Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work. The Case of Italy

Edited by Tindara Addabbo () and Giovanni Solinas ()

in AIEL Series in Labour Economics from AIEL - Associazione Italiana Economisti del Lavoro

Abstract: The international literature on non-standard employment has mostly focussed on its impact on employment, and more recently on working and living conditions. This volume explores these issues with special reference to Italy. Italy is characterized by very low participation rates (particularly women’s), a high degree of fragmentation of labour contracts and a very intense non-standard work diffusion that make this context a particularly interesting case for analysis. New elements of discussion are provided with reference to the interaction of non-standard work, employment probability and living conditions. Interesting insights on the impact of non-standard work on the transition to stable employment and workers’ careers emerge, suggesting a possible failure of companies’ internal systems of work evaluation. The effects on labour productivity and on companies’ performance are analysed. Within this framework, a new perspective on quality of work is suggested.

Keywords: Flexibility; Gender; Non-Standard Employment; Quality of Work; Working Time. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J13 J16 J21 J22 J24 J42 L25 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
ISBN: 978-3-7908-2105-5.
Note: Published by Physica-Verlag Heidelberg.
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 Introduction , pp 1-21

Tindara Addabbo and Giovanni Solinas

Ch 2 A Microeconometric Analysis of Female Labour Force Participation in Italy , pp 25-37

Massimiliano Bratti and Stefano Staffolani

Ch 3 Balancing Work and Family: New Mothers’ Employment Decisions During Childbearing , pp 39-52

Andrea Neri, Martina Lo Conte and Piero Casadio

Ch 4 Part-Time and Temporary Employment: A Gender Perspective , pp 53-75

Tindara Addabbo and Donata Favaro

Ch 5 The Quality of Temporary Work , pp 79-103

Gianna Barbieri and Paolo Sestito

Ch 6 Temporary Help Workers in Italy. Where Do They Come From and Where Do They Go? , pp 105-125

Federica Origo and Manuela Samek Lodovici

Ch 7 The Dynamics of Unemployment, Temporary and Permanent Employment in Italy , pp 127-147

Matteo Picchio

Ch 8 Labour Market Segmentation, Flexibility and Precariousness in the Italian North East , pp 149-172

Giuseppe Tattara and Marco Valentini

Ch 9 Quality of Work: The Case of Part-Time Work in Italy , pp 175-188

Brendan J. Burchell

Ch 10 Does Part-Time Mean Part-Satisfaction? , pp 189-203

Sara Depedri

Ch 11 Workers’ Lifestyle Choices, Working Time and Job Attributes , pp 205-229

Giovanni Russo and Edwin van Hooft

Ch 12 Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work: Towards New Forms of Measurement , pp 233-260

Tindara Addabbo and Giovanni Solinas

Ch 13 Is There a Trade-off Between Labour Flexibility and Productivity Growth? Some Evidence from Italian Firms , pp 261-285

Federico Lucidi

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