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To what extent did European countries create 'more and better jobs' - as the EU's Lisbon agenda targeted - after 1995? And to what extent did employment growth in Europe between 1995-2007 reflect the pattern of growing good and bad jobs and a 'disappearing middle' identified in the US labour market? Addressing these questions, this collection describes the changing structure of jobs during the period of robust employment expansion that preceded the 2008 financial crisis. It also provides analysis of labour market developments in these developed economies in terms of gender, international mobility and debates over the quality of work. All of the contributions in this collection originate from a common jobs-based, structural approach to labour market analysis using the same comprehensive dataset.
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This collection describes the changing structure of employment during the period of robust employment expansion that preceded the credit crunch and features contributions from a team of leading labour market researchers from Europe and the United States.
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Strategic management makes a difference to the performance of public organizations.This book demonstrates thatthe most appropriate response is "it all depends": on which aspects of strategy content and processes are pursued together, and how these are combined with organizational structure and the technical and institutional environment.
About the Author
ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ-MACIASLecturer in the Department of Sociology of the University of Salamanca, Spain,and Research Managerat Eurofound, Dublin, Ireland.He has published in theSocio-Economic Review and European Journal of Education. His research interests lie in the fields of working conditions, occupational structures and comparative labour market analysis.
JOHN HURLEYResearch Officer in the Employment and Competitiveness Unit at Eurofound, Dublin, Ireland. He has contributed in recent years to a number of Eurofound publications including the Fourth European Working Conditions Survey, More and Better Jobs: Patterns of Employment Expansion in Europe, Restructuring in Recession and Extending Fexicurity: The Potential of Short-Time Working Schemes. His research interests lie in the area of comparative labour market analysis, restructuring and the changing world of work.
DONALD STORRIEHead of the Employment and Competitiveness Unit at Eurofound, Dublin, Ireland. He previously was Director of the Centre for European Labour Market Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.He has published research on the consequences of job loss, temporary employment and active labour market policy.
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Foreword/Introduction; D.StorrieMethodology; E.Fernandez-Macias, T.Ward and R.StehrerPatterns of Employment Expansion in Europe 1995-2007; E.Fernández-MacíasPatterns of Job Change and Job Concentration in the US and Europe, 1995-2007: An Exploratory Analysis; R.Dwyer and E.WrightWomen's Changing Job Structure in Europe: Patterns of Job Concentration, Low Pay and Welfare Employment; D.Grimshaw and H.FigueiredoImmigration and Labour Market Segmentation in Europe; R.Munoz de Bustillo and J.AntonAssessing Recent Employment Shifts in Europe Using a Multidimensional Job Quality Indicator; J.Hurley, E.Fernandez Macias and R.Munoz de BustilloJob Quality Developments in Post-Socialist Accession Countries; A.Scharle
The Institutional Context of Skills-wages Mismatches; J.Jungblut and P.O'ConnellThe Impact of Recessions on Labour Market Structure; T.Ward, R.Stehrer, J.Hurley and D.StorrieBibliography
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