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Innovating European Labour Markets
Dynamics and Perspectives
Peter Ester
, Ruud Muffels
, Joop Schippers
, Ton Wilthagen
Edited by Peter Ester, General Director, OSA, Institute for Labour Studies and Professor of Sociology, Tilburg University, the Netherlands, Ruud Muffels, Professor of Socio-Economics (Labour Market and Social Security), Tilburg University, the Netherlands, Joop Schippers, Professor of Labour and Gender Economics, Utrecht University and Research Director, OSA, Institute for Labour Studies, Tilburg University, the Netherlands and Ton Wilthagen, Professor of Institutional and Legal Aspects of the Labour Market, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
| 2008 368 pp Hardback 978 1 84844 007 4 |
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| ebook isbn 978 1 78100 772 3 |
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Description
This book examines innovative theoretical perspectives and novel labour market policy responses to Europe’s changing work demands, employment careers and life courses. It presents creative ideas and recommendations for flexicurity policies at various levels and in different social and economic contexts. The driving factors determining the performance of dissimilar pathways in Europe are identified in regard to their impact on the flexibility/security nexus. Key issues in the current European policy debate are addressed, including how innovative policies are designed in the areas of working time, education, work–life balance, employment relations, retirement and migration, how they are put into practice and what determines their level of success.
Contents
Contents: Preface Part I: Transitional Labour Markets in Europe Part II: Flexicurity and Working Time Arrangements Part III: Life Course Transitions and Careers Index
Contributors: C. Brzinsky-Fay, S. Cazes, H. Chung, P. Ester, D. Fouarge, L. Heylen, E. Hildebrandt, M. Kerkhofs, D. Marsden, R. Muffels, A. Nesporova, A. Román, J. Schippers, G. Schmid, F. Vandenbroucke, G. Vermeylen, T. Wilthagen, P. Wotschack
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Full table of contents
Contents:
Preface
1. Innovating European Labour Markets: An Introduction
Ton Wilthagen, Ruud Muffels, Peter Ester and Joop Schippers
PART I: TRANSITIONAL LABOUR MARKETS IN EUROPE
2. Labour Market Policy in Flanders: How to Tackle Vicious Circles and False Beliefs
Frank Vandenbroucke
3. How Willing are Europeans to Migrate? A Comparison of Migration Intentions in Western and Eastern Europe
Didier Fouarge and Peter Ester
4. Labour Markets in Central and Eastern Europe: From Transition to Stabilisation
Sandrine Cazes and Alena Nesporova
5. Pathways to Flexicurity in Europe: Do They Affect Male and Female Labour Market Transition Patterns?
Ruud Muffels
PART II: FLEXICURITY AND WORKING TIME ARRANGEMENTS
6. ‘Project-based Employment’ and Models of the Employment Contract
David Marsden
7. Working Time Flexibility Across Europe
Marcel Kerkhofs, Heejung Chung and Peter Ester
8. Mapping Flexicurity in the EU
Greet Vermeylen
9. Working-life Time Accounts in German Companies: New Opportunities for Structuring Working Hours and Careers?
Philip Wotschack and Eckart Hildebrandt
PART III: LIFE COURSE TRANSITIONS AND CAREERS
10. Active Ageing in Europe: Innovating the Management of Transitions from Work to Retirement
Günther Schmid
11. Get the Balance Right: Risk and Flexibility in School-to-Work Transition Sequences
Christian Brzinsky-Fay
12. Diverging Career Paths: Mind Your Step!
Amelia Román, Joop Schippers and Leen Heylen
13. Conclusions on Innovating European Labour Markets: Dynamics and Perspectives
Ruud Muffels, Joop Schippers, Ton Wilthagen and Peter Ester
Index
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