The Shadow Workforce: Perspectives on Contingent Work in the United States, Japan, and Europe

Edited by Sandra E. Gleason

in Books from Upjohn Press from W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research

Abstract: This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of nonstandard employment and its impact on employees, businesses, unions, and public policy. It not only reveals how nonstandard employment operates in the United States, Japan, and Europe, it also highlights the important similarities and differences in the labor market issues faced in those areas.

Keywords: contingent work; part-time work; contract workers; flexible work schedules; temporary work; temporary agencies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
ISBN: cloth 9780880992893 paper 9780880992886
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