TY  - BOOK
AU  - Salverda,Wiemer
AU  - Salverda,Wiemer
AU  - Lucifora,Claudio
AU  - Nolan,Brian
TI  - Policy measures for low-wage employment in Europe
SN  - 1840644109
AV  - HD5014 POL 
PY  - 2000///
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Wages
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Europe
KW  - Labor policy
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Income maintenance programs
KW  - Labor economics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Wiemer Salverda, Claudio Lucifora and Brian Nolan Micro-level impacts of low-wage policies in Europe / Cathal O'Donoghue and Francesca Utili Financial incentives to take up low-paid work / Marco Doudeijns, Marcel Einerhand and Arthur van de Meerendonk Employment effects of low-wage subsidies / Peter Mühlau and Wiemer Salverda Fighting unemployment without worsening poverty / Bruno Van der Linden Competitive and segmented labour markets and exlusion from retirement income / Gerard Hughes and Brian Nolan From childhood poverty to labour market disadvantage / Abigail McKnight Industrial change, stability of relative earnings and substitution of unskilled labour in West Germany / Viktor Steiner and Robert Mohr Recent findings on trade, technology and wage inequality / Jonathan E. Haskel Strategies to promote regular employment in services to private households / Claudia Weinkopf Job satisfaction and labour turnover in the retail and hotel sectors / Donna Brown and Steven McIntosh
N2  - Comprises 11 papers which explore policy making for the low paid and low skilled in the European Union. Examines policy measures in the areas of taxation, benefits and employer subsidies and illustrates the limitations of short-term solutions. Analyses long-run issues of low pay, including papers on segmented labour markets and pension entitlement and the effects of household income on the labour market performance of children. Considers factors affecting the demand for low-paid labour
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