Labour Market and Social Protection Reforms In International Perspective : Parallel or Converging Tracks?

by Sarfati, Hedva; Bonoli, Giuliano

• ISBN13: 9780754619260
• ISBN10: 0754619265
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co

Summary

Social protection systems and labour markets have undergone major changes in the past two decades. This book presents the work of an interdisciplinary team of leading experts, labour economists, sociologists and political scientists, which examine the links between employment and social protection financing, the adaptation of social protection systems to women's career patterns and the development of social protection that promotes employment. With practical policy guides and recommendations, this will be engaging reading for policy-makers, social actors and academics alike.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	ix
List of Tables	xi
List of Contributors	xiv
Foreword	xix
Preface	xxi
Acknowledgements	xxiii
Introduction Tight Constraints, New Demands and Enduring Needs: Addressing the Labor Market versus Social Protection Challenge	1	(10)
Hedva Sarfati
Giuliano Bonoli
Part I: The Interaction between Social Protection Reform and Labour Market Shifts: Key Issues
Labor Market and Social Protection Policies: Linkages and Interactions	11	(47)
Hedva Sarfati
Different Routes to Improved Employment in Europe	58	(39)
Jorgen Goul Andersen
Jan Bendix Jensen
Employment Stability and Flexibility in Industrialized Countries: the Resilience of the Long Duration Employment Relationship	91	(6)
Peter Auer
Sandrine Cazes
The Individualization of Rights in Social Protection Systems	97	(20)
Maria Jepsen
Daniele Meulders
Employment Standards and Social Protection Standards: the Impact of Diversified Working Arrangements (Trends in Western Europe)	117	(23)
Jacques Freyssinet
Gender and Social Protection Reforms	133	(7)
Jay Ginn
The Future of Employment in Europe: Elements for Analysis Drawn from the Case of France	140	(33)
Hugues de Jouvenel
Alain Parant
Creating Service Jobs: Lessons from Extra-European Experiences	167	(6)
Pascal Ughetto
Part II: Social Protection and Labor Market Trajectories in Selected Countries and World Regions
Social Protection and Labor Market Outcomes in Australia	173	(25)
Raymond Harbridge
Prue Bagley
Labor Market Reform in New Zealand	198	(28)
Raymond Harbridge
Pat Walsh
The New Zealand Reforms: Outcomes and New Directions	221	(5)
Anne de Bruin
Central and Eastern European Countries: the Transition from a Planned to a Market Economy - What Consequences for Social Security?	226	(17)
Henri Lourdelle
The Danish Model of Flexicurity: a Paradise - with Some Snakes	243	(23)
Per Kongshoj Madsen
Adjusting Welfare Policies to Stimulate Job Entry: the Example of the United Kingdom	266	(19)
Jane Millar
A Critical View of Incentives to Help benefit Recipients into Work in the Netherlands	285	(26)
Frans Pennings
Part III: Alternative Policy Mix Scenarios
Can Social Protection Respond to the Challenges of Precarious Jobs, Better Access to Employment and Equitable lesson and Universal Decent Standards of Living? Lessons from the French Experience	311	(42)
Jean-Michel Belorgey
Taxation and Labor Market Entry	348	(5)
Adrian Sinfield
Women and Atypical Working in the United Kingdom: the Prospects for Positive Flexibility	353	(21)
Peter Cressey
Early and Later Retirement Simultaneously: the Trend of the Future?	372	(2)
Gerry J.B. Dietvorst
Older Workers and Active Labor Market Policy in a Full Employment Economy: the Case of the United States	374	(40)
Peter B. Doeringer
Andrew Sum
David G. Terkla
Pensions at Risk? The Ageing of the Population, the Labor Market and the Cost of Pensions	404	(10)
Roland Sigg
The Future Role of Trade Union Organizations in Social Protection	414	(23)
Henri Lourdell
Negotiating Pension Reform with the Unions: the Italian Experience in European Perspective	431	(6)
Lucio Baccaro
Security in a Flexible Economy: Towards a Third Age in Relations between Work and Social Protection?	437	(16)
Robert Salais
Conclusions: the Policy Implications of a Changing Labor Market - Social Protection Relationship	453	(34)
Giuliano Bonoli
Hedva Sarfati
Index	487