Non-Standard Employment in Post-Industrial Labour Markets

Edited by Werner Eichhorst, Professor Dr., IZA Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn, and University of Bremen, Germany and Paul Marx, Associate Professor, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark and Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Germany

• Contents:1. Introduction: An Occupational Perspective on Non-standard EmploymentWerner Eichhorst and Paul MarxPART I COUNTRY CHAPTERS2. Non-Standard Employment Across Occupations in Germany: The Role of Replaceability and Labour Market Flexibility Werner Eichhorst, Paul Marx and Verena Tobsch3. Non-Standard Employment Patterns across Occupations in the NetherlandsAnne C. Gielen and Trudie Schils4. Occupational Employment Patterns in a Highly Regulated Labour Market: The Case of France Baptiste Françon and Paul Marx5. Occupational Growth and Non-Standard Employment in the Spanish Service Sector: From Upgrading to PolarisationOscar Molina and Pedro López Roldán6. Non-standard Work, Low-paid Work and Employment Dynamics in Italy: Evidence From an Occupational PerspectiveFabio Berton, Matteo Richiardi and Stefano Sacchi7. Labour Market Flexibility in the Danish Service Sector: Same Old, Same Old, But More DifferentPer K. Madsen8. Variation in the Prevalence of Temporary Contracts across Occupations in the UKAlison Koslowski and Caitlin McLean9. Non-standard Employment across Occupations in the United States: The Role of Replaceability and Labour Market Flexibility Moira NelsonPART II COMPARATIVE CHAPTERS10. Subjective Employment Insecurity Gap between Occupations: Variance across Europe Heejung Chung11. Understanding Occupational Differences in Flexibilisation and Mobility Patterns in Europe: Do Institutions Matter?Ruud Muffels12. Non-standard Employment of Women in Service Sector Occupations: A Comparison of European Countries Janine Leschke13. Female Atypical Employment in the Service Occupations: A Comparative Study of Time Trends in Germany and the UKMartina Dieckhoff, Vanessa Gash, Antje Mertens and Laura Romeu-Gordo14. Trade Unions, Precarious Work and Dualisation in Europe Maarten Keune15. Non-standard Employment and Systems of Skill Formation in European CountriesMarius R. Busemeyer and Kathleen ThelenIndex

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