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This book takes a fresh look at the issue of job quality, analyzing employer behaviour and discussing the agenda for policy intervention. Between 1997 and 2002, more than twelve million new jobs were created in the European Union and labour market participation increased by more than eight million. Whilst a good deal of these new jobs have been created in high-tech and/or knowledge-intensive sectors providing workers with decent pay, job security, training and career development prospects, a significant share of jobs, particularly in labour-intensive service sector industries fail to do so. This volume provides new perspectives on this highly debated and policy relevant issue.
List of contents
Introduction; S.Bazen; C.Lucifora & W.Salverda PART 1: JOB QUALITY AND JOB SATISFACTION What Makes a Good Job? Evidence from OECD Countries; A.Clark Job Quality in European Labour Markets; F.Siebern-Thomas Job Satisfaction and Consumer Behaviour; A.Bryson, L.Cappellari & C.Lucifora PART 2: THE ROLE OF EMPLOYERS Employers in the Low-Wage Labour Market: Is Their Role Important? H.J.Holzer Using Qualitative Data to Understand Employment Behaviour in Low-Wage Labour Markets; D.Grimshaw Within and Between Firm Mobility in the Low-Wage Labour Market; I.Bolvig PART 3: JOB QUALITY IN THE SERVICE SECTOR Job Stability, Earnings Mobility in the Low-Skill Service Sector in France; S.Bazen Employment Systems in Labour-Intensive Activities: The Case of Retailing in France; F.Jany-Catrice, N.Gadrey & M.Pernod Gender Wages and Careers in Retail Trade and IT Services: The Case of Finland; R.Asplund & R.Lilja Heterogeneous Returns to Training in Personal Services; T.Zwick & A.Kuckulenz PART 4: POLICY ISSUES Making Bad Jobs Good: Strategies for the Service Sector; P.Osterman Changing Lifetime Earnings Profiles by Social Class; A.McKnight
About the author
RITA ASPLUND ETLA, Finland
IBEN BOLVIG Univerity of Aarhus, Denmark
ALEX BRYSON Policy Institute and CEP, UK
LORENZO CAPPELLARI Università del Piemonte Orientale, Italy
ANDREW CLARK DELTA, France
NICOLE GADREY Université de Lille, France
DAMIAN GRIMSHAW UMIST, UK
HARRY J. HOLZER Georgetown University, USA
FLORENCE JANY-CATRICE Université de Lille, France
ANJA KUCKULENZ ZEW, Mannheim, Germany
REIJA LILJA ETLA, Finland
ABIGAIL MCKNIGHT CASE-London School of Economics, UK
PAUL OSTERMAN MIT Sloan School of Management, USA
MARTIN PERNOD Université de Lille, France
FRANK SIEBERN-THOMAS EU-DG Employment and Social Affairs, Belgium
THOMAS ZWICK ZEW, Mannheim, Germany
Summary
This book takes a fresh look at the issue of job quality, analyzing employer behaviour and discussing the agenda for policy intervention. Between 1997 and 2002, more than twelve million new jobs were created in the European Union and labour market participation increased by more than eight million. Whilst a good deal of these new jobs have been created in high-tech and/or knowledge-intensive sectors providing workers with decent pay, job security, training and career development prospects, a significant share of jobs, particularly in labour-intensive service sector industries fail to do so. This volume provides new perspectives on this highly debated and policy relevant issue.
