Part-time prospects : an international comparison of part-time work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim /
The growth in part-time employment has been one of the most striking features in industrialized economies over the past forty years. Part-Time Prospects presents for the first time a systematically comparative analysis of the common and divergent patterns in the use of part-time work in Europe, Amer...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London ; New York :
Routledge,
2002.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=70300 |
| Summary: | The growth in part-time employment has been one of the most striking features in industrialized economies over the past forty years. Part-Time Prospects 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. It brings together sociologists and economists in this wide-ranging and comprehensive survey. It tackles such areas as gender issues, ethnic questions and the differences between certain national economies including low pay, pensions and labour standards. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 286 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203276108 9780203276105 9780203017623 0203017625 1280334606 9781280334603 041515670X 0415156696 |