Wage inequalities and low pay: the role of labour market institutions / Claudio Lucifora -- Employment inequalities / Andrew Glyn and Wiemer Salverda -- Low pay: a special affliction of women / Rita Asplund and Inga Persson -- Earnings mobility of the low paid / Peter Sloane and Ioannis...

The extent of low-wage work in Germany is hotly debated. In international comparisons fromthe mid-90s, Germany is often classified as a country with a low wage dispersion. Comparedto the USA and UK, Germany has a relatively equal income structure and a small proportionof low-paid workers (OECD 1996;...

Über den Umfang der Niedriglohnbeschäftigung in Deutschland wirdheftig diskutiert. In internationalen Vergleichen wird Deutschland Mitteder 90er Jahre häufig als Land mit einer geringen Einkommensspreizungeingestuft. Im Vergleich zu den USA und dem Vereinigten Königreichhatte Deutschland...

This book takes a fresh look at the issue of job quality, analyzing employer behaviour and discussing the agenda for policy intervention. Between 1997 and 2002, more than twelve million new jobs were created in the European Union and labour market participation increased by more than eight...