Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe

Edited by Ruud Muffels, Professor of Socio-Economics, Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Tranzo, Scientific Center for Care and Wellbeing, the Netherlands

• Contents:PrefacePART I: LABOUR MARKET MOBILITY AND IN-WORK TRANSITIONS1. Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe: Setting the SceneRuud Muffels2. There is More to Job Quality than ‘Precariousness’: A Comparative Epistemological Analysis of the ‘Flexibility and Security’ Debate in EuropeJean-Claude Barbier3. Transitions out of Temporary Jobs: Consequences for Employment and Poverty Across EuropeAnnelies Debels4. Dreaming of a Permanent Job: The Transitions of Temporary Workers in Italy and SpainVirginia Hernanz, Federica Origo, Manuela Samek Lodovici and Luis Toharia5. Mobility in the Labour Market: Analysing Career Paths Using Administrative DataMieke Booghmans, Seppe van Gils and Caroline VermanderePART II: ‘SCARRING’ EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND NON-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT6. Male Labour Market Mobility and Income and Employment Security in EuropeRuud Muffels and Ruud Luijkx7. Unemployment and Worker Career Prospects: A Cross-national ComparisonMarkus Gangl8. Self-employment Dynamics and ‘Transitional Labour Markets’: Some More UK EvidenceNigel Meager9. Part-time Work and Childbirth in Europe: Scarring the Career or Meeting Working-time Preferences?Didier Fouarge and Ruud Muffels10. Working Time Preferences, Labour Market Transitions and Job SatisfactionGovert Bijwaard, Bram van Dijk and Jaap de KoningPART III: ‘BEST POLICY PRACTICES’ IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND DENMARK11. Labour Market Transitions in Australia: Employment, Flexibility and Security in a Liberal Welfare RegimeStephen Ziguras and Peter Stricker12. From Unemployment to Employment Insurance: Towards Transitional Labour Markets in Canada?Axel van den Berg, Claus-H. von Restorff, Daniel Parent and Anthony C. Masi13. The Danish Road to ‘Flexicurity’ Where are we Compared to Others? And How did we Get There?Per Kongshøj Madsen14. Conclusion. Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe: A Siamese Twin?Ruud MuffelsIndex

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