LORENZO CAPPELLARI Universita del Piemonte Orientale, ItalyANNA CRISTINA D'ADDIO University of Aarhus, BelgiumAUGSUTIN DE COULON Queen Mary, University of London, UKISABELLE DE GREEF Université Catholique de ouvain, BelgiumINGO GEISHECKER DIW Berlin, GermanyRANNIA M. LEONTARIDI University of Aberdeen, UKBENOÎT MAHY Université de Mons-HainautDONAL O'NEILL NUI Maynooth, IrelandISABELLE PAINDAVOINE Université de Mons-HainautMICAHEL ROSHOLM Université Catholique de ouvain, BelgiumPETER J. SLOANE University of Wales, Swansea, UKBORIS A. ZÜRCHER Swiss State Secretaria for Economic Affairs, Switzerland

• Introduction; D.Meulders, R.Plasman & F.Rycx PART I: MINIMUM WAGES, LOW PAY AND JOB SATISFACTION Low Pay and the Minimum Wage in Ireland; D.O'Neill Mobility at the Bottom of the Italian Earnings Distribution; L.Cappellari Low Pay Mobility in the Swiss Labour Market; A.De Coulon & B.A.Zürcher Low Pay, Higher Pay, Earnings Mobility and Job Satisfaction in Britain; R.M.Leontaridi & P.J.Sloane PART II: LOW PAY AND UNEMPLOYMENT An Econometric Analysis of Unemployment Traps for Belgium; A.C.D'Addio, I.De Greef & M.Rosholm Outsourcing and the Demand for Low-skilled Labour: Exemplary Evidence from German Manufacturing Industries; I.Geishecker Monopsony and Employment Inflows a Microeconomic Analysis Based on a Panel of Belgian Firms; B.Mahy & I.Paindavoine

LORENZO CAPPELLARI Universita del Piemonte Orientale, ItalyANNA CRISTINA D'ADDIO University of Aarhus, BelgiumAUGSUTIN DE COULON Queen Mary, University of London, UKISABELLE DE GREEF Université Catholique de ouvain, BelgiumINGO GEISHECKER DIW Berlin, GermanyRANNIA M. LEONTARIDI University of Aberdeen, UKBENOÎT MAHY Université de Mons-HainautDONAL O'NEILL NUI Maynooth, IrelandISABELLE PAINDAVOINE Université de Mons-HainautMICAHEL ROSHOLM Université Catholique de ouvain, BelgiumPETER J. SLOANE University of Wales, Swansea, UKBORIS A. ZÜRCHER Swiss State Secretaria for Economic Affairs, Switzerland

• Introduction; D.Meulders, R.Plasman & F.Rycx PART I: MINIMUM WAGES, LOW PAY AND JOB SATISFACTION Low Pay and the Minimum Wage in Ireland; D.O'Neill Mobility at the Bottom of the Italian Earnings Distribution; L.Cappellari Low Pay Mobility in the Swiss Labour Market; A.De Coulon & B.A.Zürcher Low Pay, Higher Pay, Earnings Mobility and Job Satisfaction in Britain; R.M.Leontaridi & P.J.Sloane PART II: LOW PAY AND UNEMPLOYMENT An Econometric Analysis of Unemployment Traps for Belgium; A.C.D'Addio, I.De Greef & M.Rosholm Outsourcing and the Demand for Low-skilled Labour: Exemplary Evidence from German Manufacturing Industries; I.Geishecker Monopsony and Employment Inflows a Microeconomic Analysis Based on a Panel of Belgian Firms; B.Mahy & I.Paindavoine

LORENZO CAPPELLARI Universita del Piemonte Orientale, ItalyANNA CRISTINA D'ADDIO University of Aarhus, BelgiumAUGSUTIN DE COULON Queen Mary, University of London, UKISABELLE DE GREEF Université Catholique de ouvain, BelgiumINGO GEISHECKER DIW Berlin, GermanyRANNIA M. LEONTARIDI University of Aberdeen, UKBENOÎT MAHY Université de Mons-HainautDONAL O'NEILL NUI Maynooth, IrelandISABELLE PAINDAVOINE Université de Mons-HainautMICAHEL ROSHOLM Université Catholique de ouvain, BelgiumPETER J. SLOANE University of Wales, Swansea, UKBORIS A. ZÜRCHER Swiss State Secretaria for Economic Affairs, Switzerland

• Introduction; D.Meulders, R.Plasman & F.Rycx PART I: MINIMUM WAGES, LOW PAY AND JOB SATISFACTION Low Pay and the Minimum Wage in Ireland; D.O'Neill Mobility at the Bottom of the Italian Earnings Distribution; L.Cappellari Low Pay Mobility in the Swiss Labour Market; A.De Coulon & B.A.Zürcher Low Pay, Higher Pay, Earnings Mobility and Job Satisfaction in Britain; R.M.Leontaridi & P.J.Sloane PART II: LOW PAY AND UNEMPLOYMENT An Econometric Analysis of Unemployment Traps for Belgium; A.C.D'Addio, I.De Greef & M.Rosholm Outsourcing and the Demand for Low-skilled Labour: Exemplary Evidence from German Manufacturing Industries; I.Geishecker Monopsony and Employment Inflows a Microeconomic Analysis Based on a Panel of Belgian Firms; B.Mahy & I.Paindavoine