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Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: RSF's Project on Low-Wage Work in Europe and the US SeriesPublisher: Chicago : Russell Sage Foundation, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (506 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781610446303
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy WorldDDC classification:
  • 331.2/1
LOC classification:
  • HD4917
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword / Robert M. Solow and Eric Wanner -- Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview / Eileen Appelbaum, Gerhard Bosch, Jérôme Gautié, Geoff Mason, Ken Mayhew, Wiemer Salverda, John Schmitt, and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen -- Part I. Low-Wage Work and National Labor Market Institutions -- Chapter 2. Low Pay, Working Conditions, and Living Standards / Geoff Mason and Wiemer Salverda -- Chapter 3. Industrial Relations, Legal Regulations, and Wage Setting / Gerhard Bosch, Ken Mayhew, and Jérôme Gautié -- Chapter 4. The Impact of Institutions on the Supply Side of the Low-Wage Labor Market / Jérôme Gautié, Niels Westergaard-Nielsen, and John Schmitt, with Ken Mayhew -- Part II. Industry Case Studies -- Chapter 5. Institutions, Firms, and the Quality of Jobs in Low-Wage Labor Markets / Eileen Appelbaum -- Chapter 6. Retail Jobs in Comparative Perspective / Françoise Carré, Chris Tilly, Maarten van Klaveren, and Dorothea Voss-Dahm -- Chapter 7. Working at the Wage Floor: Hotel Room Attendants and Labor Market Institutions in Europe and the United States / Achim Vanselow, Chris Warhurst, Annette Bernhardt, and Laura Dresser -- Chapter 8. Cleaning and Nursing in Hospitals: Institutional Variety and the Reshaping of Low-Wage Jobs / Philippe Méhaut, Peter Berg, Damian Grimshaw, and Karen Jaehrling, with Marc van der Meer and Jacob Eskildsen -- Chapter 9. Tough Meat, Hard Candy: Implications for Low-Wage Work in the Food-Processing Industry / Klaus G. Grunert, Susan James, and Philip Moss -- Chapter 10. Restructuring Customer Service: Labor Market Institutions and Call Center Workers in Europe and the United States / Caroline Lloyd, Claudia Weinkopf, and Rosemary Batt -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword / Robert M. Solow and Eric Wanner -- Chapter 1. Introduction and Overview / Eileen Appelbaum, Gerhard Bosch, Jérôme Gautié, Geoff Mason, Ken Mayhew, Wiemer Salverda, John Schmitt, and Niels Westergaard-Nielsen -- Part I. Low-Wage Work and National Labor Market Institutions -- Chapter 2. Low Pay, Working Conditions, and Living Standards / Geoff Mason and Wiemer Salverda -- Chapter 3. Industrial Relations, Legal Regulations, and Wage Setting / Gerhard Bosch, Ken Mayhew, and Jérôme Gautié -- Chapter 4. The Impact of Institutions on the Supply Side of the Low-Wage Labor Market / Jérôme Gautié, Niels Westergaard-Nielsen, and John Schmitt, with Ken Mayhew -- Part II. Industry Case Studies -- Chapter 5. Institutions, Firms, and the Quality of Jobs in Low-Wage Labor Markets / Eileen Appelbaum -- Chapter 6. Retail Jobs in Comparative Perspective / Françoise Carré, Chris Tilly, Maarten van Klaveren, and Dorothea Voss-Dahm -- Chapter 7. Working at the Wage Floor: Hotel Room Attendants and Labor Market Institutions in Europe and the United States / Achim Vanselow, Chris Warhurst, Annette Bernhardt, and Laura Dresser -- Chapter 8. Cleaning and Nursing in Hospitals: Institutional Variety and the Reshaping of Low-Wage Jobs / Philippe Méhaut, Peter Berg, Damian Grimshaw, and Karen Jaehrling, with Marc van der Meer and Jacob Eskildsen -- Chapter 9. Tough Meat, Hard Candy: Implications for Low-Wage Work in the Food-Processing Industry / Klaus G. Grunert, Susan James, and Philip Moss -- Chapter 10. Restructuring Customer Service: Labor Market Institutions and Call Center Workers in Europe and the United States / Caroline Lloyd, Claudia Weinkopf, and Rosemary Batt -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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