| Description |
xx, 485 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
The Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies |
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Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies.
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| Contents |
Low pay, working conditions, and living standards / Geoff Mason and Wiemer Salverda -- Industrial relations, legal regulations, and wage setting / Gerhard Bosch, Ken Mayhew, and Jérôme Gautié -- The impact of institutions on the supply side of the low-wage labor market / Jérôme Gautié and others -- Institutions, firms, and the quality of jobs in low-wage labor markets / Eileen Appelbaum -- Retail jobs in comparative perspective / Françoise Carré and others -- Working at the wage floor : hotel room attendants and labor market institutions in Europe and the United States / Achim Vanselow and others -- Cleaning and nursing in hospitals : institutional variety and the reshaping of low-wage jobs / Philippe Méhaut and others -- Tough meat, hard candy : implications for low-wage work in the food-processing industry / Klaus G. Grunert, Susan James, and Phillip Moss -- Restructuring customer service : labor market institutions and call center workers in Europe and the United States / Caroline Lloyd, Claudia Weinkopf, and Rosemary Batt |
| Summary |
Low-Wage Work in the Wealthy World builds on an earlier Russell Sage Foundation study (Low-Wage America) to compare the plight of low-wage workers in the United States to five European countries - Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom - where wage supports, worker protections, and social benefits have generally been stronger. By examining low-wage jobs in systematic case studies across five industries, this international study goes well beyond standard statistics to reveal national differences in the quality of low-wage work and the well-being of low-wage workers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Labor market.
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Labor policy -- Europe.
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Labor policy -- United States.
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Minimum wage.
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Manpower policy.
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Unskilled labor -- Europe -- Social conditions.
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Unskilled labor -- United States -- Social conditions.
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Wages -- Unskilled labor -- Europe.
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Wages -- Unskilled labor -- United States.
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Wages.
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| Author |
Gautié, Jérôme, editor of compilation
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Schmitt, John, editor of compilation
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| LC no. |
2009018701 |
| ISBN |
0871540614 (paperback) |
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9780871540614 (paperback) |
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