Low-wage work in the wealthy world

Low-wage work in the wealthy world / Jerôme Gautie and John Schmitt, editors.

"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 p...

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Other Authors: Gautié, Jérôme (Editor), Schmitt, John (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, ©2010.
Subjects:
Labor market.
Manpower policy.
Minimum wage.
Wages.
Employment (Economic theory)
employing.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
Labor market
Manpower policy
Minimum wage
Wages
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Table of 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 Jerôme Gautie
  • The impact of institutions on the supply side of the low-wage labor market / Jerôme Gautie [and others]
  • Institutions, firms, and the quality of jobs in low-wage labor markets / Eileen Appelbaum
  • Retail jobs in comparative perspective / Françoise Carre [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 Mehaut [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.

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