Labour / income economics Books

Book SynopsisOvereducation is one of the most important mechanisms for labour market adjustment when there is an excess supply of highly skilled workers. However, there is much debate about the consequences of this phenomena and the short- and long-term effects for both the overeducated worker and the economy as a whole. This book contributes to our understanding of recent developments in the research on overeducation by providing a detailed overview of the pertinent theoretical and policy issues. The authors study evidence that a substantial number of workers in Europe are overqualified and challenge the wisdom of greater investments in the education of the workforce. Although it may appear a waste of resources if many workers have a higher level of education than their job requires, others argue that overeducation may actually facilitate the development of a competitive and dynamic knowledge-based economy in Europe. They move on to look at labour mobility and skill mismatches in the labour market, and examine the impact of overeducation on earnings. They also address the somewhat controversial issue of how to measure employee overqualification, and propose an income ratio based on the difference between actual and potential earnings as an effective approach. Finally, they look at the effect of overeducation on specific groups in society such as licensed professionals, university graduates and ethnic minorities. Economists, social scientists, and academics interested in labour market theory and policy will find this an insightful and original volume which will make an important addition to the literature on overeducation.Trade Review'This is a laudable objective and researchers in this field will surely find this book of great interest. . .' -- Arnold Chevalier, Education EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction 1. The Overeducated European? 2. Much Ado About Nothing? What Does the Overeducation Literature Really Tell Us? Part I: Mobility 3. The Dynamics of Skill Mismatches in the Dutch Labour Market 4. Types of Job Match, Overeducation and Labour Mobility in Spain Part II: Wages 5. The Causal Effect of Overqualification on Earnings: Evidence from a Bayesian Approach 6. The Impact of Education and Mismatch on Wages: Germany, 1984–2000 7. Overeducation and Individual Heterogeneity Part III: Measurement 8. Measuring Overeducation with Earnings Frontiers and Panel Data Part IV: Special Groups 9. Credentialism by Members of Licensed Professions 10. The Determinants and Consequences of Graduate Overeducation 11. Educational Mismatch and Ethnic Minorities in England and Wales Index

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Book SynopsisThis book takes a fresh look at professions - their history and sociology, and at the nature both of professional practice and professional competence. Based on research by the authors across 20 varied professions, the book offers an innovative model of professional competence and throws new light on how competence is acquired. It identifies a range of informal learning processes, which seem to be just as important to becoming competent as formal training. As a result, the authors suggest a paradigm of professional development that combines informal and formal learning and also brings together academic and competence-based approaches.Professions, Competence and Informal Learning provides practical advice to professional developers on programme design as well as tips for individual professionals on how to exploit their informal learning opportunities. It draws on the research to forecast the future skills needs of professionals and suggests how professional development programmes may need to change in response.The book should be of value to anyone who is interested in professional competence, whether as a professional educator or developer, or as an individual professional. It is also potentially of use to trainers and educators in non-professional areas, especially those with an interest in informal learning.Trade Review'It is a very good read. . . This book ought to appeal to a diverse readership: Those simply interested in their place in society as professionals and wishing to further develop themselves, those for whom the development of other professionals is their own professional interest, and those with an academic interest in the development of professions and the changing nature of employment. It pulls together a wide range of material, both theoretical and empirical, in a very readable and ultimately practical form.' -- Chris Alder, Personnel Review'The book provides an in-depth synthesis of continuing professional development (CPD) and adult learning literature. It brings into focus a myriad of published work from disparate sources . . . One test of the perceived value of a book such as this is "would I want to keep it on my bookshelf and will I use it?" Professions, Competence and Informal Learning will have a place on my bookshelf.' -- Leadership in Health Services'This book offers clear and informative accounts of the history of professions, theories of professional competence and learning, and the debates surrounding continual professional development, interwoven with carefully described empirical research which allows an insight into the perceptions and experiences of professionals themselves. It is a fascinating and useful book, which will appeal especially to those concerned with designing and running professional development programmes and, perhaps more importantly, to individual professionals who wish to understand and improve their own learning experiences.' -- Continuing Professional Development Spotlight'I highly recommend this book to HRM-professionals within all organizations; this book is an advanced HRD-source for the 21st century.' -- Celeste Wilderom, University of Twente, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: History and Sociology of Professions 1. When is a Job a Profession? 2. Once upon a Time: A Brief History of Professions 3. Here and Now: Professions in the Twenty-first Century Part II: Nature of Professional Competence and Professional Practice 4. Competence: A Problematic Concept? 5. Figuring it Out: Modelling Professional Competence 6. Ringing the Changes: Testing and Revising the Professional Competence Model 7. Professional Competence – Through the Eyes of Professionals 8. Practice Makes Perfect: How Professionals Do What They Do Part III: Professional Development – Theory and Practice 9. Learning in Theory: A Look at Learning Theories of Relevance to Professional Development 10. Beyond Competence: From Novice to Expert in Professional Practice 11. That’s the Way to Do It: A Critical Look at Some Techniques used in Developing Professionals 12. Learning in Practice: How Professionals Learn Informally 13. Making the Best of it: Maximising Informal Learning within Professional Development Programmes 14. Do it Yourself: Getting the Most from Your Learning Opportunities Part IV: Beyond the Here and Now 15. Learning is Lifelong: A Look at Continuing Professional Development 16. Over There: International Issues in Professional Development 17. Over the Horizon: Where are Professions Heading? References Index

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Book SynopsisKeynesian economists have continually highlighted the crucial role of effective demand and capital investment in determining the level of unemployment. However, this vital insight has been conspicuous by its absence in recent mainstream debates on the causes of the rise of unemployment in Europe. The dominant explanation of unemployment - the NAIRU theory - implies that wages are 'too high' and holds changes in labor market institutions responsible for the rise in unemployment. Given that wage shares have been falling for more than two decades and unemployment rates have remained high, it is surprising that this explanation has yet to be properly challenged. This book offers a long overdue and refreshing Keynesian approach to the rise of European unemployment. It critically discusses the NAIRU theory and presents econometric evidence to assess the relative importance of capital investment and labor market institutions. The author also explores the reasons for the slowdown in capital accumulation, and is able to establish a clear link between changes in the financial sector, changes in corporate governance and investment expenditures.This insightful theoretical and empirical analysis of mainstream and heterodox approaches to unemployment deserves a wide readership amongst academics, economists, graduate students and policymakers in the fields of labour market theory and policy, post Keynesian economics and macroeconomics. It will also make a substantial contribution to the on-going and highly pertinent debate on the economic, political and social problem of unemployment.Trade Review'. . . convincingly challenges the mainstream explanation of unemployment in EU . . . also offers a coherent Keynesian story.' -- oslem Onaran, EAEPE Newsletter'Engelbert Stockhammer effectively punctures the myth that high unemployment in Europe is mainly the result of rigid labour market institutions and generous social policies. The author revives a Keynesian perspective by using innovative theoretical models and careful statistical analysis to show that Europe's high unemployment rates have been caused mainly by depressed aggregate demand (especially reduced capital investment) rather than by labour market rigidities or high real wages. He argues that the root causes of Europe's high unemployment are found in its liberalized financial system and restrictive macroeconomic policies, and he suggests a new policy approach that could address Europe's most pressing social problem.' -- Robert A. Blecker, American University, US'This book provides a long-awaited extension of the Kaleckian growth model, by explicitly considering the evolution of the rate of unemployment. The author provides a neat framework that compares the features and implications of the New Keynesian NAIRU model with those of the closely related post Keynesian theory of conflict inflation. He shows that the long-run rate of unemployment in the post Keynesian approach always depends on effective demand, in contrast to what occurs in the standard NAIRU approach, where it only depends on supply-side factors such as rigid labour markets. The framework is also used to provide empirical tests of the two major explanations of the rise of unemployment in Europe. Engelbert Stockhammer presents highly useful theoretical tools and empirical arguments for those who wish to object to "conventional wisdom" on labour and employment issues and policies. He gets us one step closer towards a synthesis of various heterodox traditions, linking in particular the Keynesian and the Marxist strands.' -- Marc Lavoie, University of Ottawa, Canada, and University of Paris 13, France'Engelbert Stockhammer challenges the NAIRU story of European unemployment and the view that institutional rigidity is the cause of Europe's economic slowdown. He presents a convincing (post) Keynesian approach which combines innovative theoretical reasoning with up-to-date empirical research. According to this view, European stagnation is due to effective demand problems, in particular to a slowdown of capital accumulation caused by the "financialization" of non-financial firms and changing management priorities under the conditions of liberalized financial markets. These are the problems European policy makers should tackle instead of further pursuing a path towards deregulation.' -- Eckhard Hein, Institute for Economic and Social Research, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Rise of Unemployment in Europe: A Synopsis 2. Profits and Unemployment: Is There an Equilibrium Rate of Unemployment in the Long Run? 3. The NAIRU Theory, the NAIRU Story and Keynesian Approaches 4. Explaining the Rise in European Unemployment: An Evaluation of the NAIRU Story and a Keynesian Approach 5. Financialization, Shareholder Value and the Theory of the Firm: Financialization and Management Priorities 6. Financialization and the Slowdown of Capital Accumulation 7. Policy Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisInstitutions and Wage Formation in the New Europe addresses the role played by institutions in European wage formation with a focus on EMU and institutional change in labour markets. Under this general heading there are three broad but distinct themes. The first emphasises the role of institutions in affecting the dispersion of wages across occupational, age, skill, and industry and employment contract categories. The contributors make clear the profound effect that European institutions can have in influencing, and in most cases compressing, such pay differentials with consequent implications for the employment prospects of certain segments of the labour force. The second theme is the explanation for recent wage moderation in Europe. The contributions under this theme stress the role of developments in the bargaining systems of European countries and the presence of a number of temporary or specific factors, which have helped to bring about pay moderation. The final theme is the extent to which institutions are changing within Europe in the light of EMU and the adoption of new business practices.This book will appeal to academics with an interest in labour markets and EMU issues, and also industrial relations specialists with an interest in institutional topics.Trade Review'This publication provides an overall view of wage-setting systems in Europe, as well as some interesting insights into specific issues such as the reservation wage, the situation of fixed-term contract workers, and wage developments in Germany, Italy and Britain.' -- Emmanuel Mermet and Ronald Janssen, TransferTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Is European Wage-setting Different? Evidence from the Occupational Wages Around the World Data File 2. What Determines the Reservation Wages of Unemployed Workers? New Evidence from German Micro Data 3. Labour as a Buffer: Do Temporary Workers Suffer? 4. Moving from the External to an Internal Labor Market: Job Tenure, Cycle and Wage Determination 5. Wage Developments in the Early Years of EMU 6. Wage Formation in the Italian Private Sector After the 1992–93 Income Policy Agreements 7. A Widening Scope for Non-wage Components in Collective Bargaining in the EU? 8. Aggregation and Euro Area Phillips Curves 9. Wage Flexibility in Britain: Some Micro and Macro Evidence 10. Centralized Bargaining and Reorganized Work: Are they Compatible? 11. The Impact of Active Labour Market Policies in Europe Index

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Book SynopsisThe dramatic evolution of financial markets in the 1980s and 1990s, accompanied by increasing institutional integration between nations (most notably in the EU), have fostered a widespread belief that governments - particularly those of small economies - have essentially lost the power to pursue sovereign, independent economic policies. At the same time, it is widely assumed that the loss of monetary-policy control is a major opportunity cost for a country adopting a rigid exchange-rate regime or, in the European context, for countries joining the EMU.This book sheds light on these arguments by examining the relationship between the international integration of domestic money markets and the degree of monetary-policy independence in eleven small, open economies in Europe. The authors address these important issues in the context of a broad-based historical analysis of market formation and growth, exchange-rate policies and deregulation. They find that political motives, in conjunction with competitive forces, path dependence and institutional factors, are a major determinant of market development. Moreover, they reveal that credible commitment to a stability goal is a far more reliable predictor of monetary-policy autonomy than the adoption of a specific exchange-rate regime.This accessible investigation of the relationship between domestic money-market development, international financial integration and the monetary-policy options available to small, open economies will be welcomed by students and researchers of macroeconomics, financial economics and political economy. The extensive empirical research and original conclusions will also be of interest and benefit to corporate decisionmakers, bankers, policymakers and regulators.Trade Review‘Money Markets and Politics offers a bounty of comparative, cross-national statistics that document important money market developments in these eleven countries. The authors have gone to great lengths to present a consistent set of data over a broad range of areas, during a time of remarkable turmoil and change.' -- Jonathon W. Moses, Scandinavian Journal of Economic History'This topical book is a valuable contribution, providing interesting and detailed analyses of the developments in financial, monetary and foreign exchange markets across countries, as well as more sophisticated sections that use empirical tools for exploration and modelling. The originality of the approach chosen for the analysis, the diversity of the topics covered and the breadth of the information collected are clearly the book's primary strength.' -- Natalie Chen, Transnational Corporations'The book provides a lucid, painstaking, and insightful analysis of the potentiality for small European "policy taking" countries to conduct monetary policy independently in an era of globalising money markets.' -- Andrew W. Mullineux, SUERF Newsletter'These eleven small, open economies teach us a great deal about the behaviour of money and financial markets. This volume sets the standard for investigating them. Any future serious work must take account of this book and build on it.' -- Richard J. Sweeney, Georgetown University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Background Indicators of Economic and Financial Development and Integration 3. Money Market Formation and Transformation 4. Money Market Development and Monetary Policy Operations 5. External Arrangements: Exchange Rate Regimes and Capital Controls 6. Measuring Capital Mobility: The Degree of Direct Money Market Integration 7. Monetary Policy Autonomy under Different Institutional Regimes 8. Money Market Development and Monetary Policy Options: Concluding Remarks References Index

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Book SynopsisOffering a diverse set of contributions to current social contracting research, The Social Institutions of Capitalism illustrates how social contracts necessarily underlie and facilitate all forms of capitalist production and exchange.The editors bring together novel contributions from fields as diverse as economics, evolutionary game theory, contract law, business ethics, moral philosophy and anthropology to offer multifaceted but subtly intertwined perspectives on fundamental questions concerning human cooperation.This interdisciplinary book, with articles written by academics who are widely known and respected in their respective fields, will be of great value to those interested in political theory, moral philosophy and business ethics.Trade Review'Heugens, van Oosterhout and Vromen have pulled together a diverse set of ideas around a common theme, social contract theory, that provides a useful underpinning for our ideas about what makes societies work in the ways that they do. Rather than attempting to integrate ideas from scholars of game theory, contract law, organizational theory, economic philosophy and business ethics, moral, and political philosophy, they outline a common framework on which these disparate ideas all cohere. Fundamentally, the editors suggest that for a social contract to be practical and workable, we as people living in societies have to agree to the underlying values and norms within a particular social contract as rational and reasonable agents. This type of synthesis provides a helpful framework for understanding what the limits and boundaries of social contract theory are and should be useful to thinkers in all of the domains covered by the authors in the book.' -- Sandra Waddock, Boston College, US'I have read the introduction of The Social Institutions of Capitalism with great pleasure. This book about contractarian theories provides deep insights into the foundations of economic systems and organizations like firms. Fundamental questions about why individuals would accept authority, about the behavioural assumptions in modern economic theory and about the foundation of the institutional fabric of society are very profoundly discussed by leading experts in the field.' -- John Groenewegen, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The NetherlandsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Social Contract Theories: E Pluribus Unum? 2. Stable Social Contracts 3. The Relational Constitution of Contractual Agreement 4. The Foundations of Trust 5. Economics and the Social Contract 6. Social Contracts, Sic et Non 7. Sources of Normativity: Reflectivity versus Social Contracting 8. Justice-Conventionalism, Justice-Platonism and the Social Contract Index

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Book SynopsisMoving Towards the Virtual Workplace provides the first comprehensive overview of the many impacts of telework/telecommuting adoption, from both a managerial and societal perspective. This book argues that telework will be increasingly adopted in the twenty-first century, representing a far-reaching move toward the virtual workplace, with dramatic implications for the management of the workforce and for society at large.Telework, like mass production, has the potential to change society. It permits the significant reduction of the spatial and temporal constraints faced by the conventional organization of the workplace. The new virtual workplace constitutes a key step in the evolution towards a virtual society.In order to realistically assess telework's diffusion potential, the book studies, both conceptually and empirically, the technological, institutional, organizational and individual-level parameters that influence the decision to adopt telework, and the likelihood of telework's success.The book concludes that telework can have enormous socioeconomic impacts, both as a macro-level tool, reducing road transport externalities, and as a managerial instrument to motivate highly skilled workers in knowledge-based industries. As such this fascinating book will be invaluable to scholars of management, transport, economics and industrial and union relations. The telework and business community, both scholarly and practical will also find the book of great interest.Trade Review'This book is a first of its kind. It goes right to the heart of he issue of the extent to which telework is a substitute for travel and whether it is a more defensible policy tool for managing congestion than, for example, road pricing. This is a must read for those in both the transportation policy and management and the telecommunications policy arenas.' -- Roger R. Stough, George Mason University, US'There are clearly changes taking place in the way work is viewed and is being conducted. This research monograph looks at how these changes are affecting travel behavior at the micro level and, with this, highlight the economic and social implications of these changes. Its arguments are founded on a careful empirical analysis of behavior and attitudes of individuals and companies. This allows more detailed assessment of key links between travel and work-place choices than is often the case. The book will inevitably be of considerable interest to those concerned with urban development, transport efficiency and environmental protection.' -- Kenneth Button, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. A Societal Perspective on Telework 3. A Managerial Perspective on Telework Adoption: Target Group Implementation 4. A Managerial Perspective on Telework Adoption: Parameters Affecting the Employer’s View 5. A Managerial Perspective on Telework: Parameters Affecting the Employee’s View 6. A Societal Perspective on Telework: The Alleviation of Road Transport Externalities Appendices References Index

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Book SynopsisThe first book in this important new series, under the general editorship of Nobel Laureate Robert Solow, Institutions, Innovation and Growth assembles a stellar cast of international contributors. Leading economists join the debate on innovation and economic growth, focussing on a broad spectrum of issues ranging from labour markets to corporate governance. Growth paths within the OECD are also assessed, with particular emphasis on contrasts between US and European models. The book seeks to identify those institutional factors, taking into account different national trajectories, which might serve to promote economic growth in Europe.As with all books in this series, Institutions, Innovation and Growth offers cutting edge research that is relevant to the world in which we live. It will be essential reading for scholars, policymakers and interested readers concerned with the economic challenges facing Europe in the twenty-first century.Trade Review'The book contains an impressive collection of essays addressing the 'deeper causes' of economic growth, including of course technological and organisational factors. The analyses are inspiring and sometimes appropriately controversial. The contributions offer suggestive links between the economies of innovation and institution-centred interpretations.' -- Giovanni Dosi, St Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy'While interest in innovation and economic growth has exploded in the economics literature in recent years, the role of institutions has been largely overlooked. With publication of this book, Jean-Philippe Touffut brings together a leading group of international scholars to provide a path-breaking rigorous analysis of the links between institutions, innovative activity and economic growth. The conclusions from the volume are unequivocal - not only do institutions matter in shaping economic growth, but also their impact can be understood in a systematic and predictable manner.' -- David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and Otto Beisheim School WHU, Germany'This book contains informed and informing contributions by noted scholars on innovation and growth - surely the most critical topics for economic welfare in the long run. The essays will be most satisfying to students and others seeking greater relevance in the analytic materials of our literature.' -- William J. Baumol, New York University, US and Princeton University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction by Robert M. Solow 1. The Transformation of Corporate Organization in Europe: An Overview 2. Adapting European Labour Institutions to Global Economic and Technological Change 3. Activating Labour Market Policy: ‘Flexicurity’ Through Transitional Labour Markets 4. Transnational Technical Communities and Regional Growth in the Periphery 5. The Mechanisms of Information Technology’s Contribution to Economic Growth 6. Empirical Estimates of the Relationship Between Product Market Competition and Innovation 7. Cooperation, Creativity and Closure in Scientific Research Networks: Modelling the Dynamics of Epistemic Communities 8. The Diversity of Social Systems of Innovation and Production During the 1990s 9. An Overview of Sustainable Forms of Growth: The Economic Institutions of a European Model Index

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Book SynopsisThe first book in this important new series, under the general editorship of Nobel Laureate Robert Solow, Institutions, Innovation and Growth assembles a stellar cast of international contributors. Leading economists join the debate on innovation and economic growth, focussing on a broad spectrum of issues ranging from labour markets to corporate governance. Growth paths within the OECD are also assessed, with particular emphasis on contrasts between US and European models. The book seeks to identify those institutional factors, taking into account different national trajectories, which might serve to promote economic growth in Europe.As with all books in this series, Institutions, Innovation and Growth offers cutting edge research that is relevant to the world in which we live. It will be essential reading for scholars, policymakers and interested readers concerned with the economic challenges facing Europe in the twenty-first century.Trade Review'The book contains an impressive collection of essays addressing the 'deeper causes' of economic growth, including of course technological and organisational factors. The analyses are inspiring and sometimes appropriately controversial. The contributions offer suggestive links between the economies of innovation and institution-centred interpretations.' -- Giovanni Dosi, St Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy'While interest in innovation and economic growth has exploded in the economics literature in recent years, the role of institutions has been largely overlooked. With publication of this book, Jean-Philippe Touffut brings together a leading group of international scholars to provide a path-breaking rigorous analysis of the links between institutions, innovative activity and economic growth. The conclusions from the volume are unequivocal - not only do institutions matter in shaping economic growth, but also their impact can be understood in a systematic and predictable manner.' -- David B. Audretsch, Indiana University, Bloomington, US and Otto Beisheim School WHU, Germany'This book contains informed and informing contributions by noted scholars on innovation and growth - surely the most critical topics for economic welfare in the long run. The essays will be most satisfying to students and others seeking greater relevance in the analytic materials of our literature.' -- William J. Baumol, New York University, US and Princeton University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction by Robert M. Solow 1. The Transformation of Corporate Organization in Europe: An Overview 2. Adapting European Labour Institutions to Global Economic and Technological Change 3. Activating Labour Market Policy: ‘Flexicurity’ Through Transitional Labour Markets 4. Transnational Technical Communities and Regional Growth in the Periphery 5. The Mechanisms of Information Technology’s Contribution to Economic Growth 6. Empirical Estimates of the Relationship Between Product Market Competition and Innovation 7. Cooperation, Creativity and Closure in Scientific Research Networks: Modelling the Dynamics of Epistemic Communities 8. The Diversity of Social Systems of Innovation and Production During the 1990s 9. An Overview of Sustainable Forms of Growth: The Economic Institutions of a European Model Index

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Book SynopsisOrganisations and the nature of work have undergone fundamental changes in recent decades. At the same time, the traditional family pattern in Europe is being challenged by the growing number of dual-income families, and by the rise of women's employment. The central aim of this book is to consider to what extent changes in organisations and in the nature of jobs are compatible with the need, increasingly expressed by employees, for greater integration between work and family life. The book questions what sort of dilemmas modern and future employees face, in terms of shaping their careers and organising their lives at home. The authors formulate answers to these problematic questions by shedding light on relevant developments in the European labour markets, the European workplaces, in (flexible) working patterns, changing preferences for working hours and in gender relations at work.With a focus on future developments, this book will be of interest to labour market researchers and social policymakers in Europe, and also students in the social sciences, management (HRM) and social policy.Trade Review‘Flexible Working and Organisational Change offers an interesting variety of studies. . . I am confident that the book will appeal to a large group of readers. Readers looking for stat-of-the-art research on topics such as changes in employment patterns, gender issues, working time preferences, leave facilities, tele-working or flexible working will certainly find the book to their taste.' -- Samula Mescher, Industrial Relations JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Change in a European Context 1. Introduction 2. Work and Family Life in Europe: Employment Patterns of Working Parents Across Welfare States 3. Organisational Change, Gender and Integration of Work and Private Life 4. New Working Arrangements and Organisational Change in the Netherlands 5. Occupational Sex Segregation and Societal Change Part II: Flexible Working 6. Gender Equality and the Work–Life Balance: Policies and Practices in the New Economy 7. Flexibillisation, Deregulation and Working Time: A Gendered Question: Evidence from Spain 8. Long-term Effects of Flexible Work Part III: Working Time, Leave Facilities and Teleworking 9. Employers’ and Employees’ Preferences on Working Time in Finland 10. Do Dutch Employees Want to Work More or Fewer Hours Than They Actually Do? 11. Internal and External Career Aspirations of Men and Women Within their Organisations 12. Assessing the Use of Parental Leave by Fathers: Towards a Conceptual Framework 13. IT and Telework Part IV: The Integration of Work and Personal Life 14. Looking Backwards to go Forwards: The Integration of Paid Work and Personal Life 15. Flexible Work and Organisational Change from a European Perspective: Challenges for Future Research Index

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Book SynopsisWorker Displacement in the US/Mexico Border Region provides a comprehensive analysis of the social and economic impact of worker displacement in border communities. The contributors - experts from a variety of fields - evaluate the consequences of displacement on individuals, families and communities from various interdisciplinary perspectives. Issues that arise as a result of job displacement, such as health, training and education, are explored in-depth.The US/Mexico border region is one of the poorest areas of the United States. As such, it is of great interest to those looking for approaches that can be adopted to help this and similar populations reduce their poverty. The book provides a rich picture of the policy challenges involved in addressing the needs of border communities. Also examined is the role of, and effects on, the US economy.This volume will be of particular interest to students, researchers and policymakers concerned with gaining a better understanding of the health, training and education needs of the US/Mexico border population. Anyone interested in international trade, economics, labor or migration will find the interdisciplinary nature of the book appealing.Trade Review'An interesting, interrelated mixture of descriptive and empirical analyses, case studies, and theoretical modeling that relates to a timely and important issue that is of considerable policy interest. . . The book reads well and is accessible without a high degree of technical ability. It would be of interest to most researchers focusing on job displacement and would be appropriate even at the advanced undergraduate level.' -- Roger White, Labor Studies JournalTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface 1. Introduction 2. Labor and Demographic Challenges of the US/Mexico Border Region 3. Worker Displacement in the Texas/Mexico Border MSAs: Evidence from the Current Population Survey 4. The Economic Impact of Worker Displacement in the US/Mexico Border Region 5. The Social Costs of Worker Dislocation in a South Texas Border Environment 6. Health and Job Displacement: The Case of Garment Manufacturing Workers on the US/Mexico Border 7. Human Capital Investments and Displaced Workers in South Texas 8. A Workforce Development–Instructional Systems Design (WFD-ISD) Model for Border Displaced Workers 9. A Forecasting Model for Border Job Displacement in Texas Index

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Book SynopsisThe past few decades have witnessed a global move towards private provision for retirement through individual defined contribution pensions at the expense of publicly provided and employer-sponsored defined benefit pensions. As a consequence, workers and retirees are becoming increasingly exposed to uncertainties in financial, labour and economic markets. The contributors to this book analyse the implications for retirement income policy, workers and retirees in view of the current climate of heightened exposure to scary markets.The implications of a broad range of scary market scenarios are presented, and novel solutions prescribed. Retirement incomes across a number of countries including the US, the UK, Japan and Australia are explored, and uncertainties examined include: extreme stock price volatility; discontinuous labour market participation; and regulatory failure and macroeconomic instability. Concluding with the observation that regulatory reforms could be almost as scary as the underlying macroeconomic conditions, this book will prove a fascinating read for scholars, researchers, practitioners and policymakers with an interest in pensions and pension policy, financial economics and public sector economics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Hazel Bateman 2. Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Bear? Or, Why Investing in Equities for Retirement is not Scary and Why Investing without Equities is Scary Ronald Bewley, Nick Ingram, Veronica Livera and Sheridan Thompson 3. Assessing the Risks in Global Fixed Interest Portfolios Geoffrey Brianton 4. The Role of Index Funds in Retirement Asset Allocation David R. Gallagher 5. Retirement Wealth and Lifetime Earnings Variability Olivia S. Mitchell, John W.R. Phillips, Andrew Au and David McCarthy 6. How Have Older Workers Responded to Scary Markets? Jonathan Gardner and Mike Orszag 7. Financial Engineering for Australian Annuitants Susan Thorp, Geoffrey Kingston and Hazel Bateman 8. Smoothing Investment Returns Anthony Asher 9. Ansett’s Superannuation Fund: A Case Study in Insolvency Shauna Ferris 10. Pension Funds and Retirement Benefits in a Depressed Economy: Experience and Challenges in Japan Masaharu Usuki 11. The Structure and Regulation of the Brazilian Private Pension System Flávio Marcílio Rabelo Index

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Book Synopsis'. . . the volume constitutes an important collection, which portrays the evolution of the Phillips Curve and the potency of policy debates in a single canvas in an elegant and comprehensive manner. The gaps that seem to have remained may be remedied by the editors in the form of a companion volume discussing open economies and global interdependence. The production quality and editing of the book are also excellent. . .'- Biswajit Chatterjee, Indian Society of Labour Economics This authoritative three-volume collection provides a comprehensive anthology of many of the most important and influential articles written since the publication of Phillips' 1958 study - the most-cited macroeconomic paper published in the 20th century. Along with an original introduction by the editors, the papers evaluate the original contribution and place it in its historical context. The works also discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the New Classical critique and the expectations augmented Phillips Curve that resulted from it, and critique the part played by the 'New Keynesian Phillips Curve' in the New neo-Classical Synthesis that has emerged in macroeconomics. This indispensable volume will be of immense value to students, scholars and practitioners interested in the field of economics, and the Phillips Curve in particular.Trade Review‘. . . the volume constitutes an important collection, which portrays the evolution of the Phillips Curve and the potency of policy debates in a single canvas in an elegant and comprehensive manner. The gaps that seem to have remained may be remedied by the editors in the form of a companion volume discussing open economies and global interdependence. The production quality and editing of the book are also excellent.’ -- Biswajit Chatterjee, Indian Society of Labour EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction Essay: The History, Significance and Policy Context of the Phillips Curve Richard G. Lipsey and William Scarth PART I PRECURSORS 1. Thomas M. Humphrey (1985), ‘The Early History of the Phillips Curve’ 2. Irving Fisher (1926), ‘A Statistical Relation between Unemployment and Price Changes’ PART II THE ORIGINAL PHILLIPS CURVE AND ITS CRITICS 3. A.W. Phillips (1958), ‘The Relation Between Unemployment and the Rate of Change of Money Wage Rates in the United Kingdom, 1861–1957’ 4. Richard G. Lipsey (2010), ‘The Phillips Curve’ 5. K.G.J.C. Knowles and C.B. Winsten (1959), ‘Can The Level of Unemployment Explain Changes in Wages?’ 6. Guy Routh (1959), ‘The Relation Between Unemployment and the Rate of Change of Money Wage Rates: A Comment’ 7. Richard G. Lipsey (1960), ‘The Relation between Unemployment and the Rate of Change of Money Wage Rates in the United Kingdom, 1862–1957: A Further Analysis’ 8. James M. Holmes and David J. Smyth (1970), ‘The Relation between Unemployment and Excess Demand for Labour: An Examination of the Theory of the Phillips Curve’ 9. Richard G. Lipsey (1974), ‘The Micro Theory of the Phillips Curve Reconsidered: A Reply to Holmes and Smyth’ 10. Nancy J. Wulwick (1996), ‘Two Econometric Replications: The Historic Phillips and Lipsey-Phillips Curves’ PART III FURTHER U.K. STUDIES 11. L.A. Dicks-Mireaux and J.C.R. Dow (1959), ‘The Determinants of Wage Inflation: United Kingdom, 1946-56’ and ‘Discussion on Paper’ 12. L.R. Klein and R.J. Ball (1959), ‘Some Econometrics of the Determination of Absolute Prices and Wages’ 13. John H. Pencavel (1971), ‘A Note on the Comparative Predictive Performance of Wage Inflation Models of the British Economy’ 14. S.G.B. Henry, M.C. Sawyer and P. Smith (1976), ‘Models of Inflation in the United Kingdom: An Evaluation’ 15. D.I. MacKay and R.A. Hart (1974), ‘Wage Inflation and the Phillips Relationship’ PART IV FITS TO U.S. DATA 16. Paul A. Samuelson and Robert M. Solow (1960), ‘Analytical Aspects of Anti-Inflation Policy’ 17. G.L. Perry (1964), ‘The Determinants of Wage Rate Changes and the Inflation-Unemployment Trade-off for the United States’ 18. William G. Bowen and R. Albert Berry (1963), ‘Unemployment Conditions and Movements of the Money Wage Level’ 19. Otto Eckstein and Thomas A. Wilson (1962), ‘The Determination of Money Wages in American Industry’ 20. Jim Taylor (1970), ‘Hidden Unemployment, Hoarded Labor, and the Phillips Curve’ 21. J.C.R. Rowley and D.A. Wilton (1973), ‘The Empirical Sensitivity of the Phillips Curve’ PART V THE LOOPS 22. Edward A. Kuska (1966), ‘The Simple Analytics of the Phillips Curve’ 23. G.C. Archibald, Robyn Kemmis and J.W. Perkins (1974), ‘Excess Demand for Labour, Unemployment and the Phillips Curve: A Theoretical and Empirical Study’ 24. A.P. Thirlwall (1969), ‘Demand Disequilibrium in the Labour Market and Wage Rate Inflation in the United Kingdom (1)’ 25. David J. Smyth (1979), ‘Unemployment Dispersion and the Phillips Loops: A Direct Test of the Lipsey Hypothesis’ PART VI PHILLIPS CURVE AS AN EXPLICIT MENU OF CHOICE 26. G.L. Reuber (1964), ‘The Objectives of Canadian Monetary Policy, 1949-61: Empirical “Trade-Offs” and the Reaction Function of the Authorities’ 27. David Laidler (1997), ‘The Emergence of the Phillips Curve as a Policy Menu’ 28. Robert Leeson (1997), ‘The Trade-Off Interpretation of Phillips’s Dynamic Stabilization Exercise’ PART VII ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS 29. Richard G. Lipsey and M.D. Steuer (1961), ‘The Relation between Profits and Wage Rates’ 30. E. Kuh (1967), ‘A Productivity Theory of Wage Levels – An Alternative to the Phillips Curve’ 31. Meghnad Desai (1975), ‘The Phillips Curve: A Revisionist Interpretation’ 32. C.L. Gilbert (1976), ‘The Original Phillips Curve Estimates’ Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction to all three volumes by the editors appears in Volume I PART I EXPECTATIONS OF INFLATION – THE FRIEDMAN-PHELPS CRITIQUE 1. Milton Friedman (1968), ‘The Role of Monetary Policy’ 2. Edmund S. Phelps (1967), ‘Phillips Curves, Expectations of Inflation and Optimal Unemployment Over Time’ 3. Edmund S. Phelps (1968), ‘Money-Wage Dynamics and Labor-Market Equilibrium’ 4. Milton Friedman (1977), ‘Nobel Lecture: Inflation and Unemployment’ PART II REACTIONS TO THE CRITIQUE 5. Robert E. Lucas, Jr. and Leonard A. Rapping (1969), ‘Price Expectations and the Phillips Curve’ 6. James Tobin (1972), ‘Inflation and Unemployment’ 7. Gordon Tullock (1972), ‘Can You Fool All of the People All of the Time? A Comment’ 8. James Tobin and Leonard Ross (1972), ‘A Reply to Gordon Tullock’ 9. Robert E. Lucas, Jr. (1972), ‘Econometric Testing of the Natural Rate Hypothesis’ 10. Robert E. Lucas and Thomas J. Sargent (1978), ‘After Keynesian Macroeconomics (including discussion by Benjamin M. Friedman and response and rebuttal by Robert E. Lucas and Thomas J. Sargent)’ 11. Robert M. Solow (1978), ‘Summary and Evaluation’ 12. Arthur M. Okun (1978), ‘Efficient Disinflationary Policies’ 13. Edmund Phelps (1995), ‘The Origins and Further Development of the Natural Rate of Unemployment’ 14. James Tobin (1995), ‘The Nature Rate as New Classical Macroeconomics’ 15. Robert E. Lucas, Jr. (1996), ‘Nobel Lecture: Monetary Neutrality’ PART III EMPIRICAL EVALUATION OF FOUR EMERGING CONCEPTS: THE ACCELERATIONIST PROPOSITION, THE LUCAS CRITIQUE, THE SACRIFICE RATIO AND THE NAIRU 16. Thomas J. Sargent (1971), ‘A Note on the “Accelerationist” Controversy’ 17. John B. Taylor (1979), ‘Estimation and Control of a Macroeconomic Model with Rational Expectations’ 18. George S. Alogoskoufis and Ron Smith (1991), ‘The Phillips Curve, the Persistence of Inflation, and the Lucas Critique: Evidence from Exchange- Rate Regimes’ 19. Laurence Ball (1994), ‘What Determines the Sacrifice Ratio?’ 20. Jeffrey C. Fuhrer (1995), ‘The Phillips Curve is Alive and Well’ 21. Laurence Ball and N. Gregory Mankiw (2002), ‘The NAIRU in Theory and Practice’ PART IV GENERAL ASSESSMENT AFTER THE EXPECTATIONS CRITIQUE 22. Anthony M. Santomero and John J. Seater (1978), ‘The Inflation-Unemployment Trade-off: A Critique of the Literature’ 23. Robert J. Gordon (1990), ‘What is New-Keynesian Economics?’ 24. Robert G. King and Mark W. Watson (1994), ‘The Post-War U.S. Phillips Curve: A Revisionist Econometric History’ 25. Charles L. Evans (1994), ‘The Post-War U.S. Phillips Curve: A Comment’ 26. Bennett T. McCallum (1994), ‘Identification of Inflation-Unemployment Tradeoffs in the 1970s: A Comment’ 27. Robert G. King and Mark W. Watson (1994), ‘Rejoinder to Evans and McCallum’ 28. Paul Beaudry and Matthew Doyle (2000), ‘What Happened to the Phillips Curve in the 1990s in Canada?’, Steven James and Jeffrey Fuhrer ‘Discussion’ and ‘General Discussion’ Volume III Acknowledgements An introduction to all three volumes by the editors appears in Volume I PART I THE PHILLIPS CURVE AS AN ANSWER TO FRIEDMAN’S MISSING EQUATION IN A COMPLETE MACRO MODEL 1. A.W. Phillips (1954), ‘Stabilisation Policy in a Closed Economy’ 2. Richard G. Lipsey (1978), ‘The Place of the Phillips Curve in Macroeconomic Models’ 3. Bennett T. McCallum (1987), ‘The Development of Keynesian Macroeconomics’ 4. Alan S. Blinder (1987), ‘Keynes, Lucas, and Scientific Progress’ 5. Richard G. Lipsey (2000), ‘IS-LM, Keynesianism, and the New Classicism’ PART II SOME STABILIZATION POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE EXPECTATIONS-AUGMENTED PHILLIPS CURVE: MONETARY POLICY RELEVANCE, DYNAMIC CONSISTENCY AND THE VOLITILITY TRADE-OFF 6. Stanley Fischer (1977), ‘Long-Term Contracts, Rational Expectations and the Optimal Money Supply Rule’ 7. Edmund S. Phelps and John B. Taylor (1977), ‘Stabilizing Powers of Monetary Policy under Rational Expectations’ 8. Stephen J. Turnovsky (1984), ‘Rational Expectations and the Theory of Macroeconomic Policy: An Exposition of Some of the Issues’ 9. Alex Cukierman (1986), ‘Central Bank Behavior and Credibility: Some Recent Theoretical Developments’ 10. John B. Taylor (1994), ‘The Inflation/Output Variability Trade-off Revisited (including ‘Discussion’ by Lawrence M. Ball)’ 11. Michael Parkin (2000), ‘What Have We Learned About Price Stability?’, Peter Howitt, ‘Discussion’, W. Craig Riddell, ‘Discussion’, and Kim McPhail, ‘General Discussion’ 12. Marvin Goodfriend (2004), ‘Monetary Policy in the New Neoclassical Synthesis: A Primer’ 13. Jeffrey M. Lacker and John A. Weinberg (2007), ‘Inflation and Unemployment: A Layperson’s Guide to the Phillips Curve’ PART III THE NEW NEO-CLASSICAL SYNTHESIS: MORE MICRO-FOUNDATIONS FOR THE PHILLIPS CURVE 14. Guillermo A. Calvo (1983), ‘Staggered Prices in a Utility-Maximizing Framework’ 15. N. Gregory Mankiw (2001), ‘The Inexorable and Mysterious Tradeoff Between Inflation and Unemployment’ 16. Jordi Galí (2000), ‘The Return of the Phillips Curve and Other Recent Developments in Business Cycle Theory’ 17. Michael T. Kiley (2002), ‘Partial Adjustment and Staggered Price Setting’ 18. N. Gregory Mankiw and Ricardo Reis (2003), ‘Sticky Information: A Model of Monetary Nonneutrality and Structural Slumps’ 19. Richard Dennis (2007), ‘Fixing the New Keynesian Phillips Curve’ 20. Michael Woodford (2007), ‘Interpreting Inflation Persistence: Comments on the Conference on “Quantitative Evidence on Price Determination”’ 21. Mark Gertler and John Leahy (2008), ‘A Phillips Curve with an Ss Foundation’ PART IV THE NEW NEO-CLASSICAL SYNTHESIS: THE ONGOING EMPIRICAL TESTING OF THE PHILLIPS CURVE 22. John M. Roberts (1995), ‘New Keynesian Economics and the Phillips Curve’ 23. Jeff Fuhrer and George Moore (1995), ‘Inflation Persistence’ 24. Jeremy Rudd and Karl Whelan (2007), ‘Modeling Inflation Dynamics: A Critical Review of Recent Research’ 25. Luca Benati (2008), ‘Investigating Inflation Persistence Across Monetary Regimes’ 26. Jean-Marie Dufour, Lynda Khalaf and Maral Kichian (2006), ‘Inflation Dynamics and the New Keynesian Phillips Curve: An Identification Robust Econometric Analysis’ 27. Andreas Hornstein (2007), ‘Evolving Inflation Dynamics and the New Keynesian Phillips Curve’

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Book SynopsisMoving People and Knowledge provides a fresh examination of the processes of highly skilled science migration. Focusing on intra-European mobility and, in particular, on the new dynamics of East-West migration, the authors investigate the movement of Polish and Bulgarian researchers to and from the UK and Germany. Key questions include: who is moving, how long for, and why? In addressing the motivations and experiences of mobile scientists and their families, insights into professional and personal motivations are provided, demonstrating how relationships, networks and infrastructures shape decision-making. This book provides a useful perspective on the implications of increasing researcher mobility - for both sending and receiving regions and the individuals concerned - which is necessary for the construction of future policies on sustainable scientific development. This empirical account provides a nuanced analysis of the duration and flow of scientific mobility showing the prevalence of repeat and shuttle moves in science careers. It will be of particular interest to researchers in European social policy, migration studies and EU law, as well as policymakers in the field of highly skilled migration - especially those working on the free movement of persons provisions and the European Research Area and European Area of Higher Education.Trade Review'The book can be seen as a welcomed contribution to this field of study. . . [it] raises some important questions and problems of scientific mobility.' -- Hogni Kalso Hansen, Papers in Regional Science'This is a very timely book looking at East-West migration, which has recently become a hot political issue in various West European countries. It does an excellent job in laying out the intricacies of mobility that affect different groups, particularly "knowledge migrants". The book successfully shows that "knowledge migrants" follow different motivational routes than other groups of migrants in their choice of mobility between institutes and nations. It makes a valuable contribution to a growing body of research that seeks to change established thinking and rhetoric about migration and to shift it from a dualistic thinking of migration in terms of economic vs. non-economic migrants. What this book shows is that the professional identity of people often supersedes their nationalities in relation to why and where they move.' -- Sami Mahroum, NESTA, UK'Based on excellent empirical research on migrating scientists from Poland and Bulgaria to the UK and Germany, this book follows an innovative agenda which is crucial to the world today - the movement of people and the movement of knowledge. It achieves this by a creative blend of analysing personal stories, embedded in their professional and family networks, on the one hand, and macro-scale discussions of brain drain, brain gain and national and European policy implications on the other.' -- Russell King, University of Sussex, UK'This book makes a timely contribution to understanding the circulation of scientific knowledge via international mobility. It skillfully combines an analysis of structural and institutional changes, with a focus on individual circumstances, life courses and motivations. The outcome is a compelling account of the role of international migration in the transfer of knowledge across borders, and in shaping the careers of individual scientists. This places people and human mobility at the heart of the debate about how the knowledge economy is produced and reproduced.' -- Allan Williams, London Metropolitan University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Marek Okólski 1. Introduction: Moving People and Knowledge – Defining the Research Agenda Part I: Understanding Migration Behaviour and Patterns 2. Circulators, Returners and Settlers: Migration Trajectories and Patterns 3. Migration Processes and their Determinants: ‘Professional’ Factors 4. The Impact of Partnering on Migration Processes and Outcomes 5. Multiple Life-courses? The Impact of Children on Migration Processes 6. The Role of Networks and Connections in Shaping Migration Processes and Effects Part II: Assessing Impact: The Experience of Receiving and Sending Countries 7. Brain Gain? Assessing the Value of Scientific Migration to Receiving Countries 8. Brain Drain? The Experiences of Sending Countries 9. Summary, Conclusions and Policy Implications References Index

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Book SynopsisThe Arab Spring exposed the fundamental weakness of the non-oil Arab economies, namely, the imbalance between population growth and the labour market, resulting in the emergence of structural unemployment among young adults. By the early 2000s these economies faced impossible circumstances: in order to achieve substantial economic growth they had to reduce subsidies and increase privatisation -- economic policies that led to a deterioration of the living standards of the vast majority of the population. The Arab Spring created a new category in the region, that of "failed Arab state", characterised by a fallen "old regime" without a competent new regime to replace it. Civil wars resulted, along lines of religious or ethnic division, as in Syria (Alawites against Sunnis), Iraq (Shi'is against Sunnis and Kurds against Arabs) and in Yemen (Shiis against Sunnis). Regional divisions accounted for the civil war in Libya. The other side of the "new Arab map" is the Arabian Gulf oil states which continue to function as before, both politically and socioeconomically. Chapter 1 places Arab countries in the global demographic picture. Chapter 2 examines the quantity of the demographic records of Arab countries. Chapter 3 deals with patterns of population growth of Arab countries. Chapter 4 analyses the emergence of employment pressure. Chapter 5 discusses intra-Arab labour migration. Chapter 6 analyses natalist policies. The Concluding Chapter examines the "demographic fingerprint" of the Arab Spring which not only was the "core" of the revolution, but also its main consequence in the form of drawing the new political map of the Arab region according to an ethno-religious composition.Trade ReviewFrom a review of the second edition: This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies. --Studies in Family Planning

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Book SynopsisThe Arab Spring exposed the fundamental weakness of the non-oil Arab economies, namely, the imbalance between population growth and the labour market, resulting in the emergence of structural unemployment among young adults. By the early 2000s these economies faced impossible circumstances: in order to achieve substantial economic growth they had to reduce subsidies and increase privatisation -- economic policies that led to a deterioration of the living standards of the vast majority of the population. The Arab Spring created a new category in the region, that of "failed Arab state", characterised by a fallen "old regime" without a competent new regime to replace it. Civil wars resulted, along lines of religious or ethnic division, as in Syria (Alawites against Sunnis), Iraq (Shi'is against Sunnis and Kurds against Arabs) and in Yemen (Shiis against Sunnis). Regional divisions accounted for the civil war in Libya. The other side of the "new Arab map" is the Arabian Gulf oil states which continue to function as before, both politically and socioeconomically. Chapter 1 places Arab countries in the global demographic picture. Chapter 2 examines the quantity of the demographic records of Arab countries. Chapter 3 deals with patterns of population growth of Arab countries. Chapter 4 analyses the emergence of employment pressure. Chapter 5 discusses intra-Arab labour migration. Chapter 6 analyses natalist policies. The Concluding Chapter examines the "demographic fingerprint" of the Arab Spring which not only was the "core" of the revolution, but also its main consequence in the form of drawing the new political map of the Arab region according to an ethno-religious composition.Trade ReviewFrom a review of the second edition: This volume makes a valuable contribution to the Arab population policy literature by tracing the evolution of population policies in the Arab countries and by describing the factors that led to changes in these policies. --Studies in Family Planning

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Book Synopsis>Labour Supply and Incentives to Work in Europe highlights recent developments in the labour supply in Europe and gives a detailed assessment of their link with economic policies and labour market institutions. Despite major changes in European labour supply during the past few decades, the existing literature still lacks a comprehensive study of the relationship between labour supply and labour market institutions from a macro perspective. The contributors, themselves from a variety of academic disciplines and backgrounds, consider aspects of labour supply such as incentives to work, determinants of labour force participation and new forms of employment relationships. Each original and specially written chapter has its own discussion chapter to follow it. The book ends with a valuable panel discussion on the topic of labour supply in an enlarged Europe.This book will be read with interest by scholars of economics and labour economics in particular, as well as those researching industrial relations.Trade Review'The book is a nice collection of articles - each contribution followed by the comment for a discussant - that centres on labour supply in Europe. . . the book provides interesting reading, and the editors' foreword offers a good summary of the contributions of the many authors an, in linking the four parts of the book, helps the reader see them as a whole. . . the book is worth reading. It contains interesting contributions that provide enough food for thought on the many factors that impinge on the decision to participate in the labour force and particularly on those that constrain women's labour-force involvement.' -- Giovanni Russo, Journal of Income DistributionTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Incentives to Work 1. A Matching Model of Non-Employment and Wage Pressure 2. Tax-effects on Work Activity, Industry Mix and Shadow Economy Size: Evidence from Rich Country Comparisons Part II: Factors Affecting Labour Force Participation 3. Mother’s Changing Labour Supply in Britain, the USA and Sweden 4. Women’s Hours of Market Work in Germany – The Role of Parental Leave 5. The Determinants of Labour Force Participation in the European Union 6. Hiring Incentives and Labour Force Participation in Italy Part III: New Forms of Employment Relationships 7. Recent Developments in Part-time Work in EU Countries: Trends and Policy 8. Matching Workers to Jobs on the Fast Lane: The Operation of Fixed-Term Contracts

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Book SynopsisThe position of low skilled workers in the labour market has deteriorated significantly over the past three decades. What has caused this deterioration in low skilled labour demand and what can explain the different labour market responses throughout the OECD? Mark Sanders addresses these questions and evaluates proposed policies to improve upon the present situation and prevent further deterioration in the future.The author develops a theoretical framework that produces two hypotheses to explain the shift in relative demand as well as the different ways in which this shift has manifested itself. The framework is then extended by introducing unemployment, and additional hypotheses are proposed to explain the main EU-US differences. The dynamics thus uncovered yield somewhat unorthodox policy implications on income-, labour market and technology policies in Europe and the US.This comprehensive book will appeal to both scholars and academics, whilst graduate and PhD-students looking for an accessible introduction to modelling the dynamics of technical change and its interactions with the labour market will find it of great interest.Trade Review'Mark Sanders's effort is a challenging and successful attempt to analyse the evolution of labour market characteristics in developed countries with a specific focus on the unskilled and skilled categories of workers. . . The effort of Sanders to bring together different streams of the literature is a success. I would recommend reading the book to anyone interested in a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between technological change and labour markets.' -- Mariacristina Piva, Research Policy'This book treats a major issue - accounting for the differential run-up of the educational wage premium in the US and Europe since the 1970s - which is important from the point of view of economic policy and also from the point of view of economic theory. The author does a heroic job of surveying several vast literatures that bear on the issue.' -- Peter Howitt, Brown University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. General Overview: Facts and Hypotheses Part I: Technical Change and Labour Demand 2. The Economics of Technical Change 3. Modelling Endogenous Technical Change 4. Technical Change and Labour Demand Part II: Technical Change and the Labour Market 5. The Labour Market 6. The Model Extended Part III: The Role of Government 7. The Government in the Model 8. Summary and Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisWorking Mothers in Europe combines comparative perspectives on social policies with analyses of mothers' practices as evidenced in macro data and as explored in country based case studies. Social policy research has emphasised the impact of particular welfare systems and their policies on women's integration into the labour market and the organisation of care and work. However, the authors argue that policies are not the only factor, and, hitherto, we have very little knowledge of the precise interactions between social policies and social practices of individuals and families. In order to accurately grasp the cross-country variation of mothers' work and care arrangements in Europe, this book assembles a comparative approach towards welfare systems and social policies with an analysis of mothers' social practices in several European countries.Exploring the ways in which working mothers manage to combine care responsibilities and paid work on the basis of diverse public and private resources, this book will be invaluable to academics, researchers and students interested in the social sciences. More generally, the book will greatly appeal to those with an interest in women's employment, gender relations and the needs of children as matters that are tackled in the interaction between social policy and individuals.Trade Review‘Working Mothers in Europe will appeal to readers with an interest in public policy development and mothers' experiences of work-family balance (or imbalance). I envisage that Australian readers will be most interested in the sections exploring how mothers' combine paid employment with child care when state assistance is limited, given that Australia too offers only limited support for employed mothers.' -- Amanda Hosking, Labour & IndustryTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: Social Practices and Social Policies 2. Mothers between Individualisation and Institution: Cultural Images of Welfare Policy 3. Caring for Children: The Logics of Public Action 4. Strategies, Everyday Practices and Social Change 5. Kinship and Informal Support: Care Resources for the First Generation of Working Mothers in Norway, Italy and Spain 6. Care Packages: The Organisation of Work and Care by Working Mothers 7. Women’s Participation in European Labour Markets References Index

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Book SynopsisExamining the employment lives of Chinese women living under different government systems at the beginning of the twenty-first century, the contributors to this volume present an overview of factors affecting the employment status of women. The volume includes chapters on the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore - nations that have common Chinese cultural experiences but very different economic systems and government structures.Policies and laws vary widely in Chinese societies from the egalitarian, socialist provisions of The People's Republic of China to the laissez-faire, capitalist policy the British advocated for the Hong Kong government before 1997. Employment of Women in Chinese Cultures provides a theoretical introduction from both Chinese and Western perspectives, as well as summaries of the effect on women's employment of government policies on taxation, health and safety, reproduction, childcare, and education in each nation-state. By juxtaposing the work of women of a similar cultural heritage living under different government systems, new insights are gained that can benefit Chinese working women wherever they live. Scholars and students of management, labor, gender, and China will find this volume of great interest. Government leaders will also find the research on women's employment lives a useful tool in future decision-making.Trade Review'Granrose needs to be congratulated and complimented for her research endeavour in pooling the data from various geographical locations under one umbrella (Chinese) culture in a book format. . . this book is an interesting, important and valuable addition to the literature on career women.' -- Bijaya Mishra, Global Business ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Chinese Women with Different Government Systems Part I: Western Theory and Chinese Culture 1. Theoretical Perspectives on Women’s Employment Careers in a National Government Context 2. Images of Women and Government in the Chinese Cultural Heritage: A Brief Overview Part II: Government Policies and the Employment Status of Chinese Women 3. National Policy Influence on Women’s Careers in the People’s Republic of China 4. Women in Taiwan: Social Status, Education and Employment 5. The Impact of Government Policy on Working Women in Hong Kong 6. The Impact of Government and Family Responsibilities on the Career Development of Working Women in Singapore 7. Women’s Development in Hebei Province, PRC Part III: Conclusions 8. Chinese Women, Half the Sky, Little Ground: Comparative Comments on Chinese Women’s Lives Under Various Government Systems Index

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Book SynopsisThis provocative book considers the changing status of older workers, the evolution of public policy on age and work and the behaviour of employers. It attempts to answer the critical question: in an ageing society, can older workers look forward to the prospect of longer working lives with choice and security and make successful transitions to retirement? Ageing Labour Forces challenges the current stance of many governments and observers concerning policies to extend working lives. It utilises perspectives and case studies from public policy, employment policy and the attitudes and behaviour of older people. Philip Taylor argues that older workers have been at the forefront of industrialized society's efforts to respond to the crisis facing social welfare systems and the economic threats associated with population ageing. Their involvement has forced the restructuring of economies, adjustments to social welfare systems as well as redefinitions to the actual concept of old age. Containing contributions from leading researchers in a number of countries, this work will appeal to academics and researchers interested in work, ageing and public policy as well as labour economics.Trade Review'Philip Taylor has produced an important and excellent edited collection on a topic of immediate and ongoing relevance. . . The case studies presented in this collection are highly accessible and rich in detail, and provide comprehensive and interesting analyses of ageing labour forces. The book challenges myths and oft-accepted statements made by policy-makers and other commentators about population ageing, older workers' position in the labour market and in workplaces, and social supports for this segment of the labour force. In addition, the volume demonstrates the strength of the case study methodology in helping us to better understand social structures and relations. Of particular value is that the contributions are from researchers from varied disciplines across advanced industrialized countries. . . this collection is highly valuable for policy-makers, employers, unionists, and academics, and should not be ignored.' -- Vivian Shalla, Labour/LeTravail'This book makes an important contribution to the policy debate about age and the workforce, and will be valuable both to academic researchers interested in the labour market and ageing policy, and to policymakers who wish to understand the diversity of national approaches to a shared agenda. . . This book sheds new light on the differences between countries' approaches to the common policy issues, and highlights some of the issues which policy needs to address. Taylor's overarching argument that we should be cautious about making over-positive assumptions about the benefits of extending working life is timely.' -- Stephen McNair, Ageing and Society'The book is extremely valuable for policy makers, labour market and welfare (pensions) experts and the social partners, because it contains a comprehensive analysis of the legal, institutional, welfare and employment policy developments over the past few decades in the eight countries. It offers policy guidance and examples of good practices for dealing with an ageing workforce, but also showing the adverse effects of well-intentioned policies and legislation.' -- Hedva Sarfati, Relations Industrielles/Industrial Relations'Ageing Labour Forces is a provocative work, which will appeal to academics and researches interested in work, ageing and public policy, as well as labour economics.' -- SirReadaLot.orgTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Promise of Ageing Labour Forces Philip Taylor 1. Looking Forward to Working Longer in Australia Sol Encel 2. Japan: Towards Employment Extension for Older Workers Masato Oka 3. Work and Retirement in Canada: Policies and Prospects Julie McMullin, Martin Cooke and Terri Tomchick 4. Sing if you’re Glad to be Grey. Working Towards a Happier Older Age in the United Kingdom Philip Taylor 5. Age and Work in the United States of America Sara Rix 6. Labour Market Policies Regarding Older Workers in the Netherlands Kène Henkens and Joop Schippers 7. Pulling up the Early Retirement Anchor in France Anne-Marie Guillemard and Annie Jolivet 8. Active Ageing in Employment – Prospects and Policy Approaches in Germany Frerich Frerichs and Gerhard Naegele 9. Conclusions: The Propsects for Ageing Labour Forces Philip Taylor Index

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Book SynopsisThis two volume collection covers important developments in the theory and empirical analysis of training since the start of the 1990s. It includes the seminal articles on training theory in the context of imperfect markets, which are essential for understanding social interventions in the private market. New analyses of the determinants of training are presented, some incorporating wider perspectives from industrial relations and human resource management. Advances in the methodology for evaluating public training programmes are then covered, with examples of both experimental and non-experimental methods. Finally, the volumes include major studies of the impact of training on workers and organisations, with examples from several different countries.Trade Review'. . . this collection is welcome, both as a guide to recent mainstream research, in both mainstream economics and management science, on employee training, and as a vivid demonstration of the increased range and sophistication of that research.' -- Paul Ryan, British Journal of Industrial Relations'Francis Green has done a masterly job of selecting the works that are essential for understanding the important tendencies in the economics of training of the last decade.' -- Transfer'As globalisation extends the impact of the knowledge economy we are also starting to witness the limitations to conventional approaches by the state to increase formal participation in education as a means of enhancing economic growth. In this context the study of skill acquisition or training in the workplace takes on a new importance. Here, Francis Green has provided a major service to scholars in bringing together this collection of papers. Not only does he provide the reader with access to the latest theoretical developments and empirical research in the economics of training but crucially, he locates this in the wider interdisciplinary approach to the role of training within organisations. This is especially important as it is from within this interdisciplinary perspective that we are likely to see the next major advances in our understanding of the part played by training in organisational performance and national competitiveness.' -- David Ashton, University of Leicester, UK'The collection of papers is highly relevant. It includes seminal contributions both from economics and from industrial relations. This multi-disciplinary approach is much to be welcomed; amongst the familiar jewels are some gems that I would otherwise not have come across. The range of papers is wide, and the volume is as up-to-date as it is possible to be in this fast changing area. The book will be an invaluable companion to all researchers, policymakers and practitioners with interests in the economics of training.' -- Geraint Johnes, Lancaster University Management School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Volume I: Recent Developments in the Theory of Training Acknowledgements Introduction Francis Green PART I RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE THEORY OF TRAINING 1. Margaret Stevens (1994), ‘A Theoretical Model of On-the-job Training with Imperfect Competition’ 2. Daron Acemoglu and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (1999), ‘The Structure of Wages and Investment in General Training’ 3. Daron Acemoglu (1997), ‘Training and Innovation in an Imperfect Labour Market’ 4. Edwin Leuven (2005), ‘The Economics of Private Sector Training: A Survey of the Literature’ 5. Chun Chang and Yijiang Wang (1996), ‘Human Capital Investment under Asymmetric Information: The Pigovian Conjecture Revisited’ 6. Margaret Stevens (2001), ‘Should Firms be Required to Pay for Vocational Training?’ 7. James M. Malcomson, James W. Maw and Barry McCormick (2003), ‘General Training by Firms, Apprentice Contracts, and Public Policy’ 8. Alison L. Booth and Monojit Chatterji (1998), ‘Unions and Efficient Training’ PART II EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE DETERMINANTS OF TRAINING 9. John Paul Macduffie and Thomas A. Kochan (1995), ‘Do U.S. Firms Invest Less in Human Resources? Training in the World Auto Industry’ 10. Ann P. Bartel and Nachum Sicherman (1998), ‘Technological Change and the Skill Acquisition of Young Workers’ 11. Paul Osterman (1995), ‘Skill, Training, and Work Organization in American Establishments’ 12. Francis Green, Stephen Machin and David Wilkinson (1999), ‘Trade Unions and Training Practices in British Workplaces’ 13. René Boheim and Alison L. Booth (2004), ‘Trade Union Presence and Employer-Provided Training in Great Britain’ 14. David Fairris and Roberto Pedace (2004), ‘The Impact of Minimum Wages on Job Training: An Empirical Exploration with Establishment Data’ 15. David Neumark and William Wascher (2001), ‘Minimum Wages and Training Revisited’ 16. Wiji Arulampalam, Alison L. Booth and Mark L. Bryan (2004), ‘Training and the New Minimum Wage’ 17. Francis Green (1993), ‘The Determinants of Training of Male and Female Employees in Britain’ 18. Filipe Almeida-Santos and Karen A. Mumford (2004), ‘Employee Training in Australia: Evidence from AWIRS’ 19. M.J. Andrews, S. Bradley and D. Stott (2002), ‘Matching the Demand for and Supply of Training in the School-to-Work Transition’ PART III EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE ON THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC TRAINING PROGRAMMES 20. James J. Heckman and Jeffrey A. Smith (1999), ‘The Pre-programme Earnings Dip and the Determinants of Participation in a Social Programme. Implications for Simple Programme Evaluation Strategies’ 21. Håkan Regnér (2002), ‘A Nonexperimental Evaluation of Training Programs for the Unemployed in Sweden’ 22. A. Holm (2002), ‘The Effect of Training on Search Durations: A Random Effects Approach’ 23. Florian Kraus, Patrick Puhani and Viktor Steiner (1999), ‘Employment Effects of Publicly Financed Training Programs – The East German Experience’ 24. John C. Ham and Robert J. LaLonde (1996), ‘The Effect of Sample Selection and Initial Conditions in Duration Models: Evidence from Experimental Data on Training’ 25. Josef Zweimüller and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (1996), ‘Manpower Training Programmes and Employment Stability’ 26. Liliane Bonnal, Denis Fougère and Anne Sérandon (1997), ‘Evaluating the Impact of French Employment Policies on Individual Labour Market Histories’ Name Index Volume II: Evidence About the Effects of Training Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I THE EFFECTS OF PRIVATE TRAINING ON WORKERS AND ORGANISATIONS 1. John M. Barron, Mark C. Berger and Dan A. Black (1999), ‘Do Workers Pay for On-the-Job Training?’ 2. Ann P. Bartel (1995), ‘Training, Wage Growth, and Job Performance: Evidence from a Company Database’ 3. Daniel Parent (1999), ‘Wages and Mobility: The Impact of Employer-Provided Training’ 4. Alan Krueger and Cecilia Rouse (1998), ‘The Effect of Workplace Education on Earnings, Turnover, and Job Performance’ 5. Dominique Goux and Eric Maurin (2000), ‘Returns to Firm-provided Training: Evidence from French Worker-firm Matched Data’ 6. Anna Vignoles, Fernando Galindo-Rueda and Leon Feinstein (2004), ‘The Labour Market Impact of Adult Education and Training: A Cohort Analysis’ 7. Mark A. Loewenstein and James R. Spletzer (1999), ‘Dividing the Costs and Returns to General Training’ 8. Alison L. Booth and Mark L. Bryan (2005), ‘Testing Some Predictions of Human Capital Theory: New Training Evidence from Britain’ 9. Ann P. Bartel (1994), ‘Productivity Gains from the Implementation of Employee Training Programs’ 10. Mark A. Huselid (1995), ‘The Impact of Human Resource Management Practices on Turnover, Productivity, and Corporate Financial Performance’ 11. Mark A. Huselid and Brian E. Becker (1996), ‘Methodological Issues in Cross-Sectional and Panel Estimates of the Human Resource-Firm Performance Link’ 12. Casey Ichniowski, Kathryn Shaw and Giovanna Prennushi (1997), ‘The Effects of Human Resource Management Practices on Productivity: A Study of Steel Finishing Lines’ 13. Casey Ichniowski and Kathryn Shaw (1999), ‘The Effects of Human Resource Management Systems on Economic Performance: An International Comparison of U.S. and Japanese Plants’ 14. John Paul Macduffie (1995), ‘Human Resource Bundles and Manufacturing Performance: Organizational Logic and Flexible Production Systems in the World Auto Industry’ 15. Alfonso Alba-Ramirez (1994), ‘Formal Training, Temporary Contracts, Productivity and Wages in Spain’ 16. Sandra E. Black and Lisa M. Lynch (1996), ‘Human-Capital Investments and Productivity’ 17. Thomas Zwick (2005), ‘Continuing Vocational Training Forms and Establishment Productivity in Germany’ 18. Gabriella Conti (2005), ‘Training, Productivity and Wages in Italy’ 19. Ann P. Bartel (2000), ‘Measuring the Employer’s Return on Investments in Training: Evidence from the Literature’ 20. William Collier, Francis Green and John Peirson (2005), ‘Training and Establishment Survival’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisIt is now widely accepted that expansionary fiscal or monetary policies alone are unlikely to help Europe's ailing economies. Solving Europe's economic problems requires reform of the economic institutions that influence economic activity and the way the economy responds to macroeconomic shocks. This volume employs novel approaches to the study of some of these institutions. The group of contributors in this book come from academia and international organizations in Europe and the USA. They focus on trade unions, which affect real-wage flexibility and the provision of training to workers. They also concentrate on employment protection legislation, which discourages firms from firing old workers and also from hiring new ones. The structure of housing market imperfections that can greatly affect regional mobility is also discussed. Labour economists and scholars of European studies, as well as economic policymakers, will read Labour Market Adjustments in Europe with great interest.Trade Review'. . . the book is an interesting contribution to the literature on labour market practices in Europe. The important statistics and analysis conducted by the authors in the book have important implications for scholars in the international entrepreneurship field wanting to know more about the diverse labour practices in Europe.' -- Vanessa Ratten, Journal of International EntrepreneurshipTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Julián Messina, Claudio Michelacci, Jarkko Turunen and Gylfi Zoega 1. New Monopsony, Institutions and Training Alison L. Booth, Marco Francesconi and Gylfi Zoega Discussion Thorvaldur Gylfason 2. Cyclicality of Real Wages in the Euro Area and OECD Countries Julián Messina, Chiara Strozzi and Jarkko Turunen Discussion Karl Pichelmann 3. Pension Systems, Social Transfer Programmes and the Retirement Decision in OECD Countries Romain Duval Discussion Hector Sala 4. The Effects of Employment Protection and Product Market Regulations on the Italian Labour Market Adriana D. Kugler and Giovanni Pica Discussion Monique Ebell 5. On the Determinants of Job Flows in Europe: Sectoral Factors and Institutions Ramón Gómez-Salvador, Julián Messina and Giovanna Vallanti Discussion Sascha O. Becker 6. The Effect of Home-Ownership on Labour Mobility in the Netherlands Michiel van Leuvensteijn and Pierre Koning Discussion Anna Sanz-de-Galdeano 7. The Impact of Credit Constraints on Household Formation Nuno C. Martins and Ernesto Villanueva Discussion Pierre Koning Index

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Book SynopsisFor this comprehensive collection, the editor has selected some of the most important labor law and economics papers today. This two-volume set tracks the development of the theoretical and empirical scholarship on labor law across a number of disciplines, bringing together traditional legal theory and labor economics, along with more recent findings in behavioral economics.The first volume begins with a broad overview of labor regulation around the world. It then offers major articles on the economics of American labor law and the welfare effects of labor regulation in the US and abroad. The second volume addresses the variety of mandated employee benefits, from minimum wages to maternity benefits and wrongful discharge laws. The collection concludes with some major papers on race and sex discrimination in employment.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I Acknowledgements Introduction John J. Donohue III PART I OVERVIEW: A CROSS COUNTRY COMPARISON OF THE REGULATION OF LABOR 1. Juan C. Botero, Simeon Djankov, Rafael La Porta, Florencio Lopez-de-Silanes and Andrei Shleifer (2004), ‘The Regulation of Labor’ PART II THE ECONOMICS OF AMERICAN LABOR LAW 2. Richard A. Posner (1984), ‘Some Economics of Labor Law’ 3. Kenneth G. Dau-Schmidt (1992), ‘A Bargaining Analysis of American Labor Law and the Search for Bargaining Equity and Industrial Peace’ 4. Cass R. Sunstein (2001), ‘Human Behavior and the Law of Work’ PART III THE IMPACT ON ECONOMIC WELFARE OF THE REGULATION OF LABOR IN THE U.S. AND THE WORLD 5. Thomas J. Holmes (1998), ‘The Effect of State Policies on the Location of Manufacturing: Evidence from State Borders’ 6. Timothy Besley and Robin Burgess (2004), ‘Can Labor Regulation Hinder Economic Performance? Evidence from India’ 7. James Peoples (1998), ‘Deregulation and the Labor Market’ Name Index Volume II Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I MANDATING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS A Minimum Wage Laws 1. David Card and Alan B. Krueger (1994), ‘Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania’ 2. David Neumark and William Wascher (2000), ‘Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Comment’ 3. David Card and Alan B. Krueger (2000), ‘Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast-Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Reply’ B Mandated Maternity Benefits 4. Jonathan Gruber (1994), ‘The Incidence of Mandated Maternity Benefits’ C Mandating Accommodations 5. Christine Jolls (2000), ‘Accommodation Mandates’ D Training 6. Daron Acemoglu and Jörn-Steffen Pischke (1999), ‘Beyond Becker: Training in Imperfect Labour Markets’ E Employment at Will and Wrongful-Discharge Laws 7. Richard A. Epstein (1984), ‘In Defense of the Contract at Will’ 8. Stewart J. Schwab (1993), ‘Life-Cycle Justice: Accommodating Just Cause and Employment at Will’ 9. David H. Autor, John J. Donohue III and Stewart J. Schwab (2006), ‘The Costs of Wrongful-Discharge Laws’ PART II EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION A Racial Discrimination 10. John J. Donohue III and James Heckman (1991), ‘Continuous Versus Episodic Change: The Impact of Civil Rights Policy on the Economic Status of Blacks’ 11. Derek A. Neal and William R. Johnson (1996), ‘The Role of Premarket Factors in Black-White Wage Differences’ B Sex Discrimination 12. Claudia Goldin and Cecilia Rouse (2000), ‘Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of “Blind” Auditions on Female Musicians’ 13. Uri Gneezy, Muriel Niederle and Aldo Rustichini (2003), ‘Performance in Competitive Environments: Gender Differences’ C Statistical Discrimination 14. David H. Autor and David Scarborough (2004), ‘Will Job Testing Harm Minority Workers?’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisCompeting claims on time in work and family life have become inherent, unavoidable features of the Western world. As households increasingly juggle competing responsibilities, and as job expectations and parenting standards intensify, many people feel torn between work and family. This book aims to deepen our understanding of a variety of conditions that influence the successes and difficulties experienced in attempting to equally accommodate both work and private lives. The contributors argue that conditions which create competing claims on time can originate from the organization, from the household, or from both; a multi-level and multi-actor approach is thus applied to the problem. Paying detailed attention to time use and time pressures, the contributors focus not only on the causes of disturbed balances between work and care, but also on solutions to these competing claims. The conclusions reached provide policymakers and implementers with evidence that certain elements of the organization and the household can be seen as parameters that are susceptible to directed policy-based intervention. This comprehensive, multinational and multi-disciplinary study encompasses sociology, economics, geography and urban science perspectives from across Europe, US, and Australia. It will prove essential reading for students of social scientific disciplines, including family and organizational sociology and economics, and for policymakers and researchers focusing on work-family issues.Trade Review'. . . this book is an interesting contribution to the theory and practice of a major concern for a more balanced working life and a less stress-related health problems, particularly in the context of a shrinking labour force in the coming decades and population ageing. It will be valuable to policy makers, employers, human resources managers, trade unions and labour market specialists.' -- Hedva Sarfati, Industrial Relations'. . . this book presents a valuable contribution to existing literature. The fact that the different contributions are rather short has the advantage of making the reading process highly enjoyable.' -- Sile O'Dorchai, Transfer'. . . this book, well-structured and written by highly-qualified contributors, is a valuable contribution to the better understanding of the variables which impact on the interplay between work and private life and successfully provides a medium through which students in sociology and human resource management will be able to chart the shifting boundaries of their respective disciplines.' -- Jeanne Fagnani, British Journal of Industrial RelationsTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Finding Time Tanja van der Lippe and Pascale Peters PART I: TRENDS IN TIME USE AND TIME PRESSURE 2. Time Pressure and Quality of Life Manfred Garhammer 3. More Work for Mothers? Trends and Gender Differences in Multitasking Liana C. Sayer 4. Odd Working Hours and Time Pressure Koen Breedveld 5. Under Pressure: Time and Time Pressure in Flanders Maarten Moens PART II: WORKPLACE AND HOUSEHOLD RELATED CAUSES 6. Trading off or Having it all? Workers’ Preferences for Work and Family Time Judith Treas and Christin Hilgeman 7. Employees’ Preferences for Longer or Shorter Working Hours Kea G. Tijdens 8. The Puzzle of Unpaid Overtime: Can the Time Greediness of Post-Fordist Work be Explained? Patricia van Echtelt, Arie C. Glebbeek, Rudi Wielers and Siegwart Lindenberg 9. Working Time, Client Time and Family Time: Accounting for Time in the Accountancy Profession Suzan Lewis 10. Labour Supply: The Effects of Employer Demands and Household Governance Philip Wotschack, Jacques Siegers, Babette Pouwels and Rafael Wittek PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL AND HOUSEHOLD SOLUTIONS TO TIME PRESSURE 11. Trading Time and Money: Explaining Employee Participation and Leave Choices in a Flexible Benefit Plan Carlien Hillebrink, Joop Schippers, Pascale Peters and Anneke van Doorne-Huiskes 12. Household Outsourcing: A Transaction Cost Approach Esther de Ruijter and Tanja van der Lippe 13. Time Competition in Home-Based Telework: A Theoretical Framework Peter Standen 14. Access to Home-Based Telework: A Multi-Level and Multi-Actor Perspective Pascale Peters and Tanja van der Lippe 15. Does Telecommuting Really Save Commute Time? Time, Distance, and Speed Evidence from State of California Workers David T. Ory and Patricia L. Mokhtarian Index

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Book SynopsisThis book argues that active labour market policies are necessary to improve the position of the unemployed but have so far performed relatively poorly. The contributing authors seek ways to improve active labour market policy and consider three means of doing so: improving the quality by better targeting and by better-designed measures, more efficient implementation and delivery, and better performance by benchmarking the various implementation agencies involved.The book also contains detailed descriptions of the new delivery systems in Australia and the Netherlands. These are countries that have privatized a considerable part of the implementation of reintegration services for the unemployed and therefore can provide valuable lessons.The Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies will appeal to a wide audience including researchers and scholars of labour economics, sociology and political science. Policymakers within ministries and other public organizations and NGO's dealing with labour market issues and partners, will also find much to engage them within the book.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Jaap de Koning PART I: NEW MEASURES 2. Is the Changing Pattern in the Use of Active Labour Market Policies Consistent with what Evaluations Tell Us About their Relative Performance? Jaap de Koning 3. Labour Market Activation Policies: A Comparison of the Use of Tax Credits in Belgium, the UK and the US Gerlinde Verbist, Lieve De Lathouwer and Annelies Roggeman 4. Using the Unemployed as Employment Counsellors: Evaluation of an Initiative to Combat Long-term Unemployment Lennart Delander, Jonas Månsson and Erik Nyberg 5. Recent Developments in Active Labour Market Policies in the UK: The Shifting Focus from Unemployment to Inactivity Nigel Meager 6. Active Labour Market Policies and Social Inclusion: The Case of Flemish Social Enterprises Idesbald Nicaise PART II: PRIVATE–PUBLIC COOPERATION 7. Contracting-out the Public Employment Service: A New Institutional Economics Perspective Oliver Bruttel 8. Between Efficiency and Equality: New Public–Private Arrangements in Employment Assistance for the Unemployment Ludo Struyven 9. The Reform of the Dutch Public Employment Service Jaap de Koning 10. Private versus Public Provision of Placement Services for Hard-to-Place Unemployed: An Impact Evaluation Lennart Delander, Jonas Månsson and Erik Nyberg PART III: BENCHMARKING 11. Benchmarking Employment Services in Germany Hugh Mosley and Kai-Uwe Müller 12. Mediation Services and the Outflow from Short-term Unemployment: Average and Relative Effectiveness of Public Employment Offices Linda van Donk and Jaap de Koning 13. Implementation of Performance Measurement in Public Employment Services in Switzerland Christoph Hilbert 14. Does Quality Matter? Analysing the Effect of Omitted Variables on Optimal Scale: An Application to Swedish Employment Offices Jonas Månsson Index

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Book SynopsisJamee Moudud provides a new microfoundational explanation for the Harrodian long-run or warranted growth rate. The author, emphasizing the role of Keynesian uncertainty, shows that the growth model is anchored in a new interpretation of the Oxford Economists? Research Group?s microeconomic analysis and a variant of the stock-flow consistent framework. In a distinctly Kaldorian vein, Jamee Moudud discusses the relationship between capital budgeting, public investment, and taxation policy as it relates to the warranted growth rate and its impact on long-term involuntary unemployment. Combining ideas from theorists involved in the Oxford Economists? Research Group (especially Sir Roy Harrod, P.W.S. Andrews, and others), Kaldor, and Keynes, Jamee Moudud offers original insights into the impact of government spending and taxation policies on output. The book discusses and extends Harrod?s taxation-cum-public investment proposals to raise the warranted growth rate and strengthen the social safety net. Other topics explored in the text include: reasons that higher government spending/GDP shares have opposite short- and long-run effects, whether money supply can ever be different from money demand in a stock-flow consistent framework, and the effects of changes in the composition of government spending on the long-run growth path.The book provides the theoretical basis for new policy insights regarding the role of the state dealing with mass unemployment and poverty.Professional economists, graduate and advanced undergraduate students in economics, and policy researchers in international organizations will find this work a stimulating and thought-provoking addition to the field.Trade Review’Economists from all heterodox traditions of political economy will benefit from reading this book - both for its confirmation of many of the basic precepts of classical, Marxian and Harrodian economics and the challenges it poses for its trenchant Post-Keynesian/Kaleckian critics, for whom short-period analytics of effective demand can and should be extended to long-period analysis. While his critique of the principle of effective demand for the long run would leave many Post-Keynesians uncompromising, the strong Keynesian view held by the author on the necessity for public-sector capital budgeting, and a developmental state upon which ought to be grafted a long-term growth policy based on public investment would certainly find strong resonance in the context of the global economic crisis.' -- Mario Seccareccia, University of Ottawa, Canada and Editor of the International Journal of Political Economy'The pillar upon which this magnificent must-read volume was erected is strategic competition, a theory that cogently authenticates the concentration and centralization of capital. This stands in stark contrast against the fanciful neoclassical "perfect completion" and its methodological double, "imperfect competition." In Strategic Competition, Dynamics, and the Role of the State, Jamee Moudud has taken a novel approach to the study of macrodynamics. Here turbulence and crisis are deemed inseparable from the dynamics of capitalist economies and the last three decades of neoliberal policies are eloquently called into question. Moudud also provides a timely and effective critique of both new Keynesian and post-Keynesian approaches to macroeconomic theory and policy.' -- Cyrus Bina, University of Minnesota (Morris Campus), US and an Editor of the Journal of Critical Studies on Business and Society'This is a very timely, refreshing and challenging book, an excellent contribution in the areas of competition and growth. It blends beautifully the microeconomic analysis of the Oxford Research Group, at the center of which is the idea of strategic competition; and an extension of Harrod's work on growth. The discussions of uncertainly and excess capacity, and the interpretation of Harrod's work are outstanding. This combination leads one to think about policy issues such as taxation or public investment in a novel way, as the implications differ not only from those that derive from neoclassical models, but also from Post-Keynesian models. Moudud provides a very serious alternative for thinking systemically about key microeconomic questions, as well as problems of growth, political economy, including development, the role of the State, and applied policymaking. I have no reservations in recommending this excellent book.' -- Jesus Felipe, Asian Development Bank, Philippines'. . . exposes the theoretical shortcomings of both neoclassical and neoliberal economic policies, and expands on existing Post-Keyensian and heterodox theories.' -- Tazewell V. Hurst III, Eastern Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Anwar M. Shaikh 1. Introduction 2. The Microfoundations of Long-run Growth: Controversies on Capacity Utilization and Competition 3. A Review of the Literature on Growth 4. A Model of Disequilibrium Dynamics 5. Warranted Growth and the Role of the State 6. Conclusion: The Relevance of Microfoundations and Politics References Index

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Book SynopsisIn this book, Paul Oslington underlines the contradiction between the prominence of job losses in political conflict over trade liberalization, and trade economists usually working with full employment models. This book is a comprehensive treatment of the benchmark competitive trade model with unemployment. It highlights the important linkages between trade and employment, providing analytical tools for participants in debates over trade liberalization. Global economy models, and empirically important cases where factor price equalization fails are considered for the first time. Questions addressed include: How do trading economies with unemployment respond to shocks such as terms of trade deteriorations, changes in labour market institutions or technological change? How does international migration affect employed and unemployed workers? How are trade patterns and volumes modified by unemployment? Is trade liberalisation always gainful when there is unemployment? How are European and American labour markets linked? How does the entry of newly industrializing countries into manufactured goods markets affect unemployment and wages in different parts of the world? What is the impact of harmonization of international labour standards on different groups in different parts of the world? This work is a basis for much needed empirical and policy work on trade and unemployment. It will strongly appeal to researchers, students and academics with an interest in international economics and international business. Economists in government and international agencies will also find much to interest them within this book.Trade Review'The work in this book is marked by an unusual degree of insight. It confronts standard ideas from trade theory with carefully identified features of actual labour-market institutions, and obtains striking results. The core message is that changes in trade policy - including the liberalization of trade - have important effects on unemployment. Analytically, these outcomes are driven by the idea that a floor to wages causes labour markets to behave in a very different way from what is conventionally assumed in trade theory. This book works well as a coherent whole, and the overall picture which Oslington presents has important political-economy implications. He writes in an approachable way. As a result, this work will be of value, both to those who do research in this area, and also to advanced undergraduates and graduate students.' -- David Vines, Oxford University, UK and Australian National University'The relation between trade and unemployment suffers from a curious neglect. Oslington remedies this gap in a book that admirably synthesizes existing research as well as advancing the frontier. Highly recommended!' -- Donald Davis, Columbia University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. General Model with Unemployment 3. Two-Factor-Two-Good Model with Unemployment Appendix: Comparative Static Algebra 4. Three-Factor-Two-Good Model with Unemployment Appendix: Comparative Static Algebra 5. Non-Traded Goods and Unemployment Appendix: Comparative Static Algebra 6. The Pattern and Gains from Trade 7. An Integrated Global Economy 8. Specialisation in a Global Economy 9. Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn this innovative and very practical book, L. Randall Wray argues that full employment and price stability are not the incompatible goals that current economic theory and policy assume. Indeed, he advances a policy that would generate true, full employment while simultaneously ensuring an even greater degree of price stability than has been achieved in the 1990s.Wray's clearly written argument incorporates incisive historical analysis, modern monetary theory, and an examination of policy alternatives that rises above the doctrinal debates among monetarists, supply-siders and Keynesians over natural or non-inflationary rates of unemployment. Understanding Modern Money proclaims that a labor buffer stock program would guarantee full employment and increase labor productivity and economic growth, while reducing inflationary pressures. Wray's analysis shows that, contrary to popular belief, the dangers of a government budget deficit are largely imaginary. He outlines a program in which the government acts as employer of last resort, thereby providing employment and training to the otherwise unemployed, and stabilizing the wage scale which acts as a brake on inflation. This permits greater price stability without requiring conventional methods such as wage and price controls or countercyclical monetary policy.This ground-breaking book offers important new ways of thinking for policymakers, students, and general readers interested in economics, employment policies, and monetary theory.Trade Review'Randy Wray's book offers a fresh perspective on the issues of price inflation and employment in the macroeconomy. While consistent with earlier post Keynesian and institutionalist approaches, he nevertheless brings some new ideas to the debate. His is the sort of book that leads the reader to stop frequently to sketch out a concept or to digest some new application or theory. It is a very enjoyable read . . . Randy Wray's book is fascinating, and it already has me rethinking the "post Keynesian" portion of my intermediate macro class. The arguments are very powerful and well integrated and the support he provides for twintopt [money viewed as "that which is necessary to pay taxes"] and ELR varies from theoretical to historical. I highly recommend it.' -- John T. Harvey, Review of Social Economy'In this important book, Wray accomplishes a difficult task indeed, managing to offer both a critique of key mainstream macroeconomic views and a plausible alternative.' -- Teodoro Dario Togati, The Economic Journal'In this important book, Randall Wray argues that federal governments should act as employer of last resort . . . Wray's book clears up many misunderstandings about ELR. It presents an excellent case for its desirability and its feasibility.' -- Marc Lavoie, Eastern Economic Journal'In Understanding Modern Money, L. Randall Wray lays out a thoughtful and compelling case for a paradigm shift among economists, policymakers, and the general public. Specifically, he explains why the way in which modern economies operate forces policy makers to choose between lower rates of unemployment or higher rates of inflation and why a third alternative exists . . . Wray's work is highly recommended.' -- Shaw J. Gebhardt, Oeconomicus'This is a stimulating academic text.' -- Economic Outlook and Business Review'An highly original and well-constructed volume which promotes an innovative policy approach to achieve full employment together with price stability.' -- Aslib Book Guide'A fine and strikingly imaginative reappraisal of modern monetary theory that recovers some of its subject's long neglected political aspects by creatively reinterpreting Keynes and other older theorists.' -- Thomas Ferguson, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US'This is the best kind of book - one that coaxes you to see the world in a new light. Old assumptions and prejudices melt away and you find yourself thinking differently, (and more hopefully), about vitally important but troublesome issues of economic and social policy.' -- Philip Harvey, Rutgers University of Law, US'In this innovative new work, Randy Wray has convinced at least one reader that full employment and price stability are fully compatible goals in today's world. . . . Pivoting on his fresh rereading of the history and nature of money, Wray generates insight after insight, and will change forever the way in which we think about key macroeconomic variables and relationships.' -- John Adams, Northeastern University, US'An important book, one that should begin a new discussion of full employment and price stability. (Wray) shows that the basic presumptions of mainstream macroeconomics were and are flawed. . . . Both the analysis and the policy proposals in this book deserve wide dissemination. It is time for a new approach to these questions, and this book opens the door to new ways of thinking.' -- Ed Nell, New School for Social Research, US'An excellent text containing a challenging new perspective on the role of money and the role of government. It is a very creative analysis with a new perspective which challenges the basics of conventional thinking. . . . [Wray ] clearly shows how conventional wisdoms misunderstand the basic role of money in a capitalistic society.' -- John Groenewegen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands'Extremely well written and persuasively argued. . . . turns economics from a dismal science into a positive science, capable of clear policy recommendations that cut the gordian knot of the unemployment-inflation tradeoff.' -- Jan Kregel, Universita degli Studi di Bologna, Italy'Understanding Modern Money breathes a whiff of fresh air over th desert of unimaginative, and only too often irrelevant though lofty sophisticated technicalities, in which macroeconomic writing has landed us in the last decades.' -- Y.S. Brenner, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands'This is a most important work, one that should be read by all serious economists regardless of their particular theoretical persuasions. Wray not only presents a most innovative study of the relationship among money, public policy, employment, and the price level, but develops a position on how a modern monetary economy works that is clear, insightful, and useful. This book, in my opinion, is the most important theoretical study in decades.' -- John F. Henry, California State University, US'An innovative and carefully argued proposal for solving the most pressing economic issue of our times - how to eliminate unemployment without reigniting inflation.' -- Paul Dalziel, Lincoln University, New Zealand'This book is to be recommended to any reader interested in both economic theory and macroeconomic policy, whether the person be an academic economist or policy maker. The book is, for the first time, exposing an original theory of money without any unnecessary controversies, in the tradition of Keynes's "Treatise on Money". . . . It is a major advancement in the elaboration of an heterodox macroeconomic theory along post Keynesian lines.' -- Alain Parguez, University of Franche-Comte, France and University of Ottawa, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Money and Taxes 3. An Introduction to a History of Money 4. Government Spending, Deficits and Money 5. Monetary Policy 6. Employment Policy and the Value of the Currency 7. The Logic of the Taxes-Drive-Money View 8. Conclusions

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Book SynopsisThere has been a great deal of discussion on the knowledge economy, but much of this has been more a matter of rhetoric than serious analysis. This book is a pioneering effort to address this gap, using a range of methods and investigating knowledge-intensive service activities (KISA) in many different sectors. The expert contributors highlight the changes that are occurring in the labor force and the organization of work, as well as in the competences and combinations of knowledge demanded in contemporary occupations. They provide corporate managers and policymakers with much needed data and analysis regarding the implications of knowledge-intensive service systems and the skills required for innovation within these sectors. By exploring these systems in both traditional and services industries, the editors point to important areas of action for improving business practices and human capital development that are key for business and employment development. This unique book deploys rich empirical material that will help put KISA onto the map for researchers, policy makers, policy analysts and practitioners across many disciplines and professions including human resources, training and skills development, and procurement. Providing in-depth and theoretically informed studies, whilst drawing on cases from many sectors and countries, this compendium will prove essential for students of business management and human resource management.Contributors: J. Albors-Garrigos, M. Broch, J.L. Hervas-Oliver, P. Marquez Rodriguez, C. Martinez-Fernandez, L.E. Martinez-Solano, I. Miles, T. Potts, S. Sharpe, T. Weyman, H. Wiig AslesenTrade Review'. . . constructive reading by those interested in peeking into the black box of innovation.' --Andrew Scott Catey, Science and Public Policy Table of ContentsContents: 1. Knowledge Intensive Service Activities: Integrating Knowledge for Innovation Cristina Martinez-Fernandez and Ian Miles PART I: TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES 2. Roles of KISA in Aquaculture in Norway Heidi Wiig Aslesen 3. The Role of KISA in Basic Agro-food Processes Innovation: The Case of Orange Packers in Eastern Spain José Albors-Garrigos 4. KISA Utilisation in Resource Intensive Industries: The Case of Mining in Australia Cristina Martinez-Fernandez 5. KISA Role in Traditional Manufacturing Industries: The Case of Ceramic Tiles in Spain José Albors-Garrigos, Jose Luis Hervas-Oliver and Patricia Marquez Rodriguez PART II: SERVICE INDUSTRIES 6. The Role of KISA in a Public Service: The Case of Entrepreneurial Home-based Care for Elderly in Norway Marianne Broch 7. KISA Role in Western High-technology Industries: The Case of Software in Australia and Ireland Laura E. Martinez-Solano and Cristina Martinez-Fernandez 8. The Use of KISA in the Public Sector Ian Miles 9. The New Green Deal and KISA: A Global and Australian Perspective Tavis Potts 10. Venture Capitalists as Knowledge Intensive Service Activity Providers Samantha Sharpe PART III: STRATEGIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS 11. Implications for Skills, Employment and Management Ian Miles and Cristina Martinez-Fernandez Index

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Book SynopsisThroughout the world, migration is an increasingly important and diverse component of population change, both at national and sub-national levels. Migration impacts on the distribution of knowledge and generates externalities and spillover effects. This book focuses on recent models and methods for analysing and forecasting migration, as well as on the basic trends, driving factors and institutional settings behind migration processes.Migration and Human Capital also looks at many current policy issues regarding migration, such as the creative class in metropolitan areas, the brain drain, regional diversity, population ageing, illegal immigration, ethnic networks and immigrant assimilation. With specific reference to Europe and North America, the book reviews and applies models of internal migration; analyses the spatial concentration of human capital; considers migration in a family context; and addresses the political economy of international migration. This book will be invaluable for researchers and policy makers in the fields of internal and international migration. It provides up-to-date readings for advanced courses that focus on migration and population change in a global context.Trade Review‘Migration and Human Capital also merits bookshelf space, and should be of interest. . . makes a valuable contribution.' -- Martin Bell, Journal of Population Research'The volume Migration and Human Capital deserves a place on the bookshelf of every economics migration researcher, established or incipient. It provides a number of important contributions to the literature and adds to our understanding of the fluid and increasingly complex process of intra- and international migration.' -- Gabriel Felbermayr, Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik'This book is, in a word, instructive. Poot, Waldorf, and van Wissen have compiled a series of migration and human capital papers with the unifying objective of demonstrating current methods, both theoretical and empirical, and contemporary issues, with emphasis on Europe. . . One of the refreshing aspects of the book is the clarity by which each author describes the theoretical underpinnings of their empirical model and the manner in which data limitations constrained the analysis. This makes the book a valuable resource for migration researchers.' -- Nancy E. White, Review of Regional Studies'Migration and Human Capital is an important contribution to migration research that will be appreciated by both scholars relatively new to migration research and experienced researchers. The book provides insights in the fluid process of migration in the globalized world. [The book] is a valuable addition to scholars interested in further understanding how the complex and dynamic process of migration has evolved in today's world.' -- Karen M. King, Papers in Regional ScienceTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 1. Migration in a Globalised World: A New Paradigm Jacques Poot, Brigitte Waldorf and Leo van Wissen PART II: INTERNAL MIGRATION 2. Inter-regional Migration Modelling: A Review John Stillwell 3. In Search of a Modelling Strategy for Projecting Internal Migration in European Countries Leo van Wissen, Nicole van der Gaag, Phil Rees and John Stilwell 4. Internal Migration between US States: A Social Network Analysis Gunther Maier and Michael Vyborny PART III: HUMAN CAPITAL 5. Regional Concentration of Highly Educated Couples Signe Jauhiainen 6. The Emergence of a Knowledge Agglomeration: A Spatial-Temporal Analysis of Intellectual Capital in Indiana Brigitte Waldorf 7. Knowledge Spillovers: Mobility of Highly Educated Workers within the High Technology Sector in Finland Kirsi Mukkala 8. Rural–Urban Income Disparities Among the Highly Educated Audrey Muhlenkamp and Brigitte Waldorf PART IV: INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION 9. The Impact of Immigration on the Employment of Natives in Regional Labour Markets: A Meta-Analysis Simonetta Longhi, Peter Nijkamp and Jacques Poot 10. Ethnic Network Externalities and Labour Market Integration Thomas de Graaff, Cees Gorter, Henri L.F. de Groot and Peter Nijkamp 11. International Economic Integration and Migration: The Case of Romania Daniela L. Constantin, Valentina Vasile, Diana Preda and Luminita Nicolescu 12. Migration Policies, Illegal Immigration and the Underground Economy Jesús Clemente, Gemma Larramona and Fernando Pueyo 13. Brain Drains, Brain Gains and Migration Policies Natasha T. Duncan Index

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Book SynopsisThis significant book explains how work-life balance is being destroyed because individuals fail to link their work effort with its adverse environmental effects and the personal costs they impose.The burgeoning literature dealing with work-life balance suggests that the developed world is more interested in this issue today than at any other time in the recent past. Provocative and insightful, Work, Leisure and the Environment presents a rigorous explanation based on economic theory as to why contemporary societies suffer from over-work and work-life imbalance, asserting that they are both the cause and effect of environmental degradation. The author focuses upon a fundamental flaw in contemporary market economies that causes individuals to unknowingly reduce their well-being by working and consuming excessively, while enjoying inadequate leisure time. It is argued that this inability to correctly assess the benefits derived from their work effort causes individuals to place unreasonable and unsustainable demands on the environment. By ignoring the environmental destruction that accompanies work effort, its benefits are overestimated and, as a consequence, individuals voluntarily choose to work longer hours than they should. This engaging volume will have widespread appeal amongst researchers and policymakers interested in the environment, consumerism and labour markets and will also be an invaluable reference tool for studies into leisure and work-life balance.Trade Review'. . . a wonderfully accessible and persuasive contribution to an increasingly urgent and broad literature focusing on overwork, consumerism, environmental disamenity and the work-life balance. . . an excellent scholarly piece of work, drawing on a wide range of literature, and written in a very engaging and inclusive style. It will appeal to - and deserves to be read by - as wide an audience as possible.' -- Richard J. White, Leisure StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Economic Approaches to the Environment 2. The Fundamental Flaw 3. How Workers are Short-Changed by Externalities 4. Critiques of Consumerism and the Consumption Treadmill 5. Measuring the Cost of the Fundamental Flaw 6. The Cumulative Effect and International Differences 7. Policies to Tackle the Fundamental Flaw 8. Intuitive Reasoning versus Deliberative Thought References Index

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Book SynopsisThis major Handbook comprehensively surveys the rapidly growing field of the economics of education. It is unique in that it comprises original contributions on an exceptional range of topics from a review of human capital, signalling and screening models, to consideration of issues such as educational externalities and economic growth, funding models, determinants of educational success, the educational production function, educational standards and efficiency measurement. Labour market issues such as the market for teachers and the transition of students from school to work are also explored.The International Handbook on the Economics of Education will be warmly welcomed by academic economists, educational researchers and practitioners in educational management as well as policymakers. Comprising specially commissioned articles, the Handbook will become indispensable reference for this ever topical field of study.Trade Review'. . . is a voluminous and timely collection of 18 essays that addresses a number of core issues on the economics of education. . . An exhaustive survey of the literature on the role of universities as multi-product firms at various levels and disciplines identifies the nature of the economies of scope and scale. This enriches the volume further.' -- Economic Analysis & Policy'. . . the endeavour of bringing together very knowledgeable contributors, including some of the leading contributors to the literature in the UK and beyond, to write a handbook on the economics of education is highly appreciated. The Handbook contains 18 substantive chapters, encapsulated by a brief introduction and an extensive and a very useful index. . . the Handbook should be praised as a useful overview of the field of economics of education as it stands today.' -- Ludger Wossmann, Economic IssuesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. Human Capital and Rates of Return George Psacharopoulos and Harry Anthony Patrinos 2. Signalling and Screening Sarah Brown and John G. Sessions 3. The Economic Assessment of Training Schemes Peter J. Dolton 4. Education and Economic Growth Philip Stevens and Martin Weale 5. Skill-Biased Technical Change and Educational Outcomes Stephen Machin 6. The Social and External Benefits of Education Walter W. McMahon 7. School Finance David Mitch 8. Funding Higher Education David Greenaway and Michelle Haynes 9. Exploring the Effect of Class Size on Student Achievement: What Have We Learned Over the Past Two Decades? Susan L. Averett and Michele C. McLennan 10. The Economics of Secondary Schooling Steve Bradley and Jim Taylor 11. Determinants of Educational Success in Higher Education Robin A. Naylor and Jeremy Smith 12. Standards and Grade Inflation Geraint Johnes 13. The School-to-Work Transition Steve Bradley and Anh Ngoc Nguyen 14. The Labour Market for Teachers Paulo Santiago 15. Multi-product Cost Functions for Universities: Economies of Scale and Scope Elchanan Cohn and Samuel T. Cooper 16. Efficiency Measurement Jill Johnes 17. Education, Child Labour and Development Saqib Jafarey and Sajal Lahiri 18. Education and Housing William H. Hoyt Index

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Book SynopsisHow is women's employment shaped by family and domestic responsibilities? This book, written by leading experts in the field, examines twenty-five years of change in women's employment and addresses the challenges facing women today. The authors offer an innovative analysis of how global changes including new migration processes, educational expansion, transnational labour markets, technological advances and the global economy affect women's labour market experiences. They tackle issues relevant for future change, including gender inequalities and ethnic diversities, and confront contentious questions such as what is meant by work-life balance. The book provides new empirical research that both advances our understanding of the challenges posed by women's employment in our changing society and draws out the policy lessons that could improve economic and social wellbeing.Providing dynamic analysis of employment-family inter relationships, Women and Employment will be of great relevance to social scientists and academics interested in employment and family as well as policymakers concerned with changing women's employment.Trade Review'. . . this book provides an excellent evaluation of women's past, current and potential employment situation. It contains lots of analysis, yet is never difficult to read, and provides plenty of useful and thought-provoking context to the analysis.' -- Malcolm Brynin, Work, Employment and Society'. . . this book represents a reference work for the understanding of past and new gender issues and may be of relevance to a wide audience: those studying social and political sciences and gender studies scholars. . . Education researchers should be interested in the attention drawn to the impact of women's orientation at school and in higher education on gendered attitudes, experiences and trajectories for the future.' -- Julie Jarty, Gender & Education'An informative and important volume.' -- Johanna Kumlin, European Sociological Review'This collection further contributes to our awareness of the complicated intersection of work and family life for women and men and to a few of the socio-economic factors which serve as impediments to its synchronization. It is well written, carefully researched, and rather detailed in its analysis.' -- Susan Cody, Sex RolesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Changing Lives and New Challenges Jacqueline Scott, Shirley Dex, Heather Joshi, Kate Purcell and Peter Elias PART I: WOMEN AND EMPLOYMENT: ASSESSING PROGRESS ON EQUALITY 1. Achieving Equality in the Knowledge Economy Kate Purcell and Peter Elias 2. Changes in Women’s Occupations and Occupational Mobility Over 25 Years Shirley Dex, Kelly Ward and Heather Joshi 3. Ethnic Differences in Women’s Labour Market Activity Angela Dale, Joanne Lindley, Shirley Dex and Anthony Rafferty PART II: DYNAMICS OF EMPLOYMENT AND FAMILY ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE 4. Putting Women on the Research Agenda: The 1980 Women and Employment Survey Jean Martin and Ceridwen Roberts 5. The New Dynamics of Family Formation and the Explosion of Childbearing Outside Marriage John Ermisch 6. Changing Gender Role Attitudes Jacqueline Scott PART III: WORK–LIFE BALANCE 7. Working Full-Time After Motherhood Susan McRae 8. Class Difference in Mothers’ Work Schedules and Assessments of their ‘Work–Life Balance’ in Dual-Earner Couples in Britain Colette Fagan, Linda McDowell, Diane Perrons, Kathryn Ray and Kevin Ward 9. Mothers’ Employment, Work–Life Conflict, Careers and Class Rosemary Crompton and Clare Lyonette 10. The Household Division of Labour: Changes in Families’ Allocation of Paid and Unpaid Work Susan Harkness 11. Work–Family Balance Policies: Issues and Development in the UK 1997–2005 in Comparative Perspective Jane Lewis PART IV: WAYS FORWARD 12. Women and Work in the UK: The Need for a Modernisation of Labour Market Institutions Jill Rubery 13. The Regulation of Women’s Pay: From Individual Rights to Reflexive Law? Simon Deakin and Colm McLaughlin 14. Migration, Employment and Gender Divisions of Labour Linda McDowell, Adina Batnitzky and Sarah Dyer 15. Policy on Care: A Help or Hindrance to Gender Equality? Susan Himmelweit Index

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Book SynopsisThe debate on whether high standards of labour market legislation affect economic growth and the rate of employment is topical and important. Thecontributors to this book address three main issues: how Taiwan's labour market was able to work so well prior to 1996 maintaining full employment for the last 40 years, regardless of the rapid change of industrial structure in the 1980s what factors can be attributed to the rapid deterioration of Taiwan's labour market performance since 1996 the measures adopted by the Taiwan government in tackling the recent high unemployment rate, how effective these policies are and what lessons scholars and public policy makers in other countries can learn from Taiwan's experience. An integrated labour market model (a revision of the Harris-Todaro dualistic labour market model) is presented which can be used to analyze labour market operation in other developing countries. The effectiveness of various policies adopted by the Taiwanese government in tackling high unemployment rates are examined and the findings shed light on public policies in other developing and newly industrialized countries. The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan will appeal to scholars of Asian studies, public policy, economic development and labour economists.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Preface PART I: EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT IN A FLEXIBLE LABOUR MARKET 1. Labour Market Flexibility and Employment: An Overview Joseph S. Lee 2. Taiwan’s Changing Employment and Earnings Structure Gary S. Fields 3. Education and Taiwan’s Changing Employment and Earnings Structure Gary S. Fields and Amanda Newton Kraus 4. Taiwan’s Private Sector Labour Market Prior to 1996 Gary S. Fields PART II: EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT IN A REGULATED AND GLOBALIZED LABOUR MARKET 5. Cyclical Employment Changes in Taiwanese Industry Christina Y. Liu, Wei-Chiao Huang and Chia-Wei Wang 6. Industrial Change and Structural Unemployment in Taiwan Chung-Chi Wu 7. The Deterioration of Employment: Regional Unemployment Dynamics Feng-Fuh Jiang and Paul K.C. Liu 8. The Role of Foreign Workers in Taiwan’s Economic Development Joseph S. Lee 9. Involuntary Job Turnover in Taiwan, 1996–2000 Ji-Ping Lin PART III: LABOUR MARKET POLICIES IN THE NEW KNOWLEDGE ECONOMY 10. Employee Training Programmes and Sustainable Employability Joseph S. Lee and Ping-Lung Hsin 11. Employment Insurance and Unemployment in Taiwan Yang Shih 12. Evaluating Taiwan’s Public Service Employment Programme Chao-Yin Lin and Mei Hsu Index

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Book SynopsisFor this insightful collection, Professor Reich has selected some of the most significant published articles on labor mobility and segmented markets. The book investigates the development of this important field from the pioneering papers on labor market segmentation analysis of the 1970s, through the early debates to the later theoretical models and econometric evidence. The second volume offers an overview of the evolution from segmentation to flexibility in labor markets up to the present day and explores topics such as the growth of temporary jobs in Europe, the influence of gender, immigration and race, later econometric controversies and the phenomenon of flexicurity.The volumes will be an essential resource for students and for scholars wishing to investigate this important area.Table of ContentsContents: Volume I: Labor Market Segmentation: 1970 to 2000 Acknowledgements Introduction Michael Reich PART I PIONEERING STATEMENTS 1. Peter B. Doeringer and Michael J. Piore (1971), ‘Low-Income Employment and the Disadvantaged Labor Force’, and ‘Quantitative Analysis of Worker Instability in the Low-Income Labor Market’ 2. Michael Piore (1972), ‘The Dual Labor Market: Theory and Implications’ 3. Michael Reich, David M. Gordon and Richard C. Edwards (1973), ‘A Theory of Labor Market Segmentation’ 4. David M. Gordon, Richard Edwards and Michael Reich (1981), ‘The Period of Consolidation: World War II to 1970s’ and ‘Evidence for the Segmentation Hypothesis’ excerpts from Chapter 5, ‘The Segmentation of Labor: 1920s to the Present’ PART II EARLY DEBATES 5. Paul Osterman (1975), ‘An Empirical Study of Labor Market Segmentation’ 6. Glen G. Cain (1976), ‘The Challenge of Segmented Labor Market Theories to Orthodox Theory: A Survey’ 7. Jill Rubery (1978), ‘Structured Labour Markets, Worker Organisation and Low Pay’ 8. Samuel Rosenberg (1980), ‘Male Occupational Standing and the Dual Labor Market’ 9. Paul Ryan (1981), ‘Segmentation, Duality and the Internal Labour Market’ 10. Robert Buchele (1983), ‘Economic Dualism and Employment Stability’ PART III THEORETICAL MODELS AND ECONOMETRIC EVIDENCE 11. Ian M. McDonald and Robert M. Solow (1985), ‘Wages and Employment in a Segmented Labor Market’ 12. Jeremy I. Bulow and Lawrence H. Summers (1986), ‘A Theory of Dual Labor Markets with Application to Industrial Policy, Discrimination, and Keynesian Unemployment’ 13. William T. Dickens and Kevin Lang (1993), ‘Labor Market Segmentation Theory: Reconsidering the Evidence’ PART IV INSTITUTIONAL APPROACHES 14. Howard Wial (1991), ‘Getting a Good Job: Mobility in a Segmented Labor Market’ 15. Jill Rubery (1994), ‘Internal and External Labour Markets: Towards an Integrated Analysis’ 16. Robert Drago (1995), ‘Divide and Conquer in Australia: A Study of Labor Segmentation’ PART V IMMIGRANTS, GENDER AND RACE/ETHNICITY 17. Sara McLafferty and Valerie Preston (1992), ‘Spatial Mismatch and Labor Market Segmentation for African-American and Latina Women’ 18. Gregory DeFreitas (1988), ‘Hispanic Immigration and Labor Market Segmentation’ 19. Andrés Torres (1997), ‘Labor Market Segmentation: African American and Puerto Rican Labor in New York City, 1960–1980’ Name Index Volume II: Flexibility, Monopsony and the New Labor Market Segmentation Acknowledgements An introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I OVERVIEWS 1. Sam Rosenberg (1989), ‘From Segmentation to Flexibility’ 2. Peter Cappelli (1995), ‘Rethinking Employment’ 3. Maury B. Gittleman and David R. Howell (1995), ‘Changes in the Structure and Quality of Jobs in the United States: Effects by Race and Gender 1973–1990’ 4. Francesca Bettio and Samuel Rosenberg (1999), ‘Labour Markets and Flexibility in the 1990s: The Europe-USA Opposition Revisited’ 5. Maarten Goos and Alan Manning (2007), ‘Lousy and Lovely Jobs: The Rising Polarization of Work in Britain’ PART II THE GROWTH OF TEMPORARY JOBS IN EUROPE 6. Alison L. Booth, Marco Francesconi and Jeff Frank (2002), ‘Temporary Jobs: Stepping Stones or Dead Ends?’ 7. Anna Cristina D’Addio and Michael Rosholm (2005), ‘Temporary Employment in Europe: Characteristics, Determinants and Outcomes’ 8. Javier G. Polavieja (2006), ‘The Incidence of Temporary Employment in Advanced Economies: Why is Spain Different?’ PART III GENDER, IMMIGRANT STATUS AND RACE 9. T. Ghilarducci and M. Lee (2005), ‘Female Dual Labour Markets and Employee Benefits’ 10. Roberto Pedace (2006), ‘Immigration, Labor Market Mobility, and the Earnings of Native-Born Workers: An Occupational Segmentation Approach’ PART IV ECONOMETRIC CONTROVERSIES REDUX 11. Marianthi Rannia Leontaridi (1999), ‘Segmented Labour Markets: Theory and Evidence’ 12. Emily Thomson (2003), ‘Segmented Labour Markets: A Critical Survey of Econometric Studies’ PART V FLEXICURITY 13. Gerry Rodgers (2006), ‘Labour Market Flexibility and Decent Work’ 14. Robert Boyer (2006), ‘Employment and Decent Work in the Era of “Flexicurity”’ Name Index

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Book SynopsisEmployees, organizations and society alike should grow the virtual workplace, as the multiple, tangible benefits of telework for each of these three stakeholders largely outweigh the costs. To help stakeholders benefit from the virtual workplace, the authors analyze four key issues: telework adoption, implementation, tracking and impacts. They develop the comprehensive EOS framework to examine both the interaction among employees, organizations and society, and the linkages among telework impacts, tracking, implementation and adoption.Unique features of the book include an integrative framework for increasing telework adoption; practical tips - specific to each stakeholder - on how best to implement and measure telework; and an analysis of original survey data exploring the virtual workplace adoption decision.Readership for this book includes academic experts on telecommuting, policymakers involved in transportation, human resource or environmental policies, and managers and employees considering telework.Trade Review'The authors have produced an extraordinarily useful book on the numerous facets of the complex teleworking phenomenon. Although their pro-telework position is clear (and persuasively justified), their discussion of each element is thoughtful, balanced, and carefully referenced. Their conceptual paradigm offers a very helpful way to organize and synthesize the vast and growing literature on teleworking, and they have employed it to masterful effect. They have succeeded in producing a work that is equally valuable and relevant to organizations, individual employees, public planners, and academic scholars - no small feat.' -- Patricia L. Mokhtarian, University of California, Davis, US'At TELUS, teleworking has become an important part of our operating framework. Thousands of our team members telework on a part-time basis and hundreds of our team members telework on a full-time basis. The individual, environmental, social and financial benefits achieved through telework are compelling and real. This book by the Haskayne School of Business offers comprehensive insights that will help TELUS and hopefully many other enterprises to fully realize the great benefits of telework.' -- Josh Blair, TELUS, Canada'The first integrative analysis of the virtual workplace's many contributions to sustainable development: a must read for strategists in firms and governments.' -- Ans Kolk, University of Amsterdam Business School, The Netherlands'This book is a great reference for senior executives looking to implement telework to enhance their business. As the leading provider of managed IP communications services in North America, MegaPath supports the telework programs of hundreds of companies with IT remote access VPN services. This book addresses the many challenges these companies have faced and the benefits they have derived from telework programs.' -- Greg Davis, MegaPath, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Scott McNealy 1. Introduction Part I: Telework Impacts 2. Telework Impacts: The Employee Perspective 3. Telework Impacts: The Organizational Perspective 4. Telework Impacts: The Societal Perspective Part II: Telework Tracking 5. Telework Tracking: The Employee Perspective 6. Telework Tracking: The Organizational Perspective 7. Telework Tracking: The Societal Perspective Part III: Telework Implementation 8. Telework Implementation: The Employee Perspective 9. Telework Implementation: The Organizational Perspective 10. Telework Implementation: The Societal Perspective Part IV: Telework Adoption 11. Telework Adoption: An Employee Perspective 12. Telework Adoption: An Organizational Perspective 13. Telework Adoption: A Societal Perspective References Index

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Book SynopsisCharles Whalen's book identifies avenues leading to the revitalization of industrial relations as an academic discipline. The contributors, a stellar assemblage of the field's leading scholars, demonstrate there is much work to be done: the scope and intellectual content of industrial relations need to be reconsidered; academic and social institutions must be reshaped; and new conceptual and practical issues demand attention. The contributors to this volume examine a broad range of issues. Some chapters explore the conceptual boundaries and core assumptions of the field. Others probe how industrial relations correlates with social capital, the law and globalization. Still others outline new approaches to academic programs and institutions, labor and employment journals, and the integration of teaching and community service. A wrap-up chapter by MIT's Thomas Kochan ties all this together and presents additional insights on the revitalization of the field.Industrial relations scholars, labor studies, sociology and business professors as well as many practitioners will find much to recommend in this book.Trade Review'. . . the book is both wide-ranging and thought provoking. . . New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment is a first-rate collection of papers that provides a state-of-the-art overview of debates on the health and standing of the field of industrial relations.' -- John Kelly, Transfer'Charles Whalen's excellent edited volume New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment is a conversation about renewing the academic discipline formerly known as industrial relations. . . The chapters of this book are uniformly of high quality and provocative. . . It inspires the reader to engage and mend the world a bit.' -- David Jacobs, Heterodox Economics Newsletter'. . . an intellectually stimulating collection of informed, sound, and innovative responses to modern labor problems. . . . New Directions is a timely work that deserves wide readership by anyone with an association or interest in industrial relations. Although the matter of revitalization of the field of IR is not nearly a new topic, dismissing this volume as simply another typical prescription in the lineage of IR revitalization commentary would be a gross miscalculation. For one, the sheer breadth and depth of the contributing scholars brings a unique intellectual richness to this project. Also, this book distinctively tackles the issue of revitalization from a multitude of perspectives - from social capital to network theories to labor and employment law, and from research and theory to teaching and practice - and does so in a way that is comprehensive, continuous, and in dialog throughout. Finally this book makes a significant contribution because of its specific recommendations for IR revitalization. Instead of telling scholars and practitioners the need for a new direction but providing few feasible alternatives, New Directions proffers real pathways for progress. This book is a useful guide for navigating the ever-developing world of work and employment relations.' -- Sean Rogers, Perspectives on Work'Where is the field of industrial relations going? How can it be rejuvenated? How can it be reformulated to deal with current problems? These are among the difficult questions this stimulating book addresses.' -- George Strauss, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction: New Directions in the Study of Work and Employment Charles J. Whalen PART I: RETHINKING INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS 1. Reconceptualizing Industrial Relations in a Global, Knowledge-driven Economy Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld 2. The Original Industrial Relations Paradigm: Foundation for Revitalizing the Field Bruce E. Kaufman 3. A Meta-paradigm for Revitalizing Industrial Relations John W. Budd 4. An Institutional Environments Approach to Industrial Relations John Godard PART II: RECONSTRUCTING INSTITUTIONS 5. Social Capital and the Labor Movement David B. Lipsky and Ronald L. Seeber 6. Industrial Relations and the Law William B. Gould IV 7. How Industrial Relations is Marginalized in Business Schools: Using Institutional Theory to Examine Our Home Base Daphne Taras 8. Let a Thousand Journals Bloom: The Precarious Landscape of Labor and Employment Publishing Immanuel Ness, Bruce Nissen and Charles J. Whalen PART III: REENERGIZING PRACTICE 9. Revitalizing Industrial Relations Michael J. Piore 10. Varieties of Capitalism and Employment Relations under Globalization: Evidence from the Auto Industry Nick Wailes, Russell D. Lansbury and Jim Kitay 11. Evolving Labor Relations in the Women’s Apparel Industry Katie Quan 12. Immigrant Workers and the New American Labor Movement Kent Wong and Janna Shadduck-Hernández Conclusion: The Future of Industrial Relations, a.k.a. Work and Employment Relations Thomas A. Kochan Index

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Book SynopsisFeaturing new findings and fresh insights from an international roster of labor economists, including such eminent authors as Morley Gunderson, Harry Holzer, and Paul Ryan, this book delves into a uniquely wide range of high-profile labor issues affecting youth in the US, Canada, Europe, and Japan - from declining job, wage, and training prospects to workplace health hazards, immigration, union activism, and new policy strategies. This widely accessible introduction to the latest research in the area presents original empirical economic studies in an engaging style.All may find something of interest in the host of controversial topics of lively public debate that are covered, including: youth unemployment, earnings mobility, racial/ethnic and gender inequalities, training quality and access, job hazards, health insurance coverage, immigration, minimum wage laws, union organizing, and global economic competition.Young Workers in the Global Economy is written in a clear and accessible style for a broad readership ranging from scholars and college students to employers, unions, career counselors, human resource professionals, vocational trainers, policy analysts, government officials, immigration and health care activists, as well as to the wider public concerned about the future of youth career prospects.Trade Review'This timely collection offers an analysis of youth employment in a global perspective. It examines five subject areas, ranging from current trends in labor markets through education levels of job seekers, workplace safety, immigration and strategic initiatives to deal with declining levels of employment. . . . it sets forth clear prescriptions for public policy. Recommended.' -- R.L. Hogler, Choice'. . . the volume is successful in reaching an always difficult equilibrium between scientific soundness, on the one hand, and fluency, on the other hand. . . the book is a highly enjoyable and engaging read also for a general audience interested in understanding the new dimensions of what has become a persistent affliction of many households in advanced economies.' -- Education Economics'This excellent collection addresses an important issue: Why young people in so many countries experience more unemployment and precariousness than previous generations, and what we can do about it.' -- Michael Reich, University of California, Berkeley, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Youth Employment: Crisis or Course Change? An Introduction Gregory DeFreitas PART I: CURRENT JOB TRENDS AND CHALLENGES 2. The Youth Labor Market Problem in Cross-Country Perspective Rebekka Christopoulou 3. Out of School, Out of Work, Out of Luck? Black Male Youth Joblessness in New York City Mark Levitan 4. Still With Us After All of These Years: Youth Labor Market Entry, Home-Leaving and Human Capital Accumulation in Italy, 1993–2003 Niall O’Higgins 5. Youth Employment in Japan after the 1990s Bubble Burst Naoki Mitani PART II: SCHOOL-TO-WORK TRANSITIONS 6. Youth Employment Problems and School-to-Work Institutions in Advance Economies Paul Ryan 7. Work and Non-Work Time Use of US College Students Lonnie M. Golden PART III: DYING FOR A JOB 8. Occupational Fatalities Among Young Workers Janice Windau 9. Falling Private Health Insurance Coverage Among Young Workers in the United States Niev J. Duffy PART IV: HOW DOES IMMIGRATION AFFECT AMERICAN YOUTH? 10. Immigration and Youth Employment: Recent Debates and Research Findings Gregory DeFreitas 11. Unauthorized Mexican Immigration and Youth Labor Market Outcomes in California in the 1990s Enrico A. Marcelli PART V: STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING FUTURE JOB PROSPECTS 12. How Can We Improve Employment Outcomes for Young Black Men? Harry J. Holzer 13. Does Job Corps Training Boost the Labor Market Outcomes of Young Latinos? Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Arturo Gonzalez and Todd Neumann 14. Have Young Workers Lost Their (Collective) Voice? Youth–Adult Preferences for Workplace Voice in Canada Michele Campolieti, Rafael Gomez and Morley Gunderson References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book seeks to gain a better understanding of the paradoxical relationship between the alleged need of European labour markets to become more flexible and the way in which national policies pursue this aim without jeopardising existing high standards of income and employment security. Special interest is devoted to the way in which countries opt for different policy routes to cope with the aim of balancing flexibility and security goals in their respective labour market and social protection policies. The contributions in this book all try to unveil the particular changes or transitions occurring in the various labour markets, to learn about their medium and longer term effects and the role of institutions and policies to cushion the adverse consequences of these changes. By studying some 'best practices' in Denmark, Canada and Australia they also draw some important lessons about the reasons why national policies might either fail or better cope with the challenges Europe face today. Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe is a study rich in data that will appeal to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in economics, sociology and political science and in particular students of the labour market, social policy and European studies. It will also prove invaluable to policymakers at regional, national and European level seeking a greater understanding of the complex issues surrounding, and the relationship between labour market flexibility and standards of income and employment security.Trade Review'. . . the book offers a collection of good papers by sociologists and economists, dealing with a variety of topics.' -- Johannes Giesecke, European Sociological Review'This is an outstanding volume: carefully edited and well structured, with each individual chapter being a rich, state-of-the-art contribution to our understanding of European labour markets. It definitely should be required reading for anybody dealing with labour market dynamics, transitional labour markets and flexicurity.' -- Brigitte Waldorf, Papers in Regional Science'The book will be useful reading for economics students and anyone taking decisions about jobs and employment who needs to understand the interaction between labour market flexibility and security for workers.' -- Agence Europe'In this volume, Ruud Muffels presents carefully selected articles that are at the ultimate forefront of professional studies on "transitional labour markets" and "flexicurity". It is a must for all scholars interested in rigorous analysis of labour market dynamics and a rich source for all people interested in modern employment policy over the life course. The book concludes with a brilliant epilogue by the editor about the state and future of flexibility and employment security in Europe.' -- Gunther Schmid, Social Science Research Centre Berlin (WZB), GermanyTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: LABOUR MARKET MOBILITY AND IN-WORK TRANSITIONS 1. Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe: Setting the Scene Ruud Muffels 2. There is More to Job Quality than ‘Precariousness’: A Comparative Epistemological Analysis of the ‘Flexibility and Security’ Debate in Europe Jean-Claude Barbier 3. Transitions out of Temporary Jobs: Consequences for Employment and Poverty Across Europe Annelies Debels 4. Dreaming of a Permanent Job: The Transitions of Temporary Workers in Italy and Spain Virginia Hernanz, Federica Origo, Manuela Samek Lodovici and Luis Toharia 5. Mobility in the Labour Market: Analysing Career Paths Using Administrative Data Mieke Booghmans, Seppe van Gils and Caroline Vermandere PART II: ‘SCARRING’ EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND NON-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT 6. Male Labour Market Mobility and Income and Employment Security in Europe Ruud Muffels and Ruud Luijkx 7. Unemployment and Worker Career Prospects: A Cross-national Comparison Markus Gangl 8. Self-employment Dynamics and ‘Transitional Labour Markets’: Some More UK Evidence Nigel Meager 9. Part-time Work and Childbirth in Europe: Scarring the Career or Meeting Working-time Preferences? Didier Fouarge and Ruud Muffels 10. Working Time Preferences, Labour Market Transitions and Job Satisfaction Govert Bijwaard, Bram van Dijk and Jaap de Koning PART III: ‘BEST POLICY PRACTICES’ IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND DENMARK 11. Labour Market Transitions in Australia: Employment, Flexibility and Security in a Liberal Welfare Regime Stephen Ziguras and Peter Stricker 12. From Unemployment to Employment Insurance: Towards Transitional Labour Markets in Canada? Axel van den Berg, Claus-H. von Restorff, Daniel Parent and Anthony C. Masi 13. The Danish Road to ‘Flexicurity’ Where are we Compared to Others? And How did we Get There? Per Kongshøj Madsen 14. Conclusion. Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe: A Siamese Twin? Ruud Muffels Index

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Book SynopsisAs women's labor force participation has risen around the globe, scholarly and policy discourse on the ramifications of this employment growth has intensified. This book explores the links between maternal employment and child health using an international perspective that is grounded in economic theory and rigorous empirical methods. Women's labor-market activity affects child health largely because their paid work raises household income, which strengthens families' abilities to finance healthcare needs and nutritious food; however, time away from children could counteract some of the benefits of higher socioeconomic status that spring from maternal employment. New evidence based on data from nine South and Southeast Asian countries illuminates the potential tradeoff between the benefits and challenges families contend with in the face of women's labor-market activity. This book provides new, original evidence on links between maternal employment and children's health using data associated with three indicators of children's nutritional status: birth size, stunting, and wasting. Results support the implementation and enforcement of policy interventions that bolster women's advancement in the labor market and reduce undernutrition among children. Scholars, students, policy makers and all those with an interest in nutritional science, gender, economics of the family, or development economies will find the methodology and original results expounded here both useful and informative. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Women's Employment Around the Globe 3. Conceptual Framework 4. Existing Evidence on Maternal Employment and Child Health 5. Data and Methodology 6. New Results for South and Southeast Asia 7. Conclusion and Policy ImplicationsTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Women’s Employment Around the Globe 3. Conceptual Framework 4. Existing Evidence on Maternal Employment and Child Health 5. Data and Methodology 6. New Results for South and Southeast Asia 7. Conclusion and Policy Implications Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTransitional Labour Markets (TLM) - defined as legitimate, negotiated and politically supported sets of various employment options in critical events over the life course - are an essential ingredient of modern full employment strategies. After assessing the European Employment Strategy, this book offers a detailed comparative analysis of employment performance for selected European member states and the United States. It suggests that successful employment systems arise from a new paradigm of flexibility and security ('flexicurity') the balance of which varies according to countries' institutional paths. Whilst there is no 'best practice', TLM theory does provide normative and analytical principles that can be generalised for various institutional settings. The book also provides good practice examples for managing critical transitions over the life course - from education to employment, from one job to another, from unemployment to employment, from private activities to gainful work and from employment to retirement - and develops the contours for extending unemployment insurance to work-life insurance.With a fresh and new approach to the question of full employment in modern society, this book will appeal to academic scholars interested in labour market and employment policies, and policy decision makers at local, regional, national and European levels.Trade Review'The book is without doubt a must-read reflection on the notion of full employment and a source of inspiration for the establishing of the knowledge-based economy that is such an aspiration for Europeans.' -- Thomas Bauwens, Agence Europe'Every book by Gunther Schmid is an event. This one illuminates the current European policy debate on "flexicurity". It gives fresh analyses of the comparative employment performances of the EU and the USA, and proposes a path-breaking framework for understanding and improving them. Pragmatic and provocative, Schmid's contribution should be a must for researchers, but also for HR managers, social partners representatives and policymakers interested in the present and future of work and employment.' -- Bernard Gazier, University Paris 1 and a Member of the Institut Universitaire de FranceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The European Employment Objective: How ‘Full’ can Full Employment Be? 2. The European Employment Strategy: How Far Away are we from the Lisbon Goals? 3. Comparing the Performance of Employment Systems: Is Jobless Growth on the Horizon? 4. Beyond Employment Performance: Is the Lisbon Strategy on the Right Track? 5. Risky Transitions over the Life Course: Bridges or Traps? 6. Perception and Management of Social Risks: ‘In the Past the Future Always Seems Better’? 7. New Forms of Governance in Labour Market Policy: Are there any Limits to Privatisation? 8. Managing Risks through Transitional Labour Markets: Can Flexibility and Security be Married? Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis detailed, comprehensive study on downsizing in Europe is underpinned by cross-national, interdisciplinary empirical research on restructuring management in five European countries: Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. It contains systematic national comparative overviews, and transversal analyses of more than 30 in-depth case studies, taking into account a broad range of perspectives across professional human resources managers, unions' representatives, local and national civil servants, social workers and physicians. The authors examine strategic choices and practices in national and local contexts, showing that the practice of restructuring is not as heterogeneous as many previous studies have indicated or predicted. Systematic policy proposals for better economic and social management of restructuring are also prescribed.This team of well-known economists and social scientists have prepared a book that will appeal to consultants and human resource managers and employees, especially in transnational firms, as well as to students in industrial relations, in labour economics, and in sociology. It will also be of special interest to members of the European Commission and policymakers involved in employment and social affairs.Trade Review'This collection of essays offers a survey of restructuring processes in Europe and their outcomes. . . Given the likelihood of increased dislocation in labor markets, the book is a timely contribution. Recommended.' -- R.L. Hogler, ChoiceTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Frédéric Bruggeman and Bernard Gazier 1. Comparing Processes Across Europe Bernard Gazier 2. The Restructuring Process: Towards a Comprehensive Analysis Dominique Paucard 3. Innovation: From Employment Protection to Anticipation Frédéric Bruggeman 4. Belgium: A Corporatist Regime Frédéric Naedenoen 5. France: Law Driven Restructuring Maxime Petrovski, Rachel Beaujolin-Bellet, Frédéric Bruggeman and Claude Emmanuel Triomphe 6. Germany: Negotiated Restructuring Matthias Knuth and Gernot Mühge 7. The Swedish Model of Restructuring Ola Bergström and Andreas Diedrich 8. United Kingdom: Market Driven Restructuring Sian Moore and Geof Luton 9. Innovative Restructuring – Learning from Company Experience Ola Bergström and Andreas Diedrich 10. Trade Unions – Obstacles or Facilitators? Sian Moore, Greg Thomson and Geof Luton 11. Supporting Job Transitions: Employers, Worker Representatives and Agencies Matthias Knuth 12. The Territory: An Innovation Laboratory Rachel Beaujolin-Bellet 13. Networking: Employers’ Groups Gelica Dalon and François Pichault 14. Health Impacts and Innovative Approaches Thomas Kieselbach and Debora Jeske 15. Does Europe have Restructuring Policies? Claude Emmanuel Triomphe Conclusion: A Capitalisation Approach Frédéric Bruggeman and Bernard Gazier Index

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Book SynopsisThe relationship between education and income inequality is of fundamental importance. In this book, an international group of renowned contributors focus on patterns of inequality and their relationship to education using recent data from European countries. The fresh and unique research deals with important topics such as: wage and education inequality, differences in earnings related to gender, the role of labour market institutions, demographic and cohort effects on inequality, intergenerational education and income mobility, the extent of 'overeducation' and job and life satisfaction inequality.The wealth of new empirical evidence presented will make this book an invaluable resource for labour and education economists, educationalists, policy-makers and academics interested in the distribution of income, inequality and education within the fields of sociology and public policy.Trade Review'This is a valuable collection of 12 essays by a distinguished set of experts in the field of education and income inequality across Europe. . . Recommended to educators and policymakers wishing to know about recent significant research in the area of education and inequality in Europe. . . It is vital reading for policymakers and for academics and researchers who want to be aware of what is currently understood and what further work is needed to improve understanding.' -- John Mace, Higher Education Review'The book presents an extensive review of research and fresh new evidence on a variety of issues such as inequality in education, quality of education, inequality in educational outcomes, funding tertiary education, the phenomenon of over-education, inequality in incomes, gender differences in earnings, inter-generational income mobility and labour market institutions in different countries. . . The book is a valuable study; the review of research is useful; the wealth of new evidence is indeed impressive; the coverage of issues is wide and extensive; the statistical analysis is of high quality; and the discussion of the results is rich. The detailed empirical estimates, along with tables and graphs add to the value of the book considerably. . . I am sure, many will find the book very useful.' -- Jandhyala B.G. Tilak, Journal of Educational Planning and Administration'This volume represents a new chapter in understanding income inequality. The various authors, drawn from across Europe, not only provide rich comparative views about the extent of inequality but also go on to explain some of the causes. The composite picture of the role of education that emerges provides both researchers and policy-makers with new insights into the dynamics of economic well-being.’ -- Eric Hanushek, Stanford University, USTable of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Education, Wage Inequality and the Labour Market Peter Dolton, Rita Asplund and Erling Barth 2. Education and Income Inequality: A Macroeconomic Perspective Rita Asplund 3. School Quality and Educational Outcomes in Europe Andreas Ammermüller and Charlotte Lauer 4. Overeducation Across Europe Peter Dolton and Oscar Marcenaro-Gutierrez 5. Inequality in Access to and Finance of Tertiary Education Rita Asplund, Oussama Ben Abdelkarim and Ali Skalli 6. Earnings Inequality in Europe: Structure and Patterns of Intertemporal Changes Ioannis Cholezas and Panos Tsakloglou 7. Education and Wage Dispersion: New Evidence for Europe Santiago Budría and Pedro Telhado Pereira 8. Within-group Wage Inequality and the Expansion of Tertiary Education Erling Barth 9. Gender Wage Differentials in Europe Peter Dolton, Oscar Marcenaro-Gutierrez and Ali Skalli 10. The Economic Effects of Demographic and Educational Change: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications Claudio Lucifora 11. Intergenerational Income Mobility in a Comparative Perspective Jo Blanden 12. A Multi-country Study of Inter-generational Educational Mobility Arnaud Chevalier, Kevin Denny and Dorren McMahon 13. Education and Preferences for Income Redistribution in a Cross-Section of Countries Christopher Crowe 14. Job and Life Satisfaction Inequalities in Europe Peter Dolton, Joseph Lanfranchi and Ali Skalli Index

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Book SynopsisFor a long time in-work poverty was not associated with European welfare states. Recently, the topic has gained relevance as welfare state retrenchment and international competition in globalized economies has put increasing pressures on individuals and families. This book provides explanations as to why in-work poverty is high in certain countries and low in others.Much of the present concern about the working poor has to do with recent changes in labour market policies in Europe. However, this book is not primarily about low pay. Instead, it questions whether gainful employment is sufficient to earn a living - both for oneself and for one's family members. There are, however, great differences between European countries. This book argues that the incidence and structure of the working poor cannot be understood without a thorough understanding of each country's institutional context. This includes the system of wage-setting, the level of decommodification provided by the social security system and the structure of families and households. Combining cross-country studies with in-depth analyses from a national perspective, the book reveals that in-work poverty in Europe is a diverse, multi-faceted phenomenon occurring in equally diverse institutional, economic and socio-demographic settings.With its rich detail and conclusions, this genuinely comparative study will be of interest to academics and researchers of labour and welfare economics, social policy and European studies as well as to policy advisers.Trade Review'The book provides important findings on the link between institutions and in-work poverty. The volume makes a significant contribution to this strand of literature as evidence on cross-country differences is scarce. The combination of case studies and comparative quantitative investigations is an interesting approach.' -- Annekatrin Niebuhr, Papers in Regional Science'This data-rich book explores the causes of in-work poverty in Europe. . . The balanced provision of theoretical insights and strong empirical support will prove useful to poverty scholars and policymakers alike.' -- Contemporary Sociology'A book on in-work poverty could not be timelier. . . At a time when many of the working poor are likely to become the non-working poor this book is a must-read.' -- Zoe Irving, Journal of Social Policy'This volume represents a valuable contribution to debates on welfare states, public policy, poverty and social exclusion. It is an empirically rich and analytically robust comparative collection, highlighting the variations between and contradictions of in-work poverty across Europe.' -- Patricia Kennett, University of Bristol, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: The Working Poor in Europe Hans-Jürgen Andreß and Henning Lohmann PART I: COMPARATIVE ISSUES 1. The Different Faces of In-Work Poverty Across Welfare State Regimes Henning Lohmann and Ive Marx 2. The Working Poor in European Welfare States: Empirical Evidence from a Multilevel Perspective Henning Lohmann PART II: COUNTRY CHAPTERS 3. When Famialism Fails: The Nature and Causes of In-Work Poverty in Belgium Ive Marx and Gerlinde Verbist 4. The Different Roles of Low-wage Work in Germany: Regional, Demographical and Temporal Variances in the Poverty Risk of Low-paid Workers Marco Gießelmann and Henning Lohmann 5. The Silent Transformation of the Dutch Welfare State and the Rise of In-Work Poverty Erik Snel, Jan de Boom and Godfried Engbersen 6. In-Work Poverty in a Transitional Labour Market: Sweden, 1988–2003 Björn Halleröd and Daniel Larsson 7. “Much Ado About Nothing?” Institutional Framework and Empirical Findings on the Working Poor Phenomenon in Finland from 1995 to 2005 Ilpo Airio, Susan Kuivalainen and Mikko Niemelä 8. Two Countries in One: The Working Poor in Italy Ferruccio Biolcati-Rinaldi and Federico Podestà 9. Is Work a Route Out of Poverty: What Have New Labour’s Welfare-to-Work Measures Meant for the Working Poor in Britain? Sara Connolly 10. Low Pay and Household Poverty During Ireland’s Economic Boom Brian Nolan PART III: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 11. Combating In-Work Poverty in Europe: The Policy Options Assessed Ive Marx and Gerlinde Verbist 12. Explaining In-Work Poverty Within and Across Countries Henning Lohmann and Hans-Jürgen Andreß Index

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Book SynopsisThe Research Handbook of Comparative Employment Relations is an essential resource for those seeking to understand contemporary developments in the world of work, and the way in which employment relations systems are evolving around the world. Special consideration is given to the impact of globalization and the role of multinational corporations, including their consequences for the fate of workers' rights under existing national systems of employment relations (ER) regulation. This Handbook is unique in taking an explicitly comparative approach by discussing ER developments through a series of paired country comparisons. These chapters include a wide selection of countries from all regions, looking beyond those that are frequently discussed. The expert contributors also examine comparative issues from a range of perspectives, including industrial and employment relations, political economy, comparative politics, and cross-cultural studies. These impressive features make this important reference tool the most comprehensive of its kind. Academics and students in final-year undergraduate and postgraduate courses interested in employment relations will find this compendium enriching and insightful.Contributors include: M. Atzeni, L. Baccarro, M. Barry, D. Collings, F.L. Cooke, S. Cooney, T. Dundon, F. Duran, I. Forstenlechner, P. Gahan, P. Gunnigle, T. Jackson, E.H. Jung, B. Kaufman, J. Kelly, J. Lavelle, K. Mellahi, R. Mitchell, P. Pochet, T. Royle, A. Verma, N. Wailes, A. Wilkinson, G. Wood, S. ZalgermeyerTrade Review’This Research Handbook is a highly readable and thought-provoking account of comparative employment relations in current published texts. The breadth and depth of this book are remarkable and it will serve as a very valuable introductory text to students and researchers interested in comparative employment relations and global governance of employment relations.’ -- Wei Huang, Work, Employment and Society‘Besides a well-written introduction by the two editors, the book presents seventeen other chapters, some by well-known writers on the subject or related social sciences. . . This is a substantial resource book for scholars and students of comparative ER, especially for those who look towards the evolution of ER in the new economic world that is in formation, and in a comparative perspective. . . the book contains intellectually stimulating analyses of employee relations realities across the globe. . . Scholars belonging to different disciplinary perspectives, from which ER has been studied in the past, will also find in it a good reference material of comparative analyses. . . The publishers too deserve accolades for their professionalism and first rate copy-editing and production.’ -- Debi S. Saini, Vision - the Journal of Business Perspectives‘The book is a comprehensive volume of studies on employment relations in a wide variety of settings. . .an enriching compendium.’ -- Silvia Florea, Management of Sustainable DevelopmentTable of ContentsContents: PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Re-examining Comparative Employment Relations Michael Barry and Adrian Wilkinson PART II: PERSPECTIVES 2. Comparative Employment Relations: Institutional and Neo-institutional Theories Bruce E. Kaufman 3. The Political Economy of Comparative Employment Relations John Kelly 4. Legal Origins, Labour Law and the Regulation of Employment Relations Sean Cooney, Peter Gahan and Richard Mitchell 5. Cross-cultural Studies Terence Jackson PART III: PAIRED COUNTRY COMPARISONS 6. Employment Relations in Chile and Argentina Maurizio Atzeni, Fernando Durán-Palma and Pablo Ghigliani 7. Employment Relations in Canada and the US Sara Slinn and Richard W. Hurd 8. Employment Relations in China and India Fang Lee Cooke 9. Employment Relations in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Tony Dundon and David G. Collings 10. Employment Relations in Japan and Korea EeHwan Jung 11. Employment Relations in Belgium and the Netherlands Hester Houwing, Maarten Keune, Philippe Pochet and Kurt Vandaele 12. Employment Relations in Australia and New Zealand Nick Wailes 13. Employment Relations in South Africa and Mozambique Geoffrey Wood 14. Employment Relations in France and Germany Stefan Zagelmeyer 15. Employment Relations in Oil-rich Gulf Countries Kamel Mellahi and Ingo Forstenlechner PART IV: BROADER COMPARATIVE INFLUENCES 16. Corporatism Meets Neoliberalism: The Irish and Italian Cases in Comparative Perspective Lucio Baccaro 17. The Role of MNEs David G. Collings, Jonathan Lavelle and Patrick Gunnigle 18. Regulating Global Capital through Public and Private Codes: An Analysis of International Labour Standards and Corporate Voluntary Initiatives Tony Royle Index

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Book SynopsisUnderpinned by the fact that the globalization process and the subsequent increased level of market uncertainty have paved the way for employment flexibility in modern societies, this book examines the labor market chances of young adults in the US and in ten European societies over the past three decades. As young adults represent a very vulnerable labor market group, flexible and insecure employment tends to be pronounced especially at labor market entry. The contributors therefore explore which groups of young adults are especially affected by increasing employment insecurities.Extending analysis to the early career phase, the book discusses whether flexible employment relationships in younger cohorts are a temporary phenomenon at the very beginning of people's careers, or if the labor markets of modern societies are currently fundamentally changing because flexible employment relationships are permanently succeeding in the labor market with the entry of new cohorts. Discussing the development of social inequality structures in an era of globalization, this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers focusing on international comparative research, globalization, labor markets, and social inequality.Table of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Struggling to Become an Insider: Does Increasing Flexibility at Labor Market Entry Affect Early Careers? A Theoretical Framework Erzsébet Bukodi, Ellen Ebralidze, Paul Schmelzer and Hans-Peter Blossfeld 2. Youth Unemployment in Western Europe: The Effects of Individual, Market, and Institutional Factors Katrin Golsch PART II: COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS 3. A New Mobility Regime in Germany? Young People’s Labor Market Entry and Phase of Establishment Since the Mid-1980s Sandra Buchholz and Karin Kurz 4. Increasing Labor Market Instability Among Young People? Labor Market Entry and Early Career Development Among School-Leavers in the Netherlands Since the Mid-1980s Maarten H.J. Wolbers 5. Increasing Employment Instability in France? Young People’s Labor Market Entry and Early Careers Since the 1990s Simone Zdrojewski, Yvette Grelet and Louis-André Vallet 6. Increasing Employment Instability Among Young People? Labor Market Entries and Early Careers in Spain Since the Mid-1970s Juan I. Martínez-Pastor, Fabrizio Bernardi and Luis Garrido 7. Flexibilizing the Italian Labor Market: Unanticipated Consequences of Partial and Targeted Labor Market Deregulation Paolo Barbieri and Stefani Scherer 8. Increasing Employment Instability Among Young People? Labor Market Entries and Early Careers in Great Britain Since the 1980s Paul Schmelzer 9. Increasing Employment Instability Among Young People? Labor Market Entries and Early Careers in the United States of America, 1984–2002 Ilona Relikowski, Markus Zielonka and Heather Hofmeister 10. Increasing Employment Instability Among Young People? Labor Market Entries and Early Careers in Sweden 1980–2000 Karin Halldén and Martin Hällsten 11. Weaker Entries – Lower Risk of Unemployment: Labor Market Entry Trends in Denmark between 1981 and 2003 Ellen Ebralidze and Søren Leth-Sørensen 12. Increasing Labor Market Insecurities Among Young People? Labor Market Entry Process in Hungary Since the Early 1980s Erzsébet Bukodi 13. Changing Mobility Regime in Estonia? Young People’s Labor Market Entry and Early Careers Since the 1980s Kadri Täht, Ellu Saar and Marge Unt PART III: CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION 14. Young People’s Employment Chances on Flexible Labor Markets: A Comparison of Changes in Eleven Modern Societies Karin Kurz, Sandra Buchholz, Paul Schmelzer and Hans-Peter Blossfeld Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines innovative theoretical perspectives and novel labour market policy responses to Europe's changing work demands, employment careers and life courses. It presents creative ideas and recommendations for flexicurity policies at various levels and in different social and economic contexts. The driving factors determining the performance of dissimilar pathways in Europe are identified in regard to their impact on the flexibility/security nexus. Key issues in the current European policy debate are addressed, including how innovative policies are designed in the areas of working time, education, work-life balance, employment relations, retirement and migration, how they are put into practice and what determines their level of success. This volume is an authoritative overview of innovative labour market policies and research findings, with a strong thematic emphasis on life course, transitional labour market and flexicurity approaches. It encompasses a wide array of European countries and is written by a multidisciplinary group of established scholars. This book will be of great interest to researchers, academics and policy makers.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Innovating European Labour Markets: An Introduction Ton Wilthagen, Ruud Muffels, Peter Ester and Joop Schippers PART I: TRANSITIONAL LABOUR MARKETS IN EUROPE 2. Labour Market Policy in Flanders: How to Tackle Vicious Circles and False Beliefs Frank Vandenbroucke 3. How Willing are Europeans to Migrate? A Comparison of Migration Intentions in Western and Eastern Europe Didier Fouarge and Peter Ester 4. Labour Markets in Central and Eastern Europe: From Transition to Stabilisation Sandrine Cazes and Alena Nesporova 5. Pathways to Flexicurity in Europe: Do They Affect Male and Female Labour Market Transition Patterns? Ruud Muffels PART II: FLEXICURITY AND WORKING TIME ARRANGEMENTS 6. ‘Project-based Employment’ and Models of the Employment Contract David Marsden 7. Working Time Flexibility Across Europe Marcel Kerkhofs, Heejung Chung and Peter Ester 8. Mapping Flexicurity in the EU Greet Vermeylen 9. Working-life Time Accounts in German Companies: New Opportunities for Structuring Working Hours and Careers? Philip Wotschack and Eckart Hildebrandt PART III: LIFE COURSE TRANSITIONS AND CAREERS 10. Active Ageing in Europe: Innovating the Management of Transitions from Work to Retirement Günther Schmid 11. Get the Balance Right: Risk and Flexibility in School-to-Work Transition Sequences Christian Brzinsky-Fay 12. Diverging Career Paths: Mind Your Step! Amelia Román, Joop Schippers and Leen Heylen 13. Conclusions on Innovating European Labour Markets: Dynamics and Perspectives Ruud Muffels, Joop Schippers, Ton Wilthagen and Peter Ester Index

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