Flexibility and employment security in Europe : labour markets in transition

Contents: PrefacePART I: LABOUR MARKET MOBILITY AND IN-WORK TRANSITIONS1. Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe: Setting the SceneRuud Muffels 2. There is More to Job Quality than 'Precariousness': A Comparative Epistemological Analysis of the 'Flexibility and Security' Debate in EuropeJean-Claude Barbier3. Transitions out of Temporary Jobs: Consequences for Employment and Poverty across EuropeAnnelies Debels4. Dreaming of a Permanent Job: The Transitions of Temporary Workers in Italy and SpainVirginia Hernanz, Federica Origo, Manuela Samek and Luis Toharia5. Mobility in the Labour Market: Analysing Career Paths Using Administrative DataMieke Booghmans, Seppe van Gils and Caroline VermanderePART II: 'SCARRING' EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT AND NON-STANDARD EMPLOYMENT6. Male Labour Market Mobility and Income and Employment Security in Europe Ruud Muffels and Ruud Luijkx7. Unemployment and Worker Career Prospects: A Cross-national ComparisonMarkus Gangl8. Self-employment Dynamics and 'Transitional Labour Markets': Some More UK EvidenceNigel Meager9. Part-time Work and Childbirth in Europe: Scarring the Career or Meeting Working-time Preferences?Didier Fouarge and Ruud Muffels10. Working Time Preferences, Labour Market Transitions and Job SatisfactionGovert Bijwaard, Bram van Dijk and Jaap de KoningPART III: 'BEST POLICY PRACTICES' IN AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND DENMARK11. Labour Market Transitions in Australia: Employment, Flexibility and Security in a Liberal Welfare RegimeStephen Ziguras and Peter Stricker12. From Unemployment to Employment Insurance: Towards Transitional Labour Markets in Canada? Axel van den Berg, Claus-H. von Restorff, Daniel Parent and Anthony C. Masi13. The Danish Road to 'Flexicurity' Where are we Compared to Others? And How did we Get There?Per KongshA j Madsen14. Epilogue. Flexibility and Employment Security in Europe: A Siamese Twin?Ruud MuffelsIndex