Young Workers, Globalization and the Labor Market

by Blossfeld, Hans-Peter; Buchholz, Sandra; Bukodi, Erzsebet; Kurz, Karin

• ISBN13: 9781847209528
• ISBN10: 1847209521
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-09
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Struggling to become an insider: does increasing flexibility at labor market entry affect early careers? A theoretical framework	p. 3
Youth unemployment in Western Europe: the effects of individual, market, and institutional factors	p. 29
Country-Specific Contributions
A new mobility regime in Germany? Young people's labor market entry and phase of establishment since the mid-1980s	p. 51
Increasing labor market instability among young people? Labor market entry and early career development among school-leavers in the Netherlands since the mid-1980s	p. 77
Increasing employment instability in France? Young people's labor market entry and early careers since the 1990s	p. 103
Increasing employment instability among young people? Labor market entries and early careers in Spain since the mid-1970s	p. 129
Flexibilizing the Italian labor market: unanticipated consequences of partial and targeted labor market deregulation	p. 155
Increasing employment instability among young people? Labor market entries and early careers in Great Britain since the 1980s	p. 181
Increasing employment instability among young people? Labor market entries and early careers in the United States of America, 1984-2002	p. 207
Increasing employment instability among young people? Labor market entries and early careers in Sweden 1980-2000	p. 233
Weaker entries - lower risk of unemployment: labor market entry trends in Denmark between 1981 and 2003	p. 259
Increasing labor market insecurities among young people? Labor market entry process in Hungary since the early 1980s	p. 287
Changing mobility regime in Estonia? Young people's labor market entry and early careers since the 1980s	p. 313
Conclusions and Discussion
Young people's employment chances in flexible labor markets: a comparison of changes in eleven modern societies	p. 337
Index	p. 355
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