{"product_id":"half-a-job-bad-and-good-part-time-jobs-in-a-changing-labor-market-9781566393829","title":"Half A Job: Bad and Good Part-Time Jobs in a","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e Over 20 million people are working part-time in the United States, more than six million of them involuntarily. Both \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e magazines have run recent cover stories about this constrained faction of the workforce, who tend to earn on average 40 percent less than full-time workers. Addressing this disturbing trend, Chris Tilly presents a current, in-depth analysis of how U.S. businesses use part-time employment, and why they are using it more and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Worker demand for part-time jobs peaked more than twenty years ago, but employers' desires for cheap labor and schedule flexibility have continued to drive the long-term growth of part-time jobs. Tilly argues that this growth is a reaction to the expanding trade and service industries, which, by their nature, depend on part-time workers. Examining the nature and purposes of the different types of part-time employment, he explores the roots of part-time jobs in the organization of work, and the inadequacies of existing public policies on part-time employment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Using not only statistical analysis but over eighty interviews with employers in the retail and insurance industries, Tilly suggests new approaches to providing flexibility without insecurity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Chris Tilly's study of part-time work differs from, and is superior to, most others because he puts the organizations that hire part-time workers at the center of his analysis. His ideas about part-time work are derived logically and rigorously. This is true, most especially, of the original and useful distinction he draws between retention and secondary part-time jobs that is at the heart of the book. \u003c\/i\u003eHalf a Job\u003ci\u003e is original, distinctive, and significant.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eEileen Appelbaum\u003c\/b\u003e, Economic Policy Institute\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"In the 1990s, for every person officially counted as 'unemployed,' at least one more person is involuntarily working part-time. These are the workers with only half a job. And their ranks are growing. In this important and compassionate book, scholar-activist Christ Tilly tells us why—and why it matters to the American standard of living.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eBennett Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e, Harvard University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"...someone wanting to understand the nature of part-time employment can do no better than Tilly's book. The analysis is careful and even handed. Even more impressive is the bag of tools that Tilly employs to construct a picture of part-time employment. It is a model for how empirical research should be conducted.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEastern Economic Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e List of Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. Half a Job Is Not Enough\u003cbr\u003e 2. Why Has Part-Time Employment Continued to Grow?\u003cbr\u003e 3. Two Theoretical Frameworks\u003cbr\u003e 4. Good and Bad Part-Time Jobs\u003cbr\u003e 5. Implications of the Distinction Between Good and Bad Part-Time Jobs\u003cbr\u003e 6. How Businesses Set the Level of Part-Time Employment\u003cbr\u003e 7. Cycles and Trends\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Case for New Policies\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: A Formal Model of the Cyclical Adjustment of Part-Time Employment in\u003cbr\u003e Noncyclical Industries\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press,U.S.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51041362346327,"sku":"9781566393829","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781566393829.jpg?v=1750949976","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/half-a-job-bad-and-good-part-time-jobs-in-a-changing-labor-market-9781566393829","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}