Part-time prospects : an international comparison of part-time work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim

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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Conceptualising part-time work: the value of an integrated comparative perspective COLETTE FAGAN AND JACQUELINE O'REILLY; Who wants part-time work and on what conditions?; Where and why is part-time work growing in Europe? MARK SMITH, COLETTE FAGAN AND JILL RUBERY; When do men work part-time? LEI DELSEN; Why don't minority ethnic women in Britain work part-time? ANGELA DALE AND CLARE HOLDSWORTH; Are part-time jobs better than no jobs? ULRICH WALWEI

Are benefits a disincentive to work part-time? MARCO DOUDEIJNSPart-time work: a threat to labour standards? JILL RUBERY; How does part-time work lead to low pension income? JAY GINN AND SARA ARBER; International perspectives; Culture or structure as explanations for differences in part-time work in Germany, Finland and the Netherlands? BIRGIT PFAU-EFFINGER; Why is part-time work so low in Portugal and Spain? MARGARIDA RUIVO, MARIA DO PILAR GONZLEZ AND JOS M. VAREJO; How does the 'societal effect' shape the use of part-time work in France, the UK and Sweden? ANNE-MARIE DAUNE-RICHARD

What is the nature of part-time work in the United States and Japan? SUSAN HOUSEMAN AND MACHIKO OSAWAWhy is the part-time rate higher in Japan than in South Korea? AKIRA WAKISAKA AND HAESUN BAE; Will the employment conditions of part-timers in Australia and New Zealand worsen? JANEEN BAXTER; Index;

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