Policy Measures for Low-wage Employment in Europe

ISBN-13: 9781840644104 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 264 str.

Opis

Increasingly, the governments of virtually all industrialized countries are confronted with persistent problems of unemployment and low pay for those with little formal education and few skills. This is a focused set of studies highlighting several important findings in this area. It considers policy measures in taxation, benefits and employer subsidies aimed at the low-skilled and illustrates the limitations of short-term solutions. The policy debate is extended to encompass the role of product demand related to low-paid, low-skilled work and to the functioning of the labour market. In particular, the study investigates the role of job satisfaction and turn-over in two major low-paying sectors - the retail trade and the hotel industry.