Part-time prospects : an international comparison of part-time work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim / edited by Jacqueline O'Reilly and Colette Fagan.
The book presents for the first time a systematically comparative analysis of the common and divergent patterns in the use of part-time work in Europe, America and the Pacific Rim.
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1998.
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Table of Contents:
- Conceptualising part-time work: the value of an integrated comparative perspective / Colette Fagan and Jacqueline O'Reilly
- Part I: Who wants part-time work and on what conditions?
- Where and why is part-time work growing in Europe? / Mark Smith, Colette Fagan and Jill Rubery
- When do men work part-time? / Lei Delsen
- Why don't minority ethnic women in Britain work part-time? / Angela Dale and Clare Holdsworth
- Are part-time jobs better than no jobs? / Ulrich Walwei.
- Are benefits a disincentive to work part-time? / Marco Doudeijns; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan
- Part-time work. / Jill Rubery; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan
- How does part-time work lead to low pension income? / Jay Ginn; Sara Arber; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan
- Part II: International perspectives
- Culture or structure as explanations for differences in part-time work in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands? / Birgit Pfau-Effinger; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan
- Why is part-time work so low in Portugal and Spain? / Margarida Ruivo; Maria do Pilar; José M. Varejão; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan
- How does the 'societal effect' shape the use of part-time work in France, the UK and Sweden? / Anne-Marie Daune-Richard; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan
- What is the nature of part-time work in the United States and Japan? / Susan Houseman; Machiko Osawa; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan
- Why is the part-time rate higher in Japan than in South korea? / Akira Wakisaka; Haesun Bae; Jacqueline O'Reilly; Colette Fagan
- Will the employment conditions of part-timers in Australia and New Zealand worsen? / Janeen Baxter; Jacqueline O'Reilly and Colette Fagan.