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The political economy of work security and flexibility : Italy in comparative perspective / Fabio Berton, Matteo Richiardi and Stefano Sacchi.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berton, Fabio.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Job security--Italy.
- Job security.
- Job security--Law and legislation--Italy.
- Economics--Italy.
- Economics.
- Labor laws and legislation--Italy.
- Labor laws and legislation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 190 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Policy Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book casts light on the empirical relationship between labour market deregulation through non-standard contracts and the three main dimensions of worker security: employment, income and social security.
- Contents:
- The political economy of work security and flexibility; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on the authors; 1. Worker security and the spread of non-standard work; Introduction; Aim of the volume and strategy of analysis; Why Italy is an interesting case; Flexibility in action: the increasing role of non-standard work; Plan of the book; 2. Flexibility and security in contemporary labour markets; Introduction; Dimensions of flexibility and security8; The consequences of flexibility: insights from economic theory; The empirical analysis of flexibility and security
- 3. Labour policy developments in Italy in comparative perspectiveIntroduction; The protective model of the golden age1; From strict to flexible protection5; Flexibility through reforms at the margin6; The Italian labour market and its dualisms; Labour market reforms in Germany, Spain and Japan; Conclusions; 4. Flexibility and employment security: an analysis of work careers; Introduction; A descriptive analysis of work careers; Port-of-entry and persistence effects; Career dynamics in comparative perspective; Conclusions; 5. Flexibility and wage dynamics; Introduction
- Statutory differences in economic treatmentInternational evidence; Conclusions; 6. Flexibility and social security; Introduction; Unemployment benefits; Sickness and maternity benefits; Pensions; Unemployment benefits: comparative perspectives; Conclusions; 7. A monetary measure of worker (in)security; Introduction; How we measure precariousness; Who is precarious? A descriptive analysis; Who is precarious? Multivariate analysis; Persistence in precariousness; The impact of social protection; Inclusion of part-time workers; Conclusions; 8.Conclusions; Appendix A. The WHIP database
- Database characteristicsData used for the analyses; The observation period; Appendix B. Main work contracts in italy; References; Index
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Sep 2022).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613653871
- 9781447307631
- 1447307631
- 9781280676949
- 1280676949
- 9781847429087
- 1847429084
- OCLC:
- 795631991
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