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Working Poverty in Europe: A Comparative Approach

✍ Scribed by Neil Fraser, Rodolfo Gutiérrez, Ramón Peña-Casas (eds.)

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Leaves
359
Series
Work and Welfare in Europe
Category
Library
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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Introduction....Pages 1-12
Front Matter....Pages 13-13
A Comparative Analysis of In-Work Poverty in the European Union....Pages 15-45
Worlds of Working Poverty: National Variations in Mechanisms....Pages 46-69
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
United Kingdom: Tackling Poverty in a Flexible Labour Market....Pages 73-92
France: In-Work Poor or Poor Due to Lack of Work?....Pages 93-111
Sweden: The Impact of Policy and Labour Market Transformation....Pages 112-132
Spain: Persisting Inequalities in a Growing Employment Context....Pages 133-154
Poland: When Dual Earnership Is not Enough....Pages 155-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Mobility and Persistence of In-Work Poverty....Pages 175-201
Towards Individualizing Gender In-Work Poverty Risks....Pages 202-231
From Wage Inequalities to Living Standard Inequalities at Household Level....Pages 232-249
In-Work Poverty among Immigrants....Pages 250-277
Making Work Pay for Whom? Tax and Benefits Impacts on In-Work Poverty....Pages 278-303
Conclusions....Pages 304-316
Back Matter....Pages 317-342

✦ Subjects

Comparative Politics; Labor Economics; Sociology of Work; Social Care; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology; Social Structure, Social Inequality

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