Labour Markets, Gender and Institutional Change

Essays in Honour of Günther Schmid

Inbunden, Engelska, 2002

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Beskrivning

The original essays in this book have been written by a number of leading international experts in the field of labour market studies to honour the intellectual contribution and lifetime achievement of Gunther Schmid.The multidisciplinary contributions, which cover a variety of theoretical approaches, are all concerned with transitional labour markets and labour market policy in the new global economic environment. The authors first address current arguments and controversies regarding appropriate institutions for the formation and implementation of labour market and employment policies. They move on to focus on the policies and problems associated with enhancing gender equality in terms of labour market integration and transitions. Finally, they examine new institutional arrangements that they believe will both enhance the performance of transitional labour markets and improve the management of social risks.Combining a theoretical approach with empirical research and a strong policy emphasis, the scope and diversity of this book will ensure a broad audience amongst economists, political scientists and academics in the fields of labour market theory and policy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2002-03-14
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781840648614

Utforska kategorier

Mikroekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Edited by Hugh Mosley, Senior Research Fellow, International University Bremen, Germany, Jacqueline O’Reilly, Professor of Comparative Human Resource Management, The University of Sussex Business School, UK and Klaus Schömann, International University Bremen, Germany

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsPreface 1 IntroductionHugh Mosley, Jacqueline O’Reilly and Klaus SchömannPART I NEW INSTITUTIONS FOR LABOUR MARKET POLICY2 What can we learn from other countries? Comparative research on the impact of wages on employment performance Ronald Schettkat3 Can Sweden’s ‘Rehn–Meidner’ model be put back on its feet? Lars Behrenz, Lennart Delander and Harald Niklasson4 The changing public–private mix of labour market policy in Sweden Eskil Wadensjö5 Implementation structures for cooperative labour market policy: a bargaining theory approach Birgitta RabePART II GENDER EQUALITY IN TRANSITION6 Gender mainstreaming and European employment policy Jill Rubery7 Shared work/valued care: new norms for organizing market work and unpaid care work Eileen Appelbaum, Thomas Bailey, Peter Berg and Arne L. Kalleberg8 The 1996 US welfare reform: objectives, effects and lessons Robert Haveman and Barbara Wolfe9 The labour force transitions of first-time mothers in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden Siv Gustafsson, Eiko Kenjoh and Cécile Wetzels10 Women between labour market integration and segregation: Germany and Sweden compared Hildegard Theobald and Friederike MaierPART III INSTITUTIONAL COORDINATION AND TRANSITIONAL LABOUR MARKETS11 Transitional labour markets and scarcity: a preliminary analysis Bernard Gazier12 Managing social risks with transitional labour markets Ton Wilthagen13 Transitional labour markets: an economist’s view Jaap de Koning14 Transitional labour markets and employment stability Peter Auer and Sandrine Cazes15 Self-employment transitions in Germany: the division of knowledge and the future of the self-employed entrepreneur Klaus SemlingerIndex