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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
