Work Inequalities in the Crisis

Edited by Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead, Founder and Chair of the Fair Wage Network and University of Geneva, Switzerland

‘This is an important and useful book, providing data on the situation of inequalities in 12 European countries.’

• Contents:ForewordMaria Helena AndréForewordNicolas SchmitForewordGuy Ryder1. Introduction: Has the Crisis Exacerbated Work Inequalities?Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead2. Mixed Adjustment Forms and Inequality Effects in Estonia, Latvia and LithuaniaJaan Masso and Kerly Krillo3. Inequality at Work Emerging in the Current Crisis in BulgariaVasil Tzanov4. Croatia: Prolonged Crisis with an Uncertain EndingVojmir Franičević5. France: Protecting the Insiders in the Crisis and Forgetting the Outsiders?Jérôme Gautié6. The German Labour Market after the Financial Crisis: Miracle or Just a Good Policy Mix?Gerhard Bosch7. Hungary: Crisis Coupled with a Fiscal Squeeze – Effects on InequalityJános Köllő8. Italy: Limited Policy Responses and Industrial Relations in Flux, Leading to Aggravated Inequalities Niall O’Higgins9. The Netherlands: Is the Impact of the Financial Crisis on Inequalities Different from in the Past?Wiemer Salverda10. From the Highest Employment Growth to the Deepest Fall: Economic Crisis and Labour Inequalities in SpainRafael Muñoz de Bustillo Llorente and José-Ignacio Antón Pérez11. Negotiated Flexibility in Sweden: A More Egalitarian Response to the Crisis? Dominique Anxo12. Crisis in Turkey: Aggravating a Segmented Labour Market and Creating New InequalitiesSeyhan Erdoğdu13. Social Impact of the Crisis in the United Kingdom: Focus on Gender and Age InequalitiesDamian Grimshaw and Anthony RaffertyIndex