This essay disentangles the inequalities in the take-up of non-standard work by gender as well as the gender differences in its determinants, and the factors conducive to the ‘choice’ of non-standard employment. With reference to part-time employment the estimates confirm the high weight of...

Introduction -- Part I: Non-Standard Employment, Labour Supply and Living Conditions -- Part II: Non-Standard Employment, Workers' Mobility and Labour Market Structure -- Part III: Part-Time Employment, Working Conditions and Job Attributes -- Part IV: Non-Standard Employment, Quality of Work...

Long term care for the elderly is growing apace in developed economies. As growth is forcing change in existing production and delivery systems of elderly care services, the question arises as to how different systems compare in terms of cost-effectiveness, equity or quality. Based on an in...

Long term care for the elderly is growing apace in developed economies. As growth is forcing change in existing production and delivery systems of elderly care services, the question arises as to how different systems compare in terms of cost-effectiveness, equity or quality. Based on an in...

<i> La certificazione come strumento per la politica industriale. L'esperienza dell'Emilia Romagna </i> (di Giovanni Solinas) - ABSTRACT: This paper examines regional industrial policy on quality certification and general management quality systems focusing on the difficulties to implement ISO 9000...

An important issue in the design of sustainable Long Term Care policies is the relative social cost of community or home based care versus institutional care. Here we undertake this cost comparison making use of the findings from the GALCA surveys on Long Term Care in Denmark, Ireland and Italy...