Working Europe : : reshaping European employment systems / edited by Jens Christiansen, Pertti Koistinen and Anne Kovalainen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Christiansen, Jens.

Koistinen, Pertti

Kovalainen, Anne

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manpower policy--Europe.

Manpower policy.

Europe.

Physical Description:

ix, 470 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, [1999]

Contents:

Part I Employment Systems and Regulation 5

1 Economic Functioning, Self-Sufficiency and Full Employment / Roger Tarling, Frank Wilkinson 7

2 Do Employment and Income Security Cause Unemployment? / Robert Buchele, Jens Christiansen 33

Part II Gender System and Employment 67

3 Welfare Regimes and the Gender Division of Labour / Birgit Pfau-Effinger 69

4 Breaking the Boundaries: Women's Encounter with the State / Lilja Mosesdottir 97

5 The Welfare State, Gender System, and Public Sector Employment in Finland / Anne Kovalainen 137

Part III Social Security and Labour Markets 155

6 Deconstructing Unemployment: Reassessment of Unemployment Measures and Compensation Schemes / Damian Grimshaw, Jill Rubery, Mark Smith 157

7 Life Paths and Labour Market Citizenship / Asko Suikkanen, Leena Viinamaki 189

Part IV Labour Market Policies and Their Efficiency 211

8 The Lessons from the Labour Market Policies of Finland and Sweden / Pertti Koistinen 213

9 The Portuguese and Spanish Labour Markets: So Alike Yet So Different / Alberto Castro, Pilar Gonzales, Antonio Osorio, Alberto Meixide 233

10 Evaluation of Employment and Training Programmes in France and the United States / Coralie Perez 247

11 Toward a Governance of Employment? / Michel Lallement 267

Part V Employment Creation and Local Initiatives 287

12 Local Initiatives as Means of Active Labour Market Policy / Arja Jolkkonen, Pertti Koistinen, Arja Kurvinen, Seppo Roivas 289

13 Labour Market Training and Changes in the Labour Market Pathway / Iiris Mikkonen 309

14 Labour Pools

Innovative Approach on the Labour Market / Claudia Weinkopf 329

15 New Forms of Social Integration Needed / Petri Virtanen 347

Part VI Work-Sharing and Working Time Policies 359

16 Shorter Working Hours and More Jobs? / Birgitta Olsson 361

17 Regulation of Short-Time Working in France and Germany / Michel Lallement, Gilbert Lefevre 373

18 Sabbatical Leave Scheme in Finland / Jouko Natti 393

19 Work Sharing and its Impact on the Household Economy and Income Transfers / Kirsti Suoranta 409.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-470).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

ISBN:

1840149566

OCLC:

40927792