements: mainstreaming the trade–labor linkage 244 Evgeny Postnikov 14 Developing country responses to demands for improved labor standards: case studies from the garment and textiles industry in Asia 257 Sanchita Banerjee Saxena 15 NAFTA’s lessons on labor standards and trade agreements 273 Lance Compa 16 Protecting the rights of migrant workers through trade mechanisms: lessons from NAFTA 296 Kimberly A. Nolan García 17 Enforcement of labor standards in trade agreements: the case of Guatemala 313 Tequila J. Brooks 18 Hard and soft law approaches to protecting worker rights 325 Kimberly Ann Elliott PART III PRIVATE AND MULTI-STAKEHOLDER APPROACHES 19 OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises 339 Kenneth A. Reinert, Oda T. Reinert and Gelaye Debebe 20 Pioneering a new approach to improving working conditions in developing countries: Better Factories Cambodia 358 Raymond Robertson 21 Sewing in the sand: how trade preferences created, and labor abuses nearly killed, the Jordanian garment industry 381 Kevin Kolben 22 Corporate social responsibility: codes, compliance and ESG ratings 399 Tim Bartley 23 The Bangladesh accord and alliance: addressing building safety through global supply chain co-governance 414 Mark Anner and Jennifer Bair 24 Can blockchain solve the puzzle of labour standards implementation in international trade? 430 Sangeeta Khorana and Hanna C. Norberg Index

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Book SynopsisThe main original aim of the European Union was to promote convergence towards higher economic growth and social standards. However, EU countries have sometimes experienced different trajectories, due in part to their different starting points and the fact that their convergence on particular socio-economic indicators has varied. At the same time, little evidence has so far been presented on cross-country convergence within the EU. This book aims to answer a number of important questions. To what extent have European countries converged or diverged with EU-wide economic and social indicators over the past 20 years? What have been the drivers of convergence? Why do some countries lag behind, while others experience continuous upward convergence? Why are these trajectories not always linear? Particular attention is paid to the role of institutions, actors and industrial relations - focusing on the resources and strategies of governments, employers and trade unions - in nudging EU countries onto an upward convergence path.This book provides a unique analysis of socio-economic indicators to identify convergence trends in the EU. It defines a number of clusters that help to gauge the strengths and weaknesses of national socio-economic models and the European Social Model. Cross-country case studies help to identify the possible impact of global movements (migration, foreign investment) and policies (social protection, social dialogue, employment) on cross-country convergence. This book offers a timely assessment of convergence within the EU, identifying its drivers in the world of work and in institutions and industrial relations. It presents examples of where institutions and industrial relations can change convergence outcomes and proposes a range of useful policy options. Scholars and researchers will find it an invaluable reference for studies of European affairs and social policies.Contributors include: D. Anxo, B. Bembic, G. Bosch, V. Ciampa, P. Courtioux, C. Erhel, K. Espenberg, A. Figueiredo, P. González, D. Grimshaw, I. Marx, J. Masso, I. Mierina, R. Muñoz de Bustillo Llorente, P.J. O'Connell, W. Salverda, A. Simonazzi, V. Soloviov, D. Vaughan-Whitehead, R. Vazquez-Alvarez, L. VillamainaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Convergence in the EU: What role for industrial relations? Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead and Rosalia Vazquez-Alvarez 2. Social convergence of the Baltic states within the enlarged EU: Is limited social dialogue an impediment? Jaan Masso, Vladyslav Soloviov, Kerly Espenberg and Inta Mierina 3. Belgium: Is strong social concertation a driver of upward social convergence? Ive Marx 4. Is France converging or not?: The role of industrial relations Pierre Courtioux and Christine Erhel 5. Does the German social model support the convergence of living conditions in the EU? Gerhard Bosch 6. Ireland after the Great Recession: Convergence or divergence? Philip J. O’Connell 7. Italy: How could industrial relations help a return to economic and social convergence? Annamaria Simonazzi, Valerio Ciampa and Luca Villamaina Case Study – Italy and Slovenia: Two paths to labour market flexibility and social dialogue Branko Bembič and Annamaria Simonazzi 8. The Netherlands: From convergence to divergence in Europe? Social dialogue and industrial relations in the face of household labour supply Wiemer Salverda 9. Social convergence, development failures and industrial relations: The case of Portugal Pilar González and António Figueiredo 10. Slovenia: Social dialogue and social convergence between coordinated and dependent capitalism Branko Bembič 11. Economic and social convergence in Spain: The elusive goal of catching up with the EU Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo 12. Convergence towards better working and living conditions: The crucial role of industrial relations in Sweden Dominique Anxo 13. The United Kingdom’s record on economic and social convergence with Europe: A pre-Brexit appraisal Damian Grimshaw Index

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Book SynopsisThis book unites recent findings from quantitative and qualitative research from across Africa to illuminate how young men and women engage with the rural economy and imagine their futures, and how development policies and interventions can find traction with these realities. Through framing, overview and evidence-based chapters, this book provides a critical perspective on current discourse, research and development interventions around youth and rural development. Chapters are organized around commonly-made foundational claims: that large numbers of young people are leaving rural areas, have no interest in agriculture, cannot access land, can be the engine of rural transformation, are stuck in permanent waithood, and that the rural economy can provide a wealth of opportunity. This book: Engages with and challenges current research, policy and development debates. Considers social difference as a way of examining the category of youth. Is written by authors from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, providing varied perspectives. This book draws from existing literature and new analysis of several multi-country and multi-disciplinary studies, focusing on gender and other aspects of social difference. It is suitable for researchers, policy makers and advocates, as well as postgraduate students in international development and agricultural economics.Table of Contents1: African youth and the rural economy: points of departure 2: Empirical windows on African rural youth 3: Are Africa’s rural youth abandoning agriculture? 4: Young people and land 5: Mobility and the rural landscape of opportunity 6: Are young people transforming the rural economy? 7: The social landscape of education and work in rural sub-Saharan Africa 8: Are rural young people stuck in waithood? 9: Young people’s imagined futures 10: Young people and the rural economy: synthesis and implications

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Book SynopsisThis Research Collection surveys the main contribution to labor supply decisions within the family. It covers both theory, from the initial ‘unitary’ model that postulates that the family behaves as a single decision maker, to modern “collective” approaches that concentrates on differences in preferences and power relationships and empirical applications. Including an original Introduction by the Editors, a special emphasis is placed on dynamic approaches, in particular issues related to intra-household commitment, and on policy implications.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction Pierre-André Chiappori and Costas Meghir x PART I STATIC MODELS OF HOUSEHOLD LABOR SUPPLY A Unitary Models 1. Gary S. Becker (1965), ‘A Theory of the Allocation of Time’, Economic Journal, 75 (299), September, 493–517 2 2. Reuben Gronau (1973), ‘The Intrafamily Allocation of Time: The Value of the Housewives’ Time’, American Economic Review, 63 (4), September, 634–51 27 3. Orley Ashenfelter and James Heckman (1974), ‘The Estimation of Income and Substitution Effects in a Model of Family Labor Supply’, Econometrica, 42 (1), January, 73–85 45 4. Jerry Hausman and Paul Ruud (1984), ‘Family Labor Supply with Taxes’, American Economic Review, 74 (2), May, 242–8 58 B Collective Models: Theory 5. Pierre-André Chiappori (1988), ‘Rational Household Labor Supply’, Econometrica, 56 (1), January, 63–90 66 6. Patricia F. Apps and Ray Rees (1988), ‘Taxation and the Household’, Journal of Public Economics, 35 (3), April, 355–69 94 7. Pierre-André Chiappori (1992), ‘Collective Labor Supply and Welfare’, Journal of Political Economy, 100 (3), June, 437–67 109 8. Richard Blundell, Pierre-André Chiappori and Costas Meghir (2005), ‘Collective Labor Supply with Children’, Journal of Political Economy, 113 (6), December, 1277–306 140 C Collective Models: Empirical Applications 9. Pierre-André Chiappori, Bernard Fortin and Guy Lacroix (2002), ‘Marriage Market, Divorce Legislation, and Household Labor Supply’, Journal of Political Economy, 110 (1), February, 37–72 171 10. Richard Blundell, Pierre-André Chiappori, Thierry Magnac and Costas Meghir (2007), ‘Collective Labour Supply: Heterogeneity and Non-Participation’, Review of Economic Studies, 74 (2), April, 417–45 207 11. Laurens Cherchye, Bram De Rock and Frederic Vermeulen (2012), ‘Married with Children: A Collective Labor Supply Model with Detailed Time Use and Intrahousehold Expenditure Information’, American Economic Review , 102 (7), December, 3377–405 236 12. Jeremy Lise and Shannon Seitz (2011), ‘Consumption Inequality and Intra-Household Allocations’, Review of Economic Studies , 78 (1), January, 328–55 265 D Non-Cooperative Models 13. Kai A. Konrad and Kjell Erik Lommerud (1995), ‘Family Policy with Non-Cooperative Families’, Scandinavian Journal of Economics , 97 (4), December, 581–601 294 14. Kaushik Basu (2006), ‘Gender and Say: A Model of Household Behaviour with Endogenously Determined Balance of Power’, Economic Journal , 116 (511), April, 558–80 315 PART II EXTENSIONS: DYNAMICS, UNCERTAINTY, WELFARE A Dynamics and Uncertainty in a Unitary Framework 15. James J. Heckman and Thomas E. Macurdy (1980), ‘A Life Cycle Model of Female Labour Supply’, Review of Economic Studies , 47 (1), January, 47–74 339 16. Joseph G. Altonji (1986), ‘Intertemporal Substitution in Labor Supply: Evidence from Micro Data’, Journal of Political Economy , 94 (3), June, S176–215 367 17. Richard Blundell and Ian Walker (1986), ‘A Life-Cycle Consistent Empirical Model of Family Labour Supply Using Cross-Section Data’, Review of Economic Studies , 53 (4), 539–58 407 18. Richard Blundell, Alan Duncan and Costas Meghir (1998), ‘Estimating Labor Supply Responses Using Tax Reforms’, Econometrica , 66 (4), July, 827–61 427 B Dynamics and Uncertainty in a Collective Framework 19. Maurizio Mazzocco (2007), ‘Household Inter Temporal Behaviour: A Collective Characterization and a Test of Commitment’, Review of Economic Studies , 74 (3), July, 857–95 463 20. Alessandra Voena (2015), ‘Yours, Mine, and Ours: Do Divorce Laws Affect the Intertemporal Behavior of Married Couples?’, American Economic Review , 105 (8), August, 2295–332 502 21. Marion Goussé, Nicolas Jacquemet and Jean-Marc Robin (2017), ‘Marriage, Labor Supply, and Home Production’, Econometrica , 85 (6), November, 1873–919 540 22. Pierre-André Chiappori, Monica Costa Dias and Costas Meghir (2018), ‘The Marriage Market, Labor Supply, and Education Choice’, Journal of Political Economy , 126 (S1), October, S26–72 587 C The Impact of Welfare Programs 23. James J. Heckman (1974), ‘Effects of Child-Care Programs on Women’s Work Effort’, Journal of Political Economy , 82 (2) (Part 2), March–April, S136–63 635 24. Hilary Williamson Hoynes (1996), ‘Welfare Transfers in Two-Parent Families: Labor Supply and Welfare Participation Under AFDC-UP’, Econometrica , 64 (2), March, 295–332 663 25. Michael Keane and Robert Moffitt (1998), ‘A Structural Model of Multiple Welfare Program Participation and Labor Supply’, International Economic Review , 39 (3), August, 553–89 701 26. Michal Myck, Olivier Bargain, Miriam Beblo, Denis Beninger, Richard Blundell, Raquel Carrasco, Maria-Concetta Chiuri, François Laisney, Valérie Lechene, Ernesto Longobardi, Nicolas Moreau, Javier Ruiz-Castillo and Frederic Vermeulen (2006), ‘The Working Families’ Tax Credit and Some European Tax Reforms in a Collective Setting’, Review of Economics of the Household , 4 (2), June, 129–58 738 27. Daniela Del Boca, Christopher Flinn and Matthew Wiswall (2014), ‘Household Choices and Child Development’, Review of Economic Studies , 81 (1), January,137–85 768 28. Richard Blundell, Monica Costa Dias, Costas Meghir and Jonathan Shaw (2016), ‘Female Labor Supply, Human Capital, and Welfare Reform’, Econometrica , 84 (5), September, 1705–53 817

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Book SynopsisNew information and communications technologies have revolutionized daily life and work in the 21st century. This insightful book demonstrates how telework has evolved in the last four decades, as technological developments have improved our capacity to work remotely. Based on a new conceptual framework, this book explores the global variations in telework, examining the effects on working conditions and individual and organizational performance. Breaking the traditional intellectual conception that telework is performed only in the home, this book surveys the full breadth of working environments, as technology allows employees increased working mobility. Contributors expose a profound ambiguity surrounding the effects of 21st-century telework, revealing that its advantages and disadvantages may simply be two sides of the same coin. This timely book is crucial reading for researchers of labour and employment interested in the evolution of contemporary telework and the influence of modern technologies in the workplace. Policy-makers will also benefit from this book's concrete policy recommendations to improve the practice of telework. Contributors include: S. Boiarov, P. D'Cruz, A. Dal Colletto, L. Gschwind, T. Harnish, K. Lister, A. Mello, J.C. Messenger, E. Noronha, A. Sato, O. VargasTrade Review'This volume explores the development, forms, and effects of telework in countries from different regions around the world, including Argentina, Brazil, ten Member States of the European Union (EU), India, Japan, and the United States. A must read for everyone who wants to understand the different ''generations'' of telework and its impact on working life, health and safety and productivity.' --Gerhard Bosch, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany'A valuable, long-term and comparative perspective on the continuously developing interface between work and the gradual advance in telecommunications technology that facilitates it to be done anytime, anywhere - in-home, off-site or around the globe. This carefully curated compilation will be useful to researchers, policy-makers, organizations, and anyone trying to keep up the pace of their own knowledge of the various effects of this transformation on well-being and organizations - good, evil or a bit of both - for workers, employers and countries.' --Lonnie Golden, Pennsylvania State University, Abington, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Telework in the 21st century – an evolutionary perspective 1 Jon C. Messenger PART I ADVANCED ECONOMIES 1. Telework and its effects in Europe 36 Lutz Gschwind and Oscar Vargas 2. Telework and its effects in Japan 76 Akio Sato 3. Telework and its effects in the United States 128 Kate Lister and Tom Harnish PART II EMERGING ECONOMIES 4. Telework and its effects in Argentina 172 Sonia Boiarov 5. Telework and its effects in Brazil 211 Alvaro Mello and Armando Dal Colletto 6. Organization advantage: Experience of telework in India 255 Ernesto Noronha and Premilla D’Cruz 7. Conclusions and recommendations for policy and practice 286 Jon C. Messenger Index 317

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Book SynopsisPositioning industrial relations in a discussion that is sensitive to broader political, historical, and ideological tensions, this insightful book offers reflections on the politics of de-regulation that have developed in southern European work and employment relations over the past 20 years.Interwoven with case studies from Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain, the book reviews critical debates and issues related to de-regulation in employment relations and neoliberalism in southern Europe. Taking stock of major changes and crises affecting these national contexts over time, from austerity politics to the COVID-19 pandemic, chapters investigate how new voices, actors, and social movements are beginning to emerge and engage with the politics of work. The book ultimately posits that debates on production and work need to pay closer attention to changes in patterns of consumption and the changing nature of worker voice, and highlights how these changes are being used to undermine collective and social rights.Surveying political shifts in collective worker voice and representation over time, the book will benefit students and scholars of industrial relations, labour studies, the sociology of work, and employment politics. Its evaluation of the impact of de-regulation strategies imposed across southern Europe will prove invaluable to practitioners and policymakers involved in public employment and industrial relations.Trade Review‘This is an important and timely book. The immediate effects of the 2008 financial crisis on the economies of Southern Europe are well documented, but the longer term consequences on industrial relations are less well understood. This edited collection presents a wide ranging exploration of the effects of crisis on employment emphasising in particular changes to the collective regulation of work. An important overview of the complex and changing dynamics of these key economies.’ -- Melanie Simms, University of Glasgow, UK‘This book’s contribution to the labor literature on Southern Europe is theoretically rich and timely. The authors provide a valuable update, covering the years after the financial crisis, and they correct some oversimplified narratives stressing austerity and de-regulation. They demonstrate continued liberalization in employment relations, but also renewed state intervention and mobilization of radical trade unionists, especially in the so-called gig economy.’ -- Ian Greer, Cornell University, US‘This book is so much more than an outstanding analysis of the impact of neoliberal policies of de-regulation and marketization in Southern European countries; it is also an excellent invitation to think outside the box by reframing our understanding of change in industrial relations and political economy.’ -- Torsten Müller, European Trade Union Institute, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Preface viii 1 Introduction: politics, regulation and work under the long shadow of neoliberalism in Southern Europe 1 Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez and Miguel Martínez Lucio 2 The obsession with deregulation, austerity and technological change: the political dimensions of regulatory change and their outcomes in Spain 32 Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez, Rafael Ibáñez Rojo and Miguel Martínez Lucio 3 Austerity, work and politics: assessing deregulation and political change in Portuguese industrial relations 51 Miguel Martínez Lucio 4 Regulation and representation in Italian industrial relations: between continuities and contradictions 73 Sabrina Colombo and Stefania Marino 5 Crisis, deregulation and the rise of the gig economy: Greek industrial relations and social partnership under stress? 93 Maria Mexi and Chara Kokkinou 6 The political uncoupling of industrial relations and labour market change in Southern Europe 113 Martí López-Andreu 7 New practices in industrial relations: radical unionism in the European periphery 137 Jon Las Heras and Beltrán Roca 8 The emergent challenges of contemporary capitalist models and practices: the dynamics of the platform and gig economy and its social consequences for industrial relations in Southern Europe 163 Luis Enrique Alonso and Carlos J. Fernández Rodríguez Index

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Book SynopsisThis book revolves around the idea that capitalism is not a democratic system and that a system of producer cooperatives, or democratically managed enterprises, gives rise to a new mode of production which is authentically socialist in essence and fully consistent with the ultimate rationale underlying Marx's theoretical approach. The author argues that the cooperative firm system outlined in this book offers a rich array of non-economic benefits that justify its classification as a 'genuinely socialist' entity, with real potential for achieving true economic democracy. This book will be required reading for all economists who are not content with the current capitalist economic system, and yet will still provide intriguing and thought-provoking insights for those who are.Trade Review'Bruno Jossa has long been a leading international scholar of worker self-management, socialism and Marxism. This, his most recent book, argues convincingly that, with a global crisis of capitalism looming, it is no longer admissible to contend that there is no alternative. A democratic alternative is within reach. Well worth a careful read.' --David Schweickart, Loyola University Chicago, US'The book by Bruno Jossa, a leading researcher and scholar in the field of the economics of the cooperative enterprise, is an intellectually provocative contribution to the expansion of the economics of cooperation. The central thesis defended is that the capitalist firm is not the only type of enterprise that is compatible with the efficient working of a modern market economy. Jossa's account is at once timely, novel and stimulating. A captivating read.' --Stefano Zamagni, University of Bologna and SAIS Europe, Italy'In this new book, Bruno Jossa reconstructs the theory of labour management and producer cooperatives, centring it around the evolution of Marxian and Marxist thought and giving the gist of revolutionary and reformist thought in the 20th Century, down to the contemporary theory of producer cooperatives, social movements in the 1960s and 70s, and the role of unions. A much-needed contribution to reinventing market-driven liberal socialism.' --Ermanno Tortia, University of Trento, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: The Cooperative Firm As An Alternative To The Capital-Owned Business Enterprise 1. Democratic Firms And Socialism 2. An Up-To-Date Model Of Marxism: A Socialist System Without Any Communist Colouring 3. The Revolutionary Impetus Of Marxism Versus Liberalism 4. Do Trade Unions Champion Worker Interests? 5. In What Direction Goes History? 6. The Evolution Of Socialism: From Utopia To Scientific Producer of Cooperative Economics References Index

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Book SynopsisAs our digital economy continues to expand, gig work becomes increasingly significant. This incisive book investigates the ways in which social dialogue can reinforce decent working practices and create inclusive workplaces in the growing gig economy, putting forward a framework for structured dialogue and collective bargaining among social partners, platforms, and workers.Centred on four major case studies – Germany, Greece, Switzerland, and the UK – the book analyses the key challenges that characterise the varied European landscape of gig economies and workforces. With a particular focus on the hospitality, driving, and food delivery sectors, chapters explore the intersection of social partners’ responses and gig workers’ capacity to organise and build collective voice. Examining the complicated and overlapping linkages between workers’ rights, social protection, social dialogue, and decent work, the book aims to expose, and ultimately put an end to, precariousness and exploitation in the context of gig labour.Integrating critical theoretical perspectives and methodologies with context-sensitive evidence, this book will be an essential resource for students and scholars of sociology, social policy, labour policy, employment relations, and human resource management. Its examination of timely questions of collective action and social dialogue in the gig economy will also appeal to activists, journalists, social partners, and policymakers.Trade Review‘This is an excellent collection of research on the gig economy, providing much-needed comparative analysis that is too often missing from the literature. Throughout the collection, there are chapters that will appeal to students, academics, and practitioners who are interested in understanding the gig economy today.’ -- Jamie Woodcock, The Open University, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 1 Jean-Michel Bonvin, Nicola Cianferoni and Maria Mexi 2. The gig economy and social partnership in Germany: towards a German Model 4.0? 18 Johannes Kiess 3. Social partnership and the rise of the gig economy in Greece: continuity or discontinuity? 42 Maria Mexi 4. Regulating the gig economy: promises and limits of social dialogue in Switzerland 67 Jean-Michel Bonvin, Nicola Cianferoni and Luca Perrig 5. Weakening worker protections? Uncovering the gig economy and the future of work in the UK 90 Tom Montgomery and Simone Baglioni 6. Regulating digital crowdwork and the need for global responses 117 Maria Mexi and Konstantinos Papadakis 7. Conclusion: The rise and growth of the gig economy. Challenges and opportunities for social dialogue and decent work 144 Jean-Michel Bonvin, Nicola Cianferoni and Maria Mexi Index 159

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive overview of central concepts in labour studies, and how they can be used to analyse labour markets. Examining regional and sectoral labour markets alongside the internal labour markets of firms, it clearly lays out the current state of social scientific knowledge on labour.Combining theoretical and empirical insights, leading scholars map the latest developments in labour economics, focusing on micro-level data and applied studies. Entries explore the definition, background, and history of key concepts in labour studies, including regional and sectoral labour markets, labour policy, different forms of labour, labour market discrimination, and the decisions facing firms concerning labour. Highlighting the most important aspects of the topics covered, this Encyclopedia gives expert insight into the steadily growing research and public policy debate on labour issues. The Encyclopedia of Labour Studies will be an invaluable resource for academics and students of labour economics and policy, employment relations, social policy, business, and management. It will also be a useful guide for policy practitioners seeking to deepen their understanding of how labour markets function. Key Features: 58 extensive entries Accessible explanations of key social scientific terms Provides clear thematic grouping of entries using Journal of Economic Literature classification codes Trade Review‘This Encyclopedia will be very useful for all those who want to understand the key issues, findings, and gaps in virtually all major topics in labour economics and related areas. Each one of its nearly 60 entries, all written by international experts in the subjects, provide succinct and focused presentations and thus very useful stepping stones into a particular theme in labour studies.’ -- Pedro Martins, Nova School of Business and Economics, Portugal‘This Encyclopedia presents a broad selection of what labor studies has to offer, combining basic theory, empirical evidence, and policy implications of more than 50 topics. Entries are presented in an accessible manner, making this suitable for ambitious students and others who want to catch up on topics in the field.’ -- Maria Stanfors, Lund University, Sweden'This brand new Encyclopedia edited by Tor Eriksson offers tremendous insights into labor economics, as well as essential issues of employment relations and human resource management.’ -- Christian Grund, RWTH Aachen University, Germany‘This book includes a set of thorough surveys by leading researchers in each field. The reader can catch up to the frontier of the topic in the quickest way possible. As a researcher studying the labor market of Japan, I found the chapter on this issue particularly useful.’ -- Daiji Kawaguchi, University of Tokyo, JapanTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Elgar Encyclopedia of Labour Studies x Tor Eriksson 1 Active Labour Market Policies 1 Anders Forslund 2 African Labor Markets 5 Niels-Hugo Blunch 3 Agricultural Labor Markets 9 Diane Charlton 4 Apprenticeships 14 Uschi Backes-Gellner and Patrick Lehnert 5 Beveridge Curve, Matching Functions 19 Juuso Vanhala 6 Dynamic Employment Adjustment of Firms 24 Gerard A. Pfann 7 Early Retirement 27 René Böheim 8 Employee ownership 30 Takao Kato 9 Employer and employee learning 35 Jaime Ortega 10 Employer Search 38 Jan C. van Ours 11 Employment Protection Legislation Impacts 42 Paulino Maria Freitas Teixeira 12 Executive Compensation 46 Martin J. Conyon 13 Firms and Wages 52 István Boza 14 Footballers’ Labour Market 57 Robert Simmons 15 Global Value Chains and Employment Relations 61 Sarosh C. Kuruvilla 16 HRM Practices and Productivity 66 Kathryn L. Shaw 17 Intergenerational Income Mobility 71 Jo Blanden 18 International Migration 75 Mariola Pytlikova and Davit Adunts 19 Japanese Labor Market 81 Ryo Kambayashi 20 Job Design 84 Michael J. Gibbs 21 Job Insecurity 89 Francis Green 22 Job Satisfaction 93 John S. Heywood 23 Jobs, Tasks, Authority 97 Alexandra Spitz-Oener 24 Labor Income Share 101 Saumik Paul 25 Labour Market Discrimination: Ethnicity and Race 104 Mats Hammarstedt and Ali Ahmed 26 Labour Market Discrimination: Gender 107 Dominique Meurs 27 Labor Market Discrimination: Method and Measurement 111 Ali Ahmed and Mats Hammarstedt 28 Labor Market Discrimination: Sexual Orientation 115 Nick Drydakis 29 Labour Market Integration of Immigrants 120 Pieter Bevelander 30 Labour Supply and Taxes 123 Monica Costa Dias 31 Monopsonistic Labour Markets 129 Boris Hirsch and Elke J. Jahn 32 Non-Financial Motivation in the Workplace 133 Gary Charness, Michael Cooper and J. Lucas Reddinger 33 Non-Wage Labour Costs 140 Robert A. Hart 34 Occupational Licensing 144 Morris Kleiner 35 Outsourcing, Consequences for Employees 148 Holger Görg 36 Payroll Taxes: Incidence and Employment Effects 153 Roope Uusitalo 37 Performance Evaluations 157 Anders Frederiksen 38 Performance Feedback: Cognitive and Motivational Effects 160 Marie Claire Villeval 39 Performance Pay: Consequences on Workers’ Health 164 Ioannis Theodissou 40 Performance Related Pay and Performance 171 Tor Eriksson 41 Promotion Tournaments 176 Michael Bognanno 42 Public Sector Labor Markets 180 Claudio Lucifora 43 Recruitment: Internal or External? 185 Jed DeVaro 44 Regional Labour Markets 189 Uwe Blien 45 Returns to Education 194 Franz Buscha and Matthew Dickson 46 Shadow Economy Labour Markets 199 Dominik H. Enste 47 Skill-Biased Technological Change 203 Pekka Ilmakunnas 48 Skills acquisition: workplace learning and workers’ productivity 206 Andries de Grip 49 Strikes and Conflict Mediation 210 John Kennan 50 Team Productivity 213 Hideo Owan 51 Temporary Jobs 218 Lia Pacelli 52 Unemployment: Duration, Incidence 222 Tor Eriksson 53 Unpaid Work 226 Leslie S. Stratton 54 Wage Bargaining Institutions 231 Erling Barth 55 Worker Representation 235 Alex Bryson and John Forth 56 Working Hours 240 Peter Dolton 57 Workplace Sickness Absence 245 Wolter Hassink 58 Works Councils 249 Uwe Jirjahn Index 255

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Book SynopsisThis timely book evaluates international human capital policies, offering a comparative perspective on global efforts to generate new ideas and novel ways of thinking about human capital. Examining educational reforms, quality of education and links between education and socio-economic environments, chapters contrast Western experiences and perspectives with those of industrializing economies in Asia, focusing particularly on Korea and the USA.Contributors analyse trends in Korean education, including state, charter and private education, higher education and student loans and debt, and provide policy prescriptions for the improvement of higher education financing in the USA. Offering theoretical insights into the relationship between socio-economic and educational benefits for children and young people, and human capital formation, further chapters consider recent empirical evidence on disadvantaged people in the USA, before broadening the scope of analysis to consider the effects of human capital on industrial structure and productivity among OECD countries.Providing a unique and incisive understanding of human capital formation in the context of education, this book lays out guidance to scholars and researchers of human capital, particularly those concentrating on policies in Korea and the USA. It will also be useful to policymakers involved in economic and education policy.Trade Review‘In this edited volume, leading scholars in Korea and the United States provide a rich resource for the application of human capital theory and policy in both developed and developing countries. The Korean experience featured in this book will benefit experts, policymakers, and eventually, the next generation around the world.’ -- - Jin-Yeong Kim, Konkuk University, Korea‘Education drives economic growth and social and economic mobility. This excellent volume collects original, insightful essays from leading American and Korean policy economists, focusing on education and its contributions to wellbeing. It offers many insights drawn from careful analyses of the Korean experience augmented with evidence from the U.S. and OECD.’ -- - John Karl Scholz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Jeong Pyo Choi ix 1 Introduction to Human Capital Policy 1 David Neumark, Yong-seong Kim and Sang-Hyop Lee PART I EDUCATION REFORM ISSUES 2 Intergenerational mobility and the role of education in Korea 12 Hisam Kim PART II ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION 3 Restructuring universities in Korea 55 Jaehoon Kim 4 An economist’s perspective on student loans in the United States 84 Susan M. Dynarski 5 Korea’s college loan program 103 Sungmin Han PART III HUMAN CAPITAL INPUTS AND OUTCOMES 6 Parental information and human capital formation 122 Flávio Cunha 7 US charter schools as a test of the theory of school choice 141 Julian R. Betts 8 Does private school make a difference? Evidence from autonomous private high school policy in Korea 164 Yoonsoo Park PART IV HUMAN CAPITAL AND THE LABOR MARKET 9 Building labor market skills among disadvantaged US workers: four-year college degrees and alternatives 193 Harry J. Holzer 10 Effects of human capital on technology intensity in the OECD manufacturing sector 211 WooRam Park 11 Intragenerational income mobility in Korea since 2000 233 Yong-seong Kim Index 255

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Book SynopsisThis incisive Handbook offers a timely and critical analysis of the gendered nature of public sector employment. Bringing together key theoretical, conceptual, and empirical research from around the world, Hazel Conley and Paula Koskinen Sandberg examine the ways in which female public sector workers experience intersectional discrimination in the workplace. Covering key sites of employment for women across the globe, the Handbook considers a comprehensive range of gendered public sector occupations. Chapters investigate how women's employment in public services is influenced by complex political and economic tensions, exploring core issues such as the relationship between gender, ethnicity, occupational segregation and work-life balance, flexible working, and workplace bullying; gendered pay and pension inequality; the sources of feminist activism in public sector employment; and the impact of the pandemic on feminised public sector occupations. Ultimately, the Handbook highlights that while change is possible, it will require a radical rethinking of how public services are valued and funded in society. Providing cutting-edge analysis and empirical data on gender and public sector employment, this Handbook will be an essential resource for academics and researchers interested in the role of the State as Employer. Its thought-provoking yet accessible insights into gendered employment will further benefit students of social policy, gender politics, employment relations, and the sociology of work.Trade Review‘Conley and Sandberg have brought together an impressive group of authors to uncover the reality of work in the public sector from multiple national contexts. This international collection provides insight into the dominant driving forces shaping public sector employment and the differential impact on a diversity of workers in different national settings.’ -- Geraldine Healy, Queen Mary University of London, UK‘This Handbook speaks to some of the most pressing issues impacting the pursuit of gender equity in public service. The authors provide compelling contributions that illustrate the enduring undervaluation and underutilization of women’s talents. The qualitative and quantitative analyses offer snapshots of persistent gender inequity from around the globe. Together, they present a powerful call for change.’ -- Heather Getha-Taylor, University of Kansas, US‘While advancements have been made, more work needs to be done to fully include women in governance. This Handbook brings together an impressive roster of international and interdisciplinary scholars to examine gender in public sector employment, including continuing issues and new challenges for our changing world. This is an amazing, up-to-date resource for scholars of gender and public administration.’ -- Jessica Sowa, University of Delaware, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Gender and Public Sector Employment 1 Hazel Conley and Paula Koskinen Sandberg PART I GENDER AND THE NEO-LIBERAL STATE AS EMPLOYER 2 The state as employer (and regulator) of care services in Germany 10 Karin Gottschall and Ruth Abramowski 3 Real utopias at work. Conflicts and dreams among nurses in the public sector 22 Paula Mulinari and Rebecca Selberg 4 Tensions between welfare services and competitiveness: public sector wages in competitive corporatism and the social democratic gender regime 36 Miikaeli Kylä-Laaso 5 The role of the state in promoting gender equality in public transport employment: evidence from the Global South 50 Tessa Wright 6 Gender, class and the meritocratic ideal. The case of the life sciences in Italian academia 64 Camilla Gaiaschi 7 Gendered employment in public universities: the influence of neo-liberal reforms and union policies in the case of Iceland 78 fiorger›ur Einarsdóttir and Finnborg S. Steinflórsdóttir PART II GENDER AND WORKING CONDITIONS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 8 Overcoming ‘administrative man’? Redoing gender in Australian public services 94 Sue Williamson and Linda Colley 9 Empowering or depleting women’s work? Public sector reform and small-scale entrepreneurship in Swedish eldercare 108 Helene Brodin and Elin Peterson 10 The dynamics influencing women to become teachers in the public sector of Pakistan 122 Mahwish Khan 11 Lean management and hybrid masculinization – a case study from the Finnish healthcare 136 Timo Aho and Laura Mankki 12 Gender differences among city managers in the United States 150 Beth M. Rauhaus, Kathryn E. Webb Farley and Robert D. Eskridge 13 The brass cliff? Women police chiefs and police reform 163 Cara E. Rabe-Hemp, Amie M. Schuck and John C. Navarro PART III WOMEN’S PAY, REWARD AND PENSIONS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 14 Evidencing women’s progress in Aotearoa New Zealand’s public service 176 Jane Parker, Noelle Donnelly, Janet Sayers, Amanda Young-Hauser, Patricia Loga, Selu Paea and Shirley Barnett 15 The devil is in the detail: how neoliberal design limited the successful impact of pay equity policy in New Zealand 193 Katherine Ravenswood 16 Regulating women’s pay in Finland and the UK – the role of the public sector 205 Hazel Conley and Paula Koskinen Sandberg 17 Limits of accountability: gender pay audits in Swedish municipalities 219 Minna Salminen-Karlsson and Anna Fogelberg Eriksson 18 Examining gender-based inequalities in US public sector administrative positions over time 234 Valerie H Hunt, Larra Rucker, Melissa A Taylor and Brinck Kerr PART IV WOMEN’S REPRESENTATION AND VOICE IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR 19 Trade union campaigns for early childcare and school secretarial work in Ireland 250 Pauline Cullen 20 Representation and voice in two feminised health professions 264 Cécile Guillaume and Gill Kirton 21 Rethinking exit and voice in the crisis of care – collective repertoires among welfare workers in Sweden 278 Anna Ryan Bengtsson 22 The state monetary deficit is carried on women’s backs barriers to union action in the neo-liberalised employment of teachers and social workers in Israel 292 Orly Benjamin PART V GENDER, PANDEMIC AND PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT 23 An exploration into Black and Asian healthcare workers in the United Kingdom’s National Health Service being disproportionally affected by Covid-19 307 Beverley Brathwaite 24 Underfunding of nursing education and the precarious employment conditions of nurses: an exploration of contributing factors, COVID-19 pandemic implications, and structural solutions 320 Virginia Gunn, Michael Villeneuve, Patricia O’Campo and Carles Muntaner 25 Examining the experiences of Canadian women police during Covid-19: a liminal space for cultural change 335 Debra Langan, Carrie Sanders and Danielle Thompson 26 Public institutions and home-based teleworking in times of pandemic: a case study at the University of Valencia 348 Isabel Pla-Julián Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative book provides the first in-depth analysis of participatory income and its potential role in countering endemic poverty and unemployment in high-income countries. Heikki Hiilamo reviews the concept of basic income and specific basic income experiments before presenting participatory income as a viable alternative in the fight against poverty.Highly topical, chapters explore pressing issues such as the effects of automation on the future of work and the links between social protection and eco-social transition. Putting forward the argument that any reform of social assistance should continue to enforce reciprocity with reduced means-testing, Hiilamo explores the practical advantages of the participation income model in reducing poverty and developing an eco-social welfare model.Tackling one of the most heated current debates in social policy, this book will be a key resource for scholars and students in this field, particularly those with a focus on welfare and labour economics, labour policy and the sociology of work. Its use of examples and case studies will also benefit practitioners and policy makers.Trade Review‘As Research Professor at the National Institute for Health and Welfare and Professor of Social Policy at the University of Helsinki, Heikki Hiilamo has an extensive research background on subjects related to health and social security as well as basic income, illustrated by a wide range of academic contributions. Hiilamo’s interdisciplinary approach, comprehensive analysis, and forward-looking perspectives make this work a signi?cant contribution to the ?eld. Researchers and academics interested in these subjects will ?nd this book bene?cial in shaping new perspectives not only on basic income but also on more radical social protection reforms.’ -- Alger Kurti, European Journal of Social Security‘A quarter of a century ago Tony Atkinson suggested participation income as a key policy instrument for recalibrating struggling European welfare states. It has taken 25 years for a leading policy scholar to produce the first book-length discussion of the proposal, its merits and how to make it work in contemporary welfare systems. Building on both theoretical and empirical insights — and many years of experience as one of Europe’s leading policy scholars — Heikki Hiilamo has written a book that is as astute as it is topical. At a time when welfare states are figuring out how to deal with the societal ravages of a pandemic crisis, participation income is an idea that needs to be given due attention — and Heikki Hiilamo has written the book that tells us how and why.’ -- Jurgen De Wispelaere, Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, LatviaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to digital transformation and social policy 2. Machine beats man – prospects of paid work 3. Other existing challenges 4. Conditionality and unconditionality as strategies to prevent labour market exclusion 5. Lessons from basic income experiments 6. Definition of participation income 7. Criticisms of participation income 8. New models for participation income 9. Practical applications of participation income 10. Conclusions: social policies for sustainable societies References Index

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Book SynopsisBringing together contributions from leading labour market policy scholars from across the globe, this state-of-the-art Handbook offers extensive and compelling analyses of labour market policy in advanced democracies.Drawing on the lively debates on labour market policy that have characterised comparative social policy and comparative political economy scholarship in recent years, the Handbook provides theoretical insights into the core concepts, changing contexts and main actors that shape contemporary labour market policy. Using macro-regional case studies spanning Asia, Australasia, Europe and North America, it offers detailed empirical illustrations of how major labour market policies and institutions have evolved over time and across countries. Chapters further examine the diversity of policy options and their various political implications, assessing the relationship between labour market policy and major socio-economic outcomes, such as inequality, well being and political participation.Integrating cutting-edge theory with rich empirical insights, this incisive Handbook will be an invaluable reference for students and scholars of comparative social policy and comparative political economy. Its comprehensive coverage will also allow policy-makers and practitioners to reflect critically on the role of labour market policy in today’s complex societies.Trade Review‘This new Handbook is an impressive volume that brings together leading scholars in labour market policy research. It not only provides a fresh view on long-debated topics in labour market policy design and implementation, but it also widens the perspective to include new topics, updated comparative evidence and political economy issues. Everyone interested in learning about contemporary labour market policies from different angles should have a look at this book.’ -- Werner Eichhorst, Institute of Labour Economics, Germany‘Deindustrialisation, globalisation and automation all contribute to the tremendous complexity of labour markets in the 21st century, even as countries struggle to provide jobs for all or most citizens. This superb and comprehensive collection of essays sheds light on the many ways that capitalist democracies struggle to sustain growth and solidarity in our age of underemployment.’ -- Cathie Jo Martin, Boston University, US‘This is an extraordinary collection. The editors and their collaborators have managed to produce not just a survey of labour market policy, but a comparative political economic study of developed nations that is empirically rich, thematically exhaustive and theoretically sophisticated. The value of this volume cannot be overstated.’ -- Martin Rhodes, University of Denver, USTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: labour market policy as a field of government action and an object of research 1 Daniel Clegg and Niccolo Durazzi PART I CORE CONCEPTS 2 The rise and demise of unemployment 14 Jérôme Gautié 3 Insider-outsider divides in rich democracies: labour market policies, new inequalities and attitudes 27 Hanna Schwander 4 Activation: a research topic in its own right? 44 Jochen Clasen and Clara Mascarò 5 The academic and policy roots of flexicurity and its pathways 54 Sonja Bekker and Janine Leschke 6 Assessing labour market policy change 68 Emanuele Ferragina, Federico Danilo Filetti and Alessandro Arrigoni PART II CHANGING CONTEXTS 7 Macroeconomic regimes and labour market policies 88 Bob Hancké and Toon Van Overbeke 8 Women, work, and labour market policy 103 Sonja Avlijaš 9 Labour market policy in the era of mass migration: perspectives on Europe 116 Gemma Scalise 10 Technological change and labour market policy preferences 132 David Weisstanner 11 Putting the platform economy in its place: contested regulatory terrains 148 Alessio Bertolini, Matt Cole and Shelly Steward PART III ACTORS 12 Political parties and labour market policies 161 Reimut Zohlnhöfer and Linda Voigt 13 Trade unions and the evolution of labour market policy 177 Joshua Gordon and Dennie Oude Nijhuis 14 Employers and labour market policy 193 Sabrina Colombo, David Natali and Emmanuele Pavolini 15 International organisations: policy agendas and transfer mechanisms in global labour governance 206 Vicente Silva 16 The European Union: a significant player in labour policymaking 219 Vincenzo Maccarrone, Roland Erne and Darragh Golden PART IV JOB AND INCOME SECURITY 17 Minimum wages: by collective bargaining and by law 235 Georg Picot 18 Employment protection legislation: towards more inclusive or segmented labour markets? 249 Agnieszka Piasna 19 The parabola of unemployment insurance in advanced democracies 264 Daniel Clegg and Larissa Nenning 20 The rise of in-work benefits: policy, politics and evaluation 280 Joan Abbas and Ewan Robertson 21 From early retirement to later exit from work: shifting towards active ageing 295 Bernhard Ebbinghaus and Kun Lee 22 Universal basic income: the new political economy of an old idea 309 Leire Rincon and Tim Vlandas PART V EMPLOYMENT PROMOTION AND SUPPORT 23 Skill formation: part of and complement to the labour market policy mix? 327 Donato Di Carlo and Niccolo Durazzi 24 Effects and explanations of active labour market policy: theoretical and empirical challenges for cross-national research 343 Axel Cronert 25 Public employment services: mapping reform trends in advanced democracies 360 Timo Weishaupt 26 The changing role of frontline employment advisors 374 Rik van Berkel 27 Predictive algorithms in the delivery of public employment services 387 John Körtner and Giuliano Bonoli PART VI REGIONAL EXPERIENCES 28 Liberal labour markets at the crossroads: the cases of Australia and New Zealand 400 Shaun Wilson 29 Labour market policy reform in East Asia: from economic crises to welfare politics 417 Ijin Hong, Chung-Yang Yeh and Jaewook Nahm 30 Canada and the United States: labour market policies and varieties of federalism in two liberal welfare states 435 Daniel Béland, Shannon Dinan, and Alex Waddan 31 Labour market policy in the Visegrad countries 449 Michał Polakowski 32 Labour market policy reforms in Southern Europe: too much of the wrong medicine? 463 Arianna Tassinari, Fabio Bulfone and Angie Gago PART VII IMPACTS 33 Labour market policies and social inequality in labour market outcomes 479 Thomas Biegert 34 Poor workers in advanced democracies: on the nature of in-work poverty and its relationship to labour market policies 495 Rod Hick and Ive Marx 35 Labour market policies as a social determinant of wellbeing 508 Elke Heins 36 Labour market problems and political integration 523 Paul Marx Index 536

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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.Providing a comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the gig economy from both a labour and employment perspective, this Research Agenda goes beyond the question of the employment status of platform workers. It investigates how the gig economy is changing the way people work, how the platforms’ business models are spreading in our economies, and what labour and social institutions are needed to respond to the challenges that platform work raises.Covering key issues such as algorithmic management, discrimination, occupational health and safety, casual work and collective labour rights, the authors challenge the narrative that the gig economy is a set of work arrangements that cannot be regulated through existing labour legislation and governance forms. The impact of the gig economy in developing countries and the regulation of global supply changes in platform work are also addressed.With contributions from world-leading authors, this Research Agenda will be crucial reading for scholars of labour and employment law, sociologists, economists and industrial relations specialists.Trade Review‘This important volume lays bare the significance of platform work for the wider world of work and for society at large. Through a multidisciplinary perspective it addresses a myriad of issues concerning platform work that have not received their due attention such as occupational safety and health, discrimination, and gaps in cross-border governance. The editors and contributors have done a fantastic job in making clear both the exceptional – and the unexceptional – aspects of platform work and thus provide a useful guide to scholars, social partners and policymakers of how to shape the gig economy so that it can be of benefit to all.’ -- Janine Berg, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland‘If the last two years have undoubtedly represented a quantum leap in the understanding and regulation of platform work at the European and national level, this volume marks the beginning of a second age of the multidisciplinary research on forms of work organized by technology. Thought-provoking contributions by brilliant authors from various scientific and geographical backgrounds pave the way for a new season of critical thinking, impactful inquiry and regulatory intervention. A much-recommended reading!’ -- Antonio Aloisi, IE University, Madrid, SpainTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to A Research Agenda for the Gig Economy and Society 1 Valerio De Stefano, Ilda Durri, Charalampos Stylogiannis, Mathias Wouters 2 Exclusion by default: Platform workers’ quest for labour protections 13 Valerio De Stefano, Ilda Durri, Charalampos Stylogiannis, Mathias Wouters 3 The impact of the gig-economy on occupational health and safety: Just an occupation hazard? 33 Aude Cefaliello, Cristina Inversi 4 Algorithmic discrimination, the role of GPS, and the limited scope of EU non-discrimination law 53 Elena Gramano, Miriam Kullmann 5 The law and worker voice in the gig economy 73 Alan Bogg, Ricardo Buendia 6 Platform economy and the risk of in-work poverty: A research agenda for social security lawyers 93 Paul Schoukens, Alberto Barrio, Eleni De Becker 7 Platform work and precariousness: Low earnings and limited control of work 113 Iain Campbell 8 On demand work as a legal framework to understand the gig economy 133 Ruth Dukes 9 Domestic work and the gig economy 149 Natalie Sedacca 10 Is flexibility and autonomy a myth or reality on taxi platforms? Comparison between traditional and app-based taxi drivers in developing countries 167 Uma Rani, Nora Gobel, Rishabh Kumar Dhir 11 The emerging geographies of platform labour: Intensifying trends in global capitalism 193 Kelle Howson, Alessio Bertolini, Srujana Katta, Funda Ustek-Spilda, Mark Graham 12 Crowdwork and global supply chains: Regulating digital piecework 215 Nastazja Potocka-Sionek Index 235

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book examines the growing phenomenon of internships, and the policy issues that they raise, during a time when internships or traineeships have become an important way of transitioning from education into paid work.Featuring contributions from established and emerging scholars in a range of disciplines, the book presents important new research on the use, benefits and regulation of such arrangements. It considers how various countries around the world are meeting the challenge of ensuring decent work for interns, and what more needs to be done to realise that objective. Additionally, the case for new forms of regulation to minimise or prevent the exploitation of interns is explored, against the background of a possible new international labour standard.Presenting new data and analysis on whether internships can - and to what extent do - provide an effective bridge from education to employment, Internships, Employability and the Search for Decent Work Experience will be a key resource for policy-makers and academics in labour law, industrial relations, labour economics, human resource management and education.Trade Review‘An important and much-needed volume. It foregrounds internships as a significant feature of modern labour markets and a key policy and regulatory challenge. An impressively international volume, the book draws on the work of leading experts from a range of disciplines. It clearly outlines the policy challenges and proposes a valuable set of principles for effective regulation.’Table of ContentsContents: PART I BACKGROUND AND CONTEXT 1 Internships: A policy and regulatory challenge 2 Andrew Stewart, Rosemary Owens, Niall O’Higgins and Anne Hewitt 2 The nature and prevalence of internships 17 Andrew Stewart PART II INTERNSHIPS AND EMPLOYABILITY 3 What makes for a ‘good’ internship? 35 Niall O’Higgins and Luis Pinedo Caro 4 How do internships undertaken during higher education affect graduates’ labour-market outcomes in Italy and the United Kingdom? 55 Charikleia Tzanakou, Luca Cattani, Daria Luchinskaya and Giulio Pedrini 5 Challenging the assumptions supporting work experience as a pathway to employment 76 Paula McDonald, Andrew Stewart and Damian Oliver 6 The (non)instrumental character of unpaid internships: Implications for regulating internships 91 Wil Hunt and Charikleia Tzanakou PART III REGULATING INTERNSHIPS: NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES 7 Rights and obligations in the context of internships and traineeships: A German perspective 113 Bernd Waas 8 The law and regulation of internships in South Africa 130 Mahlatse Innocent Malatji 9 Internships and apprenticeships in Sweden, collective bargaining and social partner involvement 145 Jenny Julén Votinius and Mia Rönnmar 10 Square pegs and round holes: Shrinking protections for unpaid interns under the Fair Labor Standards Act 163 James J. Brudney 11 Work experience, the contract of employment and the scope of labour law: The United Kingdom and Australia compared 189 Rosemary Owens PART IV INTERNSHIPS, EDUCATION AND WELFARE 12 Regulating international educational internships: Opportunities and challenges 208 Joanna Howe 13 Universities as internship regulators: Evidence from Australia 223 Anne Hewitt 14 Regulating internships in active labour market programmes: A comparative perspective 239 Irene Nikoloudakis 15 Trainees – the new army of cheap labour: Lessons from workfare 255 Amir Paz-Fuchs 16 Extending social security to trainees in Spain, France and Germany: A tale of segmentation 269 Alexandre de le Court PART V HUMAN RIGHTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 17 Fundamental rights broadening the scope of labour law? The example of trainees 285 Annika Rosin 18 Working at the edges of legal protection: Equality law and youth work experience from a comparative perspective 302 Alysia Blackham 19 Traineeships and systemic discrimination against young workers 321 Julia López López PART VI INTERNSHIP REGULATION: INTO THE FUTURE 20 Developing new standards for internships 335 Andrew Stewart, Rosemary Owens, Niall O’Higgins and Anne Hewitt Index

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Book SynopsisActors in the world of work are facing an increasing number of challenges, including automatization and digitalization, new types of jobs and more diverse forms of employment. This timely book examines employer and worker responses, challenges and opportunities for social dialogue, and the role of social partners in the governance of the world of work.Through interviews and surveys, the volume provides direct evidence on three central questions: how can we cultivate autonomous, bipartite social dialogue in order to meet these critical challenges? How can the social partners strengthen their representativeness and membership, and extend their influence? What role can social partners and social dialogue play regarding digitalization, and what best practices can be identified?The volume also addresses significant trends such as demographic changes, migration flows, global supply chain management and environmental objectives. It covers the current EU member states while extending analysis to EU candidate and potential candidate countries, thus enlarging coverage to 34 European nations. The detailed evidence by theme and by individual country will provide a unique source of ideas on social actors’ innovative roles in ensuring sustainable and inclusive practices in the future world of work.This will be an invigorating read for labour economics and labour policy scholars looking for a better understanding of the new world of work. Labour organizations, employers, trade unions and representatives of national and supranational institutions will also benefit from the detailed case studies in the volume.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by Heinz Koller ix 1. Enhancing social partners’ and social dialogue’s roles and capacity in the new world of work: Overview 1 Youcef Ghellab and Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead 2. Strengthening the representativeness of the social partners and their institutional capacity to shape labour markets through social dialogue 28 Dominique Anxo 3. Supporting the autonomous role of the social partners 69 Bernd Waas 4. Digitalization and social dialogue: Challenges, opportunities and responses 110 Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo Llorente 5. Enhancing the social partners and social dialogue in the new world of work in the Czech Republic 155 Soňa Veverkov. 6. Reforms and new challenges for work and employment in France: Social dialogue under pressure 188 Christine Erhel 7. The German industrial relations system under pressure: Structure, trends and outcomes 216 Ulrich Walwei, Lutz Bellmann and Christoph Bellmann 8. Striking the right balance between autonomy and assumption of responsibility: A way forward for social dialogue in Greece 255 Daphne Nicolitsas 9. Social dialogue and the new world of work in Ireland 285 Philip J. O’Connell 10. Enhancing the social partners and social dialogue in the new world of work: The case of Italy 319 Lorenzo Bordogna 11. Social partners and the world of work in Poland: Between East and West 369 Dominika Polkowska 12. Social dialogue and world of work challenges in Romania 406 Magda Volonciu 13. Enhancing social partners’ capacity and social dialogue in the new world of work: The case of Spain 429 Oscar Molina 14. Industrial relations, social dialogue and the transformation of the world of work: The Swedish experience 465 Dominique Anxo 15. Turkey: Enhancing social partners’ capacity and social dialogue in the new world of work 491 Gaye Burcu Yıldız 16. Social dialogue and the future of work in the Adriatic region 528 Igor Guardiancich 17. Social dialogue and the new world of work: The case of the Baltic states 579 Jaan Masso, Kerly Espenberg and Inta Mierina Index 619

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Book SynopsisWith the advancement in processing power and storage now enabling algorithms to expand their capabilities beyond their initial narrow applications, technology is becoming increasingly powerful. This highly topical Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on work, assessing its effect on an array of economic sectors, the resulting nature of work, and the subsequent policy implications of these changes. Featuring contributions from leading experts across diverse fields, the Handbook of Artificial Intelligence at Work takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding AI’s connections to existing economic, social, and political ecosystems. Considering a range of fields including agriculture, manufacturing, health care, education, law and government, the Handbook provides detailed sector-specific analyses of how AI is changing the nature of work, the challenges it presents and the opportunities it creates. Looking forward, it makes policy recommendations to address concerns, such as the potential displacement of some human labor by AI and growth in inequality affecting those lacking the necessary skills to interact with these technologies or without opportunities to do so.This vital Handbook is an essential read for students and academics in the fields of business and management, information technology, AI, and public policy. It will also be highly informative from a cross-disciplinary perspective for practitioners, as well as policy makers with an interest in the development of AI technology.Table of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction to the Handbook of Artificial Intelligence at Work: Interconnections and Policy Implications 1 Martha Garcia-Murillo and Ian MacInnes PART I CONCEPTUALIZING THE HUMAN WITH THE MACHINE 2 The computer says no: how automated decision systems affect workers’ role perceptions in socio-technical systems 16 Sabine T. Koeszegi, Setareh Zafari, and Reinhard Grabler 3 Responsible AI at work: incorporating human values 32 Andreas Theodorou and Andrea Aler Tubella 4 AI-enabled business model and human-in-the-loop (deceptive AI): implications for labor 47 Uma Rani and Rishabh Kumar Dhir 5 Tools for crowdworkers coding data for AI 76 Saiph Savage and Martha Garcia-Murillo PART II SECTORAL USES, APPLICATIONS, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES 6 AI and the transformation of agricultural work: economic, social, and environmental implications 96 Andrea Renda 7 AI in manufacturing and the role of humans: processes, robots, and systems 119 Panagiotis Stavropoulos, Kosmas Alexopoulos, Sotiris Makris, Alexios Papacharalampopoulos, Steven Dhondt, and George Chryssolouris 8 Workers and AI in the construction and operation of civil infrastructures 142 Jinding Xing, Zhe Sun, and Pingbo Tang 9 AI-based technology in home-based care in aging societies: challenges and opportunities 166 Naoko Muramatsu, Miloš Žefran, Emily Stiehl, and Thomas Cornwell 10 Artificial intelligence for professional learning 191 Wayne Holmes and Allison Littlejohn 11 Smart automation in entrepreneurial finance: the use of AI in private markets 212 Francesco Corea 12 The artificial creatives: the rise of combinatorial creativity from DALL-E to GPT-3 225 Giancarlo Frosio 13 The judicial system and the work of judges and lawyers in the application of law and sanctions assisted by AI 250 Karim Benyekhlef and Jie Zhu 14 AI and national security 276 Saiph Savage, Gabriela Avila, Norma Elva Chávez, and Martha Garcia-Murillo 15 Governance, government records, and the policymaking process aided by AI 291 Andrea Renda PART III THE LABOR IMPLICATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AT WORK 16 Recurrent memes and technological fallacies 315 David Heatly and Bronwyn Howell 17 AI and income inequality: the danger of exacerbating existing trends toward polarization in the US workforce 338 Dan Sholler and Ian MacInnes 18 The impact of AI on contracts and unionisation 356 Michael Walker Index 371

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Book SynopsisFocusing on public administration activities in the field of national labour policy, this timely book provides detailed analyses of labour administration reforms, innovations and challenges in different countries, including detailed case studies from Brazil, Germany, India, Japan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the US.Combining rigorous research and practical policy recommendations, the book contains contributions from top scholars in the fields of economics, employment relations, labour law and public administration, as well as officials from the International Labour Organization (ILO). Chapters offer wide-ranging investigations of topics such as labour inspection, social dialogue involving employer organizations and trade unions, and the role of performance management and new technologies in labour administration. The book further demonstrates the vital role of labour administration in upholding employment rights and promoting employment, emphasizing the ways in which it can contribute to good governance, sustainable development and decent work. This will be a critical read for employment relations, global labour studies and public administration scholars. Policy makers and practitioners working in and around employment policy and labour law will also find this book beneficial, particularly with its in-depth case studies.Trade Review‘This highly instructive book on how labour administration is struggling with challenges in the contemporary world of labour gives a compact analysis of the evolution of national systems in the context of the ILO’s 1978 Labour Administration Convention. The case studies of the reforms and innovations in labour administration presented here, for eight countries on different continents with differing economies, make it essential reading for scholars and practitioners alike.’ -- Kazuo Sugeno, University of Tokyo and Member of the Japan Academy, Japan‘This collection shines an informed light on an area vital to policy delivery – effective labour administration, and its contribution to good public governance. I found the wide-ranging contributions from different regions and perspectives interesting in themselves while together they help identify important preconditions and enablers. The book should be of value to academics across a number of areas including employment relations, as well as key reading for policy makers, social partners and those involved in the staffing and oversight of labour administration bodies.’ -- Linda Dickens, University of Warwick, UK‘Recent years have witnessed an explosion of new forms of work organization such as gig work, temporary work, and freelancing. These developments have brought regulatory questions to the fore. Much attention has been directed at the content of those regulations, yet without effective administration the rules have no teeth. This is a topic that is too often overlooked. The Governance of Labour Administration performs a welcome service by filling this gap via an impressive international comparative study. This volume is an important and useful contribution to the ongoing debate about how best to manage a rapidly changing job market.’ -- Paul Osterman, MIT Sloan School of Management, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword xiii Acknowledgements xvi 1 Introduction to The Governance of Labour Administration 1 Jason Heyes, Ludek Rychly, Maria Gavris and Maria Luz Vega Ruiz PART I KEY ISSUES IN LABOUR ADMINISTRATION 2 Evolution of national systems of labour administration since the adoption of the ILO Labour Administration Convention, 1978 (No. 150) 23 José Luis Daza 3 Social dialogue at the dawn of the ILO’s centenary: sorting out challenges, setting priorities for the future 43 Konstantinos Papadakis 4 Understanding ICT use in labour administration: taking stock 68 Anna Milena Galazka PART II LABOUR ADMINISTRATION IN ACTION 5 Governing labour regulations in the future of work: lessons from labour inspection in Brazil 91 Roberto Pires 6 The labour inspection system and labour law reform in France 113 Virginie Forest 7 Minimum wage(s) in Germany: origins, enforcement, effects 130 J. Timo Weishaupt 8 The changing world of work and labour market institutions in India 152 Kingshuk Sarkar 9 Innovative measures for implementing labour laws and role of labour administration: recent developments in Japan 168 Ryuichi Yamakawa 10 ICT-led innovations in labour administration: Sri Lanka’s labour inspection systems application 192 Sunil Chandrasiri and Ramani Gunatilaka 11 Recent developments in U.S. labor policies and programs 210 Christopher T. King and Burt S. Barnow 12 Labour market integration of migrants in Germany? 238 Judith Czepek 13 An analysis of performance management in the South African Department of Labour 262 Robert Cameron Index 284

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Book SynopsisThis engaging and timely book provides an in-depth analysis of work and labour relations within global platform capitalism with a specific focus on digital platforms that organise labour processes, known as labour platforms. Well-respected contributors thoroughly examine both online and offline platforms, their distinct differences and the important roles they play for both large transnational companies and those with a smaller global reach. Chapters explore how labour platforms have become controversial and ambiguous as they increasingly appear to provide important sources of work and income globally but conversely raise concerns over exploitation of workers and the lack of legal protection provided to them. Offering a global perspective and including studies from different continents, the book covers three key areas: platform work in the wider context of contemporary capitalism, labour platforms from an international division of labour perspective, and labour processes and relations. This informative and thought-provoking book is an excellent resource for scholars with a particular interest in political economy, the sociology of work, labour relations and labour policies. Policymakers and regulators looking to understand how to effectively apply existing regulations for platform workers when creating new business models will also find this an invigorating read.Trade Review‘I highly recommend this book to those who have already stepped into the terrain of understanding the platform economy, those who are just taking that step, and those who have not yet begun but are willing to do so. Why? Because this is one of the few existing books that offers a rich, critical, fresh, and contemporary analysis of the platform economy embedded into capital and capitalism worldwide. It reveals what global platform capitalism entails by uncovering its internal social, economic, and political contradictions and tensions from a much-needed critical standpoint.’ -- Valeria Pulignano, ILR Review‘With this edited collection of insightful chapters, Julieta Haidar and Maarten Keune capture the essence of the “contradictions” and “tensions” surrounding the emergence of work and labor relations within the platform economy. This collection memorably illustrates how hegemonic capitalism generates “social order” by re-producing cleavages through establishing new socio-economic and political interdependencies on a global basis. This is a “must” for everyone who wants to learn about the platform economy.’ -- Valeria Pulignano, University of Leuven, Belgium‘In the 21st century we are witnessing what seems to be a paradox. On the one hand, we have an expansion of algorithms and artificial intelligence generating companies that are increasingly wealthy. On the other, there is a new growing portion of the working class who find themselves in an increasingly precarious position and without basic labour rights. How does exploitation in platform capitalism take place? What is new and what is old in these labour relations? How does managerial control occur? And how will the struggles and resistance of this new proletariat of the digital age develop? To better comprehend this complex social phenomenon, this book offers an important contribution.’ -- Ricardo Antunes, University of Campinas, BrazilTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Work and Labour Relations in Global Platform Capitalism 1 Julieta Haidar and Maarten Keune PART I PLATFORM LABOUR IN CONTEMPORARY CAPITALISM 1 Value, rent and platform capitalism 29 Nick Srnicek 2 Platforms and exploitation in informational capitalism 46 Mariano Zukerfeld 3 Platform capitalism – towards the neo-commodification of labour? 69 Petar Marčeta PART II LABOUR PLATFORMS BETWEEN THE GLOBAL AND THE LOCAL 4 Working conditions, geography and gender in global crowdwork 93 Janine Berg and Uma Rani 5 Global earnings dispaities in remote platform work: liabilities of origin? 111 Vili Lehdonvirta, Isis Hjorth, Helena Barnard and Mark Graham 6 Freelancing globally: upworkers in China and India, neo-liberalisation and the new international putting-out system of labour (NIPL) 133 Wing-Fai Leung, Premilla D’Cruz and Ernesto Noronha PART III LABOUR PROCESS AND LABOUR RELATIONS IN PLATFORM CAPITALISM 7 Digitalized management, control and resistance in platform work: a labour process analysis 157 Simon Joyce and Mark Stuart 8 Collective organization in platform companies in Argentina: between labour union traditions and adaptive strategies 184 Cora Arias, Nicolás Diana Menéndez and Julieta Haidar 9 Collective resistance and organizational creativity amongst Europe’s platform workers: a new power in the labour movement? 205 Kurt Vandaele 10 Digital platform work in Latin America: challenges and perspectives for its regulation 235 Graciela Bensusán and Héctor Santos Index

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Book SynopsisContingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe investigates the manifold challenges posed by the continued expansion of the platform economy, the rise of non-standard forms of employment, and the diversification of work identities. Leading authors explore the potentialities and barriers for collective protection and representation of contingent workers in the platform economy, based on the experiences, needs, and aspirations of workers in Italy and Spain. Chapters undertake in-depth analyses of a diverse and innovative variety of initiatives for the protection, organization, and representation of contingent workers. The book ultimately constructs a framework to interpret the evolution of contingent workers’ experiences, allowing trade unions, social movements, and cooperatives to develop organizational and representative practices that better respond to their needs. This incisive book will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of sociology, international relations, political science, and labour law. Its practical insights will also enable trade unionists, activists, and policymakers in the field of labour relations to make informed decisions and identify possible avenues for development.Trade Review‘Contingent Workers’ Voice in Southern Europe presents new insights into the growing world of contingent work, which is particularly significant in Southern Europe. A must read for everybody looking for inspiring cases of collective representation of platform workers and freelancers as well as conceptual tools for analyzing new forms of representation and social dialogue among contingent workers.’ -- Anna Ilsøe, University of Copenhagen, Denmark‘Extremely impressive and highly recommendable, this book contributes to the understanding of the South-European countries’ model of work and employment, in the context of rising contingent work and problematic collective representation for atypical workers. The new aspirations and needs of Italian and Spanish contingent workers are explored together with the innovative forms of collective action.’ -- Vassil Kirov, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, BulgariaTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: what is at stake regarding the collective representation of contingent workers? 1 Sofía Pérez de Guzmán, Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio and Ivana Pais PART I NEW DEMANDS AND ASPIRATIONS FOR EMERGING LABOUR REALITIES AND IDENTITIES 2 Alternative and contingent work in Italy and Spain: a statistical approach 20 Anna Soru 3 Contingent workers’ expectations for a collective voice: between individualism and the need for representation 37 Sofía Pérez de Guzmán PART II ENHANCING SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR INTERMITTENT WORK 4 Doc servizi: how the cooperative model can support the music industry 55 Anna Mori 5 Smart Ibérica business impulse cooperative: ‘not just a means of invoicing for your work’ 75 Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio and Lucía del Moral-Espín 6 Humus Job: a collective voice for ethical work 95 Cecilia Manzo PART III BUILDING SOLIDARITIES AMONG PLATFORM WORKERS 7 Tu respuesta sindical YA: a new tool to meet the demands of workers engaged through digital platforms 111 Ester Ulloa-Unanue 8 Collective strategies of resistance to the precarious labour conditions in the digital platform economy: the case of Riders x Derechos 132 Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio 9 Consegne Etiche: the ethical platform for food delivery 155 Davide Arcidiacono and Ivana Pais PART IV NEW MODELS OF PROTECTION AND REPRESENTATION OF CONTINGENT WORKERS 10 Towards new forms of economic and political action: from voice to entry 177 Ivana Pais and Anna Mori 11 Conclusion: contingent workers’ voice in Southern Europe after Covid-19 197 Ivana Pais, Sofía Pérez de Guzmán and Marcela Iglesias-Onofrio Index

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Book SynopsisPiero Ferri expertly broadens the analysis of the canonical growth cycle approach by presenting a Minsky–Harrod model, examining how the relationship between income distribution, growth and unemployment becomes increasingly complex. Exploring this new technique to generate a process of growth, based not only on history but disequilibrium, he investigates the current income distribution debate further and the challenges it faces. Written in a succinct yet comprehensive style, Piero Ferri begins by addressing the basic principles, followed by an in-depth look at growth cycle models and how the Minsky–Harrod integrated model would help to unravel the current complexities. The empirical analysis reaches insightful conclusions by justifying the existence of a variety of results and by studying the distributive loop in a dynamic context which is prone to instability. Teachers of macroeconomics and scholars will find this an invaluable read and will benefit from the practical study and results. Researchers interested in labour economics and political economy will also find this a thought-provoking book.Trade Review‘In this book, Professor Ferri extends his formidable research on macroeconomic dynamics into a broad analysis of how income distribution affects aggregate outcomes. He develops creative insights to both synthesize a wide range of existing research and break new ground.’ -- Steven Fazzari, Washington University, St. Louis, US‘Piero Ferri thinks big, focusing on the nexus of income distribution, growth and unemployment that has been at the centre of economic thinking since the inception of the discipline. Ferri makes Harrod, Kaldor and Goodwin meet Minsky in an original and penetrating synthesis. The aggregate macroeconomic setting he brilliantly masters throughout the book generates a wide range of dynamic outcomes and provides invaluable insights especially for macroeconomists exploring the economy as a complex evolving system.’ -- Domenico Delli Gatti, Catholic University in Milan, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction to Income Distribution, Growth and Unemployment PART I THE BASICS 2. The lexicon of short-run static analysis 3. The political economy of income distribution 4. Elementary tools for dynamics PART II INCOME DISTRIBUTION IN GROWTH CYCLE MODELS 5. The Goodwin classical approach 6. The Kaleckian‒post-Keynesian (KPK) models 7. Financial aspects: a Minskyan perspective 8. Harrod and instability PART III A GENERALIZED MODEL 9. A workhorse model 10. Growth and unemployment 11. Technological change, income distribution and unemployment 12. The wage‒price spiral in an integrated model PART IV TOWARDS COMPLEX DYNAMICS 13. A meta-model of income distribution 14. Income distribution, inequality and debt 15. The financial instability hypothesis, income distribution and complex dynamics PART V CONCLUDING REMARKS 16 Final considerations References Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely and perceptive book addresses the issues surrounding the adequacy of old-age income for future pensioners worldwide. It highlights how today’s young people are confronted with the simultaneous challenges of increasing employment uncertainty and declining pension generosity – topics which are highly relevant in contemporary welfare states. This pivotal study of the relationship between the current labour market and future pensions explores the ways in which public policies relating to education, employment and welfare work to sustain a decent living standard during retirement. Using a diverse range of comparative studies across a multitude of countries and nation-specific case studies, chapters consider the influence of institutions and social, cultural and economic norms on public pensions and retirement saving behaviours in young adults. Providing a valuable insight into contemporary research findings, this innovative book will be essential reading for students and scholars in the areas of welfare states, labour economics, pensions and the sociology of youth. Policymakers in these fields will also benefit from its analysis of sustainable pension policy development.Trade Review‘Young people face many immediate challenges in today’s labour markets, yet their longer-term prospects for retirement have often been neglected. Importantly, this edited volume addresses the links between disadvantages experienced early in careers and the much later, often substantial, consequences for retirement and old-age income. Going beyond the ordinary, these interdisciplinary studies fill knowledge gaps, especially with respect to social risk groups and geographical spread. They investigate how flexibilization of work and pension reforms challenge youth today and how they will continue to challenge them in the future. Are they aware of their prospects – and can they save adequately for their old age retirement?’ -- Bernhard Ebbinghaus, University of Mannheim, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface viii 1 Introduction to Youth Employment Insecurity and Pension Adequacy 1 Dirk Hofäcker and Kati Kuitto PART I LABOUR MARKET RISKS, PENSION SYSTEMS AND OLD AGE SECURITY 2 Youth and pensions in a European comparison – how pension systems consider early adulthood and life course uncertainties 15 Susan Kuivalainen, Antti Mielonen and Niko Väänänen 3 The impact of discontinuity – how unemployment shapes outcomes in voluntary pension schemes 31 Dina Frommert 4 Self-employment and the risk of poverty in old age – what’s the role of pension systems in Europe? 50 Julia Höppner 5 Manifesting future disadvantage – class, gender and pension accrual of the low-educated young in Europe 70 Traute Meyer 6 Employment in youth and pension accumulation in Finland – how recent pension reforms account for early career employment 91 Ilari Ilmakunnas and Kati Kuitto 7 Labour market insecurities of younger couples and homeownership in later adulthood in Germany: how important is couples’ and gendered risk aversion in the decision process? 106 Sophia Fauser and Sonja Scheuring PART II ATTITUDES TOWARDS PRIVATE PENSIONS AND RETIREMENT SAVING BEHAVIOUR 8 The social, cultural and economic influences on retirement saving for young adults in the UK 127 Ellie Suh and Hayley James 9 Attitudes of young workers towards the private pension system in Turkey 146 Müge Gülmez Korkmaz 10 Youth informal employment in Arab States – exclusion and exit 163 Walid Merouani Index

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Book SynopsisThe Economics and Regulation of Digital Markets presents new findings and perspectives from leading international scholars on three critical areas of developing government policies. The first three contributions analyse digital markets and their regulation. Next is a discussion of the divergence of expert and public views on European democracy. The final contribution provides an analysis of the effects of firing notification procedures on wage growth. The functioning of digital markets, the state of democracy around the world, and rules that affect wages raise questions about the proper roles of government rules. This volume provides insights into these pressing and important issues.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Economics and Regulation of Digital Markets; James Langenfeld, Chris Ring, and Frank Fagan Chapter 2. Is the Proposed Digital Markets Act the Cure for Europe’s Platform Ills? Evidence from the European Commission’s Impact Assessment; David J. Teece and Henry J. Kahwaty Chapter 3. Data, Power and Competition Law: The (im)possible Mission of the DMA?; Antonio Davola and Gianclaudio Malgieri Chapter 4. Rethinking Remedies for the Attention Economy; Francesco Parisi and Elvira Caterina Parisi Chapter 5: With the Naked Eye - Diverging Perspectives on the Evaluation of Democracy in the EU; Kamil Jonski and Wojciech Rogowski Chapter 6. Firing Notification Procedures and Wage Growth; Nicolae Stef and Anthony Terriau

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Book SynopsisSearching for paid tasks via digital labour platforms, such as Uber, Deliveroo and Fiverr, has become a global phenomenon and the regular source of income for millions of people. In the advent of digital labour platforms, this insightful book sheds new light on familiar questions about tensions between competition and cooperation, short-term gains and long-term success, and private benefits and public costs. Drawing on a wealth of knowledge from a range of disciplines, including law, management, psychology, economics, sociology and geography, it pieces together a nuanced picture of the societal challenges posed by the platform economy.Chapters present a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of the rise of gig work, reflecting on long-term developments in the gig economy and incorporating contemporary developments into the rich theoretical and empirical literature on the topic. Charting new research territory, the book addresses key academic and policy challenges, arming readers with relevant analytical tools and practical solutions to face common problems. This book comprises a key reference for future research on the topic as well as critical policy measures for addressing challenges relating to gig work.Offering an integrated outline of the latest insights, this book is crucial reading for scholars and researchers of the platform economy and gig work, outlining academic insights and empirical research, and illustrating a research agenda for future scholarship. The book’s comprehensive approach will also benefit policy-makers, managers and workers as they confront the platform economy’s wide variety of legal, economic and management challenges.Trade Review‘Only a level playing field will make the platform economy work for everyone. Getting there requires a deep interdisciplinary understanding of the challenges - and potential solutions - involved. In bringing together a diverse group of scholars from a broad range of disciplines Platform Economy Puzzles provides a wide range of excellent perspectives of interest to anyone interested in understanding how we got here – and what should happen next.‘Table of ContentsContents: Preface PART I SETTING THE STAGE – PLATFORM-MEDIATED GIG WORK IN CONTEXT 1 Platform economy puzzles: the need for a multidisciplinary perspective on gig work 2 Jeroen Meijerink, Giedo Jansen and Victoria Daskalova 2 Understanding the prevalence and nature of platform work: the measurement case in the COLLEEM survey study 19 Annarosa Pesole 3 The past, present and future of gig work 46 Jim Stanford 4 Labour protection for non-employees: how the gig economy revives old problems and challenges existing solutions 68 Victoria Daskalova, Shae McCrystal and Masako Wakui PART II UNPACKING PLATFORM ECONOMY PUZZLES – ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EXCHANGES IN PLATFORM-MEDIATED GIG WORK 5 Platform urbanism and infrastructural surplus 101 Aaron Shapiro 6 Dual value production as key to the gig economy puzzle 123 Niels van Doorn and Adam Badger 7 Online labour platforms, human resource management and platform ecosystem tensions: an institutional perspective 140 Anne Keegan and Jeroen Meijerink 8 Multi-party working relationships in gig work: towards a new perspective 162 James Duggan, Ultan Sherman, Ronan Carbery and Anthony McDonnell PART III SOLUTIONS AND CONCLUSIONS 9 Gigs of their own: reinventing worker cooperativism in the platform economy and its implications for collective action 188 Damion Jonathan Bunders 10 The politics of platform work: representation in the age of digital labour 209 Paul Jonker-Hoffrén and Giedo Jansen 11 Conclusion: solutions to platform economy puzzles and avenues for future research 229 Giedo Jansen, Victoria Daskalova and Jeroen Meijerink Index

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Book SynopsisOrganizing Matters demonstrates the interplay between two distinct logics of labour's collective action: on the one hand, workers coming together, usually at their place of work, entrusting the union to represent their interests and, on the other hand, social bargaining in which the trade union constructs labour's interests from the top down. The book investigates the tensions and potential complementarities between the two logics through the combination of a strong theoretical framework and an extensive qualitative case study of trade union organizing and recruitment in four countries - Austria, Germany, Israel and the Netherlands. These countries still utilize social-wide bargaining but find it necessary to draw and develop strategies transposed from Anglo-American countries in response to continuously declining membership. Trade unionists and scholars will find this a compelling story of organizing, narrated in the voice of organizers, trade union officials and local observers. This is a source for reflection on the daily hardship and strategic goals of organizing. Theorists will be able to utilize the two logics for explaining ongoing challenges for trade unions' revitalization worldwide.Trade Review'Labour unions worldwide have had decades to experiment with different revitalization strategies to combat declining membership and political influence. In Organizing Matters, Guy Mundlak provides a uniquely comprehensive and engaging analysis of how these experiments have played out in four countries where unions are experiencing a growing gap between collective agreement coverage (high or stable) and union membership (low or declining). He draws on examples of organizing campaigns, rich with detail and quotes, to show the tensions unions in these countries experience when they seek to mobilize and recruit members at enterprise level - as well as the potential for these strategies to complement traditional forms of 'social bargaining' at sector or national level. The book's findings give grounds for cautious hope that trade unions are forging new hybrid strategies that use workplace organizing to both strengthen employee voice and mobilize institutional power.' --Virginia Doellgast, Cornell University, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: A Theory of Two Logics, A Study of Four Countries 1. The Two Logics of Labour's Association 2. Hybrid industrial relations systems: between Ghent and sliced up bargaining units 3. Four hybrid industrial relations systems – converging challenges, divergent institutions 4. Declining membership and a rising legitimacy gap 5. Membership-based strategies - organizing and recruitment 6. Between two logics - strains of organizing when membership counts 7. Between two logics - bridging practices as a path towards revitalization Postscript: The two logics and membership counts References Index

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Book SynopsisPresenting a contemporary outlook on how organizations must adjust to the ‘Era of Me’, this timely book analyses contemporary learning paradigms, sustainability, performance management, and theories of work-related attitudes to promote organizational culture and productivity in workplaces in the volatile modern era.In the 21st century, the organizational environment in most western-oriented societies is dynamic, multifaceted, complex, and ambiguous. This comprehensive book explores the unique challenges faced by modern organizations due to increasingly varied, flexible, and virtual work arrangements, shifting employee characteristics, technological developments, increased competition, and enhanced diversity in business. Covering a broad range of salient topics and shifting the employee–employer relationship to one of mutual goals and trust, chapters challenge old management styles while recommending novel future methods of engineering the world of work in an era of constant change.Using a symbiosis of research, theory, and practice, Engineering the World of Work will be an invaluable resource for students, and scholars of psychology, organizational studies and business administration. It will also be an essential guide to managers, stakeholders, consultants, and policymakers who are interested in practical ways of adjusting to the changes of the 21st century.Trade ReviewLife is change, and reflecting this, the book Engineering the World of Work is topical and timely. The world of work continues to rapidly evolve in the 21st century, and understanding these changes and processes is critical for organisations, as well as for their people. Tziner has done an excellent job in bringing together a collection of contributions which are inspiring and engaging. -- Yehuda Baruch, Southampton Business School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface x Acknowledgments xiii 1 The “Era of Me”: design and integration of career paths in an era of self-directed careers 1 Mirit K. Grabarski and Daphna Schwartz-Asher 2 Freelancers in organizations: a novel perspective 21 Or Shkoler and Aharon Tziner 3 Organizational learning: personalization, blended learning, and tailor-made learning solutions 39 Liad Bareket-Bojmel 4 Diversity and inclusion: challenges and best practices for creating inclusive organizations 58 M. Anthony Machin 5 Examining stress reactions in the world of work in the 21st century 77 M. Anthony Machin and Erich C. Fein 6 Managing performance in the “Era of Me” 88 Erich C. Fein 7 Revisiting theories of work-related attitudes in the “Era of Me” 105 Erich C. Fein 8 Compensation and rewards for work performance in the “Era of Me” work world 120 Liad Bareket-Bojmel 9 Racism at work: a conspectus – approaches, perspectives, and potential palliatives 135 Lily Chernyak-Hai and Aharon Tziner Conclusion 180 Aharon Tziner Index

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Book SynopsisThis ground-breaking Handbook broadens empirical and theoretical understandings of work, work relations, and workers. It advances a global, intersectional labour studies agenda, laying the foundations for the politically emancipatory project of decolonising the political economy of work.Moving beyond traditional disciplinary boundaries, this Handbook provides a comprehensive account of the relations between different forms of work, exploitation, class configuration and worker resistance. With insights from global experts across the social sciences, it examines changes in technology, geographies of production, and the dynamics of the global capitalist political economy to map modern configurations of work. Using ongoing empirical qualitative research, contributors explore key issues such as capital accumulation, migration, digital work, trade unionism and reproductive labour. There is a particular focus on perspectives from the Global South, with in-depth analyses of class and work in countries and regional economic blocs used to explore the dynamics between the local and the global.Providing an authoritative overview of traditional and current debates, this Handbook will be an essential resource for students and researchers of political economy, industrial relations and the sociology of work, critical management studies, social movement studies, and development.Trade Review‘A book that debates from theory and history, to sociology and politics of labour. Essential!’ -- Raquel Varela, FCSH- Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal‘A much needed and comprehensive restatement of a Marxist critique of political economy. The Handbook skilfully combines labour and class to analyze work, exploitation, social reproduction, workers’ resistance, and many other pressing issues in the contemporary global economy.’ -- Dev Nathan, Institute for Human Development, India and The New School for Social Research, New York, US‘This is a much needed Handbook that adds value to the growing literature on the global political economy of work. Its strength lies in the collection of works that, using critical perspectives, puts labor at the center of various interdisciplinary analyses. Offering a comprehensive view—theoretically, geographically, and in terms of work sectors—this bookcollection challenges Eurocentrism in labor studies and highlights how the workings of the world economy can have significant negative impacts on the peoples in the Global South.’ -- Intan Suwandi, Illinois State University, US‘It is rare to find such a stimulating and thorough going collection of intellectually rigorous, empirically grounded and accessible contributions to our understanding of the range and depth of challenges facing us in the political economy of work in the 21st century. This is quite simply an essential set of readings for students, researchers and practitioners alike – an invaluable and exceptional text.’ -- Jean Jenkins, Cardiff University, UK‘The Handbook of Research on the Global Political Economy of Work offers the most pervasive and up-to-date companion to understanding the contemporary ontology of labour exploitation and emancipatory struggles alongside global value chains and new technological developments. By foregrounding social reproductive work, commodified reproduction and class in interplay with sex, gender, age, race and ethnicity, the Handbook is second to none in taking Marxist theorization to the next level.’ -- Angela Wigger, Radboud University, the NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: what is work and what is the political economy of work 1 Maurizio Atzeni, Dario Azzellini, Alessandra Mezzadri, Ursula Apitzsch, Phoebe Moore PART I THEORIES AND CONCEPTS SECTION A. CAPITAL ACCUMULATION AND FORMS OF EXPLOITATION 1 Class, labour and the global working class 34 Ronaldo Munck 2 Imperialism and labour under neo-liberal globalization 43 Prabhat Patnaik and Utsa Patnaik 3 Reserve army, ‘surplus’ population, ‘classes of labour’ 53 Henry Bernstein 4 Social reproduction, labour exploitation and reproductive struggles for a global political economy of work 64 Alessandra Mezzadri 5 Unfree labour in the 21st century? 74 Siobhan McGrath 6 World-system, production, and labour 83 Manuela Boatcă 7 The proletariat and the revolution 93 Marcel van der Linden SECTION B. SHIFTING REGIMES OF EXPLOITATION: FROM THE WORKPLACE TO THE TERRITORY TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY 8 Analysing the labour process and the global political economy of work 112 Kendra Briken 9 Exploitation and global value chains 125 Benjamin Selwyn, Liam Campling, Alessandra Mezzadri, Elena Baglioni, Satoshi Miyamura and Jonathan Pattenden 10 Rural-urban circuits of labour in the Global South: reflections on accumulation and social reproduction 136 Praveen Jha and Paris Yeros SECTION C. CONTEMPORARY DEBATES 11 Commoning labour power 148 Dario Azzellini 12 Social and solidarity economy and self-management 159 Marcelo Vieta and Ana Inés Heras 13 Operaismo: in search of the political economy of subjectivity 170 Gigi Roggero 14 The global gig economy: towards a planetary labour market? 177 Mark Graham and Mohammad Amir Anwar 15 Workers’organisation, class and collective action in precarious times 196 Maurizio Atzeni 16 Workers and labour movements in the fight against climate change 206 Linda Clarke and Melahat Sahin-Dikmen 17 Sustainable work: national perspectives and the valorisation of work in Europe 217 Dario Azzellini, Sebastian Brandl and Ingo Matuschek SECTION D. INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES 18 Understanding the global political economy of work: insights from labor geography 230 Andrew Herod 19 COVID-19, divisions of labor, and workers’ struggles in the United States: insights from anthropology 239 Sharryn Kasmir 20 Global labour history – its promises and hazards 250 Stefano Bellucci 21 How the field of industrial relations remains relevant for understanding the global political economy of work 264 Heather Connolly PART II INTERSECTIONS SECTION A. INTERSECTIONS OF WORK AND MOBILITY 22 Capture, coexistence and valorization of workers’ mobility across borders 278 Claudia Bernardi 23 Migrations and global capitalist agriculture: peripheral workers’ mobility and exploitation as fundamental pillars of the world-ecology 290 Yoan Molinero-Gerbeau 24 Migrant work exploitation and resistance in the Italian countryside: precarious lives between violence and agency 300 Monica Massari 25 Extractive humanitarianism: unpaid labour and participatory detention in refugees governmentality 310 Martina Tazzioli SECTION B. INTERSECTIONS OF DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE WORK 26 Problems in protections for working data subjects: becoming strangers to ourselves 321 Phoebe V Moore 27 Intensification of labour value extraction under artificial intelligence 339 Baruch Gottlieb 28 Class composition in the digitalised gig economy 350 Jamie Woodcock 29 Resistance and struggle in the gig economy 360 Vincenzo Maccarrone, Lorenzo Cini and Arianna Tassinari 30 De-skilling and diminishing workers’ autonomy in the digital workplace 371 Saori Shibata 31 Economics of the gig economy and legal arbitrage around employment law 380 Jeremias Adams-Prassl SECTION C. INTERSECTIONS OF WORK AND LIFE 32 Surrogacy as commodified transnational care work 392 Ursula Apitzsch 33 Global political economy of care and gender – crisis, extractivism and contestation 401 Christa Wichterich 34 Aging societies and migrant labour force in elderly care: the German case 412 Maria Kontos and Minna K. Ruokonen-Engler 35 Questioning social reproduction theory: North African working-class migrants in France and their families 422 Catherine Delcroix 36 Towards a global political economy of sex/work: evidence of Argentina and Costa RicaHandbook of research on the global political economy of work 433 Kate Hardy and Megan Rivers-Moore SECTION D. INTERSECTIONS OF STRUGGLES 37 Trade unions (ism), social movements and the community: connections and politics 445 Miguel Martínez Lucio 38 Global unions and transnational labor movement 457 Julia Soul and Cecilia Anigstein 39 Evolving forms of organizing workers in the informal economy 470 Jeemol Unni 40 The power and politics of precarious resistance 483 Marcel Paret 41 Spatial dimensions of strikes 493 Jörg Nowak 42 Feminist strike, social reproduction, and debt 501 Verónica Gago and Luci Cavallero 43 The political economy of extractivism and social struggles in Latin America 510 Tomás Palmisano and Juan Wahren SECTION E. INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN WORK IN THE GLOBAL NORTH AND THE SOUTH: EXPLORING THE LINKS IN KEY PRODUCTIVE SECTORS 44 Exhaust and switch: labour and the garment industry in global production networks 521 Nikolaus Hammer 45 Imperialism and labour: palm industry in the territories of Black communities in the border areas of Colombia and Ecuador (Tumaco-San Lorenzo) 534 Edna Yiced Martínez 46 Skilled migration, productive forces and the development question in the era of generalized monopolies 544 Raúl Delgado Wise and Mateo Crossa Niell 47 Major trends in work at sea: outline of a political economy of maritime labour 556 Jörn Boewe 48 Counter-logistics in Po Valley region 567 Niccolò Cuppini PART III PERSPECTIVES ON THE WORKING CLASS FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH: LOCAL REALITIES AND GLOBAL DYNAMICS SECTION A. ASIA 49 The political economy of labor informality in India: trends, theories, and politics 578 Supriya RoyChowdhury 50 Informalization of labor in contemporary China 588 Jenny Chan SECTION B. AFRICA 51 Precariousness and push-back: capital circuits, labour markets and working-class politics in South Africa 600 Bridget Kenny 52 Work and exploitation in Ethiopia and beyond 611 Andreas Admasie SECTION C. SOUTH AMERICA 53 Working class conditions and resistances in context of austerity in Argentina 623 Lucila D’Urso and Clara Marticorena 54 Chile – from Pinochet’s neoliberal counter-revolution to the 2019–20 anti-neoliberal revolt 639 Miguel Urrutia and Fernando Durán-Palma 55 Brazil: inequalities, labour exploitation and new informalization processes 658 Ludmila Costhek Abílio Index

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Book SynopsisIncome distribution is one of the most important issues related to social change and is a central question in public policy. Despite this, income distribution is often neglected by mainstream economics. This important book seeks to rectify this by presenting a number of heterodox approaches to income distribution.The book approaches the subject from a variety of different schools of thought and focuses on some of the broader topics within income distribution as well as its significance for national policy. It addresses the social order of society as dictated by income, as well as institutional arrangements and their impact on income distribution theory and policy. The authors discuss current thinking as well as considering empirical findings on income distribution and how these are affected by different stages of economic development. The Economics of Income Distribution will be welcomed by economists, sociologists and political scientists interested in public policy issues relating to income distribution.Trade Review'. . . this is a good read for any economist with an interest in distribution. Given the diversity of views presented and topics covered, there will almost certainly be something to provoke your anger or reinforce your preconceptions about distribution.' -- James Peach, Journal of Economic LiteratureTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Economics of Income Distribution: Heterodox Approaches. An Introduction 2. Bronfenbrenner Revisited 3. An Institutionalist Approach to Income Distribution 4. Beyond Income Distribution: An Entitlement Systems Approach to the Acquirement Problem 5. Deflation and Distribution: Austerity Policies in Britain in the 1920s 6. Income Distribution in the Transition: Some Reflections and Some Evidence 7. Income Distribution and Environmental Policy Instruments 8. Looking Back Index

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