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.
Author(s): J. O'reilly
Edition: 1
Year: 1998
Language: English
Pages: 304
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of illustrations......Page 10
Notes on contributors......Page 13
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Conceptualising part-time work: the value of an integrated comparative perspective COLETTE FAGAN AND JACQUELINE O'REILLY......Page 20
Who wants part-time work and on what conditions?......Page 52
Where and why is part-time work growing in Europe? MARK SMITH, COLETTE FAGAN AND JILL RUBERY......Page 54
When do men work part-time? LEI DELSEN......Page 76
Why don't minority ethnic women in Britain work part-time? ANGELA DALE AND CLARE HOLDSWORTH......Page 96
Are part-time jobs better than no jobs? ULRICH WALWEI......Page 115
Are benefits a disincentive to work part-time? MARCO DOUDEIJNS......Page 135
Part-time work: a threat to labour standards? JILL RUBERY......Page 156
How does part-time work lead to low pension income? JAY GINN AND SARA ARBER......Page 175
International perspectives......Page 194
Culture or structure as explanations for differences in part-time work in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands? BIRGIT PFAU-EFFINGER......Page 196
Why is part-time work so low in Portugal and Spain? MARGARIDA RUIVO, MARIA DO PILAR GONZLEZ AND JOS M. VAREJO......Page 218
How does the 'societal effect' shape the use of part-time work in France, the UK and Sweden? ANNE-MARIE DAUNE-RICHARD......Page 233
What is the nature of part-time work in the United States and Japan? SUSAN HOUSEMAN AND MACHIKO OSAWA......Page 251
Why is the part-time rate higher in Japan than in South Korea? AKIRA WAKISAKA AND HAESUN BAE......Page 271
Will the employment conditions of part-timers in Australia and New Zealand worsen? JANEEN BAXTER......Page 284
Index......Page 301
