Low-wage employment in Europe

著者

    • Bazen, Stephen
    • Gregory, Mary
    • Salverda, Wiemer

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Low-wage employment in Europe

edited by Stephen Bazen, Mary Gregory, Wiemer Salverda

Edward Elgar, 1998

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"European Low-Wage Employment Research Network (LoWER)"

Papers presented at a conference, Université Montesquieu Bordeaux IV

Includes bibliographical references and index

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内容説明

Do low wages help to reduce unemployment and increase competitiveness in world markets? Is minimum wage legislation and collective bargaining harmful to the efficient working of any economy? In answer to these questions, this book examines the impact of low-wage employment on different countries in Europe.This book traces the development of low-wage employment in Europe, paying special attention to the role of minimum wages, social exclusion, the youth labour market and the emergence of new forms of employment relationship. The authors find that the evolution of low-wage employment has not always occurred at the same pace among European countries, and in certain countries it is not dissimilar to the United States. They also argue that minimum wage legislation does provide protection for the lowest paid but that it alone will not prevent the emergence of low-wage employment. Lastly, countries with highly regulated labour markets such as France and Germany have seen the development of new forms of low wage employment which exist outside the conventional labour market. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars of labour economics, industrial relations and European studies as well as policymakers in the public sector and international organizations.

目次

Contents: 1. Editors' Introduction Part I: International Comparisons 2. Low-Paid Employment in France, Great Britain and the Netherlands 3. Incidence and Evolution of Low-Wage Employment in the Netherlands and the United States, 1979-1989 4. Low-Paid Work and Poverty: A Cross-Country Perspective Part II: Individual Country Experiences 5. Low Pay, the Earnings Distribution and Poverty in Ireland, 1987-1994 6. Atypical Work as a Form of Low-Wage Employment in the German Labour Market 7. The Effects of Minimum Wages: Evidence from Spain Part III: Low Pay Among School-Leavers 8. Sub-Minimum-Wage Employment, Earnings Profiles and Wage Mobility in the Low-Skill Youth Labour Market: Evidence from French Panel Data 1989-95 9. Low Wages of School-Leavers of Vocational Education in the Netherlands

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