This book provides an overview of the institutional arrangements affecting labour market transitions through different working-time arrangements in seven European countries. It examines the extent to which social integration through transitional labour markets is possible, assesses the effects...

Introduction / Peter Auer -- Small-economy macroeconomics / Roland Schettkat -- Working time : from redistribution to modernization / Gerhard Bosch -- Equal opportunities and employment policies / Jill Rubery -- Industrial relations and social dialogue / Jelle Visser