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1 online resource (506 pages) : illustrations |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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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Description based on print version record. |
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Wages.
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Minimum wage.
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Manpower policy.
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Labor market.
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Electronic books.
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Gautie, Jerome, editor.
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Schmitt, John, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Low-wage work in the wealthy world. New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2010] xx, 485 pages ; 24 cm 9780871540614 (OCoLC)ocn349250563 |
| ISBN |
9780871540614 (alk. paper) |
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0871540614 (alk. paper) |
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9781610446303 (electronic bk.) |
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