Description

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This book brings together international experts on welfare-state research, gender equality, labor, industrial relations, migration, and integration to provide a detailed and contemporary understanding of part-time work at national, sector, industry and workplace levels. Part-time work is critically examined, serving as a prism to analyze wider trends—particularly in employment for women—including the continued increase in part-time work and processes that lead to increased labor inequality. The contributors consider part-time employment in different institutional settings across Europe, the United States, Australia, and Korea.
 

About the Author

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Heidi Nicolaisen is a researcher at the Fafo Institute for Labor and Social Research. Hanne Kavli is a senior researcher at the Fafo Institute for Labor and Social Research. Ragnhild Steen Jensen is a researcher at the Fafo Institute for Labor and Social Research.
 

Praise For…

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“This rich collection, with contributions from leading scholars, broadens our understanding of part-time work in contemporary labour markets. The study of the politics of part-time work - at different levels and in a wide range of countries and its consequences for the quality of work and work-life balance - offers an invaluable contribution to scholars and students in the field.”
— Anne Lise Ellingsæter, University of Oslo