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Book SynopsisWork Inequalities in the Crisis provides an in-depth overview of the effects of the crisis on inequalities in the world of work. An assessment of national trends in 30 European countries precedes case studies of 14 of them, in which noted European specialists report on individual enterprises or sectors.
Trade ReviewWho are the losers and the occasional winners in the current economic crisis? How have employers responded to the slump in economic growth? What lessons can be learned both from their and government labour policies? Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, and a team of leading researchers address these questions applying the latest data and research including company case studies from across Europe, including Turkey and the transition economies. They observe some similarities, but also enormous differences. They find novel answers as the policies developed over the past two decades to foster greater flexibility have altered the way firms respond to market changes. Are all these changes socially desirable? The authors are to be congratulated for providing such a detailed panorama and frank assessment which will be of value to both academic and policy readers.
- David Marsden, London School of Economics, UK
Since the successive crises erupted the increase in inequality has not been addressed. This important publication offers a comprehensive overview of recent developments in the workplace. It will help to promote a different policy agenda that is desperately needed to overcome the causes and consequences of the crisis, namely addressing work inequalities.
--- Philippe Pochet, Catholic University of Louvain la Neuve, Belgium, and General Director of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Brussels, Belgium
Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Maria Helena André Foreword Nicolas Schmit Foreword Guy Ryder 1. Introduction: Has the Crisis Exacerbated Work Inequalities? Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead 2. Mixed Adjustment Forms and Inequality Effects in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania Jaan Masso and Kerly Krillo 3. Inequality at Work Emerging in the Current Crisis in Bulgaria Vasil Tzanov 4. Croatia: Prolonged Crisis with an Uncertain Ending Vojmir Franičević 5. France: Protecting the Insiders in the Crisis and Forgetting the Outsiders? Jérôme Gautié 6. The German Labour Market after the Financial Crisis: Miracle or Just a Good Policy Mix? Gerhard Bosch 7. Hungary: Crisis Coupled with a Fiscal Squeeze – Effects on Inequality János Köllő 8. Italy: Limited Policy Responses and Industrial Relations in Flux, Leading to Aggravated Inequalities Niall O’Higgins 9. The Netherlands: Is the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Inequalities Different from in the Past? Wiemer Salverda 10. From the Highest Employment Growth to the Deepest Fall: Economic Crisis and Labour Inequalities in Spain Rafael Muñoz de Bustillo Llorente and José-Ignacio Antón Pérez 11. Negotiated Flexibility in Sweden: A More Egalitarian Response to the Crisis? Dominique Anxo 12. Crisis in Turkey: Aggravating a Segmented Labour Market and Creating New Inequalities Seyhan Erdoğdu 13. Social Impact of the Crisis in the United Kingdom: Focus on Gender and Age Inequalities Damian Grimshaw and Anthony Rafferty Index
