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

Contributor(s): Gautie, Jerome [editor.] | Schmitt, John [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2010]Copyright date: 2010Description: 1 online resource (506 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781610446303Subject(s): Wages | Minimum wage | Manpower policy | Labor marketGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Low-wage work in the wealthy world.DDC classification: 331.2/1 LOC classification: HD4917 | .L69 2010Online resources: Click to View
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 Jerome Gautie -- The impact of institutions on the supply side of the low-wage labor market / Jerome Gautie ... [et al.] -- Institutions, firms, and the quality of jobs in low-wage labor markets / Eileen Appelbaum -- Retail jobs in comparative perspective / Francoise Carre ... [et al.] -- Working at the wage floor : hotel room attendants and labor market institutions in Europe and the United States / Achim Vanselow ... [et al.] -- Cleaning and nursing in hospitals : institutional variety and the reshaping of low-wage jobs / Philippe Mehaut ... [et al.] -- 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.
Review: "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 protections, and social benefits have generally been stronger. By examining low-wage jobs in systematic case studies across five industries, this international study goes well beyond standard statistics to reveal national differences in the quality of low-wage work and the well-being of low-wage workers."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Low pay, working conditions, and living standards / Geoff Mason and Wiemer Salverda -- Industrial relations, legal regulations, and wage setting / Gerhard Bosch, Ken Mayhew, and Jerome Gautie -- The impact of institutions on the supply side of the low-wage labor market / Jerome Gautie ... [et al.] -- Institutions, firms, and the quality of jobs in low-wage labor markets / Eileen Appelbaum -- Retail jobs in comparative perspective / Francoise Carre ... [et al.] -- Working at the wage floor : hotel room attendants and labor market institutions in Europe and the United States / Achim Vanselow ... [et al.] -- Cleaning and nursing in hospitals : institutional variety and the reshaping of low-wage jobs / Philippe Mehaut ... [et al.] -- 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.

"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 protections, and social benefits have generally been stronger. By examining low-wage jobs in systematic case studies across five industries, this international study goes well beyond standard statistics to reveal national differences in the quality of low-wage work and the well-being of low-wage workers."--BOOK JACKET.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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