Labour Market Changes and Job Insecurity

Labour Market Changes and Job Insecurity

Author: Jane E. Ferrie

Publisher: WHO Regional Office Europe

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 9289013451

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This work is the result of a symposium focusing on the anxieties that arise from changes in the world of work in Europe. The book seeks to draw attention to the changing nature of work, trends in labour market policies and the increase in job insecurity, which creates chronic unemployment.


Precarious Lives

Precarious Lives

Author: Arne L. Kalleberg

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2018-07-04

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 1509506535

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Employment relations in advanced, post-industrial democracies have become increasingly insecure and uncertain as the risks associated with work are being shifted from employers and governments to workers. Arne L. Kalleberg examines the impact of the liberalization of labor markets and welfare systems on the growth of precarious work and job insecurity for indicators of well-being such as economic insecurity, the transition to adulthood, family formation, and happiness, in six advanced capitalist democracies: the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Spain, and Denmark. This insightful cross-national analysis demonstrates how active labor market policies and generous social welfare systems can help to protect workers and give employers latitude as they seek to adapt to the rise of national and global competition and the rapidity of sweeping technological changes. Such policies thereby form elements of a new social contract that offers the potential for addressing many of the major challenges resulting from the rise of precarious work.


Job Insecurity and Work Intensification

Job Insecurity and Work Intensification

Author: Brendan Burchell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2001-09-27

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1134562004

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Based on findings of the recently published Joseph Rowntree Report, this book provides an up-to-the-minute review of current research on flexibility, job insecurity and work intensification. It examines the impact of these developments on individuals, their families, the workplace and the long-term health of the British economy, as well as an analy


Precarious Employment

Precarious Employment

Author: Leah F. Vosko

Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 9780773529618

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

'Precarious Employment' explores the nature and dynamics of precarious employment in contemporary Canada.


Health Effects of the New Labour Market

Health Effects of the New Labour Market

Author: Kerstin Isaksson

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2005-12-11

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0306471817

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The background for the international research conference “Health Hazards and Challenges in the New Working Life” was the emerging questions concerning the health and social effects of the rapid changes in the labour market leading to increasing long-term unemployment, temporary employment and irregular employment contracts. We knew that other countries have had this development at the labour market for a much longer time than Sweden has and it seemed a good idea to invite interested researchers and practitioners to an international seminar to share the relevant research findings and discuss future research needs. Thus, the first international, interdisciplinary research conference on “Health Hazards and Challenges in the New Working Life” was arranged in Stockholm during the last year of the 2nd millennium but was directed towards the foreseen development during the next millennium. We were very pleased that more than 200 participants came to a cold and dark country just after New Year’s Eve, and that it was a truly multidisciplinary setting. It became very obvious that it is necessary for the occupational health and safety research community to reach out to the public health research community as well as to the social and political sciences in order to understand the determinants and to perform comprehensive analyses at several levels in this new labour market situation.


The Insecure Workforce

The Insecure Workforce

Author: Edmund Heery

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2000-02-24

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 1134663366

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This unique, cross-disciplinary collection of essays explores claims that an insecure workforce imposes wide economic and social costs through lower rates of skill formation, reduced consumer confidence and family instability.


Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe

Social Exclusion of Youth in Europe

Author: Marge Unt

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2023-01-03

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1447358732

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.Policymakers throughout Europe are enacting policies to support youth labour market integration. However, many young people continue to face unemployment, job insecurity, and the subsequent consequences.Adopting a mixed-method and multilevel perspective, this book provides a comprehensive investigation into the multifaceted consequences of social exclusion. Drawing on rich pan-European comparative and quantitative data, and interviews with young people from across Europe, this text gives a platform to the unheard voices of young people.Contributors derive crucial new policy recommendations and offer fresh insights into areas including youth well-being, health, poverty, leaving the parental home, and qualifying for social security.