The dynamics of full employment : social integration through transitional labour markets / edited by Günther Schmid, Bernard Gazier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schmid, Günther, 1942-

Gazier, Bernard.

Series:

Labour markets and employment policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Full employment policies.

International cooperation.

Physical Description:

xvii, 443 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2002]

Contents:

1 The dynamics of full employment: an introductory overview / Bernard Gazier, Gunther Schmid 1

Part I Change and Performance of Employment Systems

2 Employment systems in transition: explaining performance differentials of post-industrial economies / Gunther Schmid 23

3 Flexibility and security: labour market policy in Austria, Denmark, Ireland and the Netherlands / Peter Auer 81

4 Employment systems and transitional labour markets: a comparison of youth labour markets in Germany, France and the UK / Patrick Detzel, Jill Rubery 106

Part II Theoretical and Normative Developments

5 Towards a theory of transitional labour markets / Gunther Schmid 151

6 Transitional labour markets: from positive analysis to policy proposals / Bernard Gazier 196

7 The legal regulation of transitional labour markets / Ton Wilthagen, Ralf Rogowski 233

Part III Applications and Policy Strategies

8 The dynamics of employment in the European Union: an exploratory analysis / Thomas Kruppe 277

9 From salary workers to entrepreneurial workers? / Nigel Meager, Peter Bates 298

10 Working-time transitions and transitional labour markets / Dominique Anxo, Jacqueline O'Reilly 339

11 How can active policies be made more effective? / Jaap de Koning, Hugh Mosley 365

12 Transitional labour markets and the European social model: towards a new employment compact / Gunther Schmid 393.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1840642815

OCLC:

47838501