Employment precariousness is a social determinant that affects the health of workers,
families, and communities. Its recent popularity has been spearheaded by three main …

Breaking with the exoticizing cast of public discourse and conventional research, Urban
Outcasts takes the reader inside the black ghetto of Chicago and the deindustrializing …

The volume concentrates on four principal social policy domains; the aged and transition to
retirement; the welfare issues related to profound changes in working life; the risks and …

This article deals with the new policy concept of 'flexicurity'in view of the emerging flexibility-
security nexus currently faced by the European Union, national governments, sectors of …

The relationship between employment instability and fertility is a major topic in demographic
research, with a proliferation of published papers on this matter, especially since the Great …

Current levels of youth unemployment need to be understood in the context of increased
labor market flexibility, an expansion of higher education, youth migration, and family …

Labor market 'flexibilization'or 'deregulation'is seen by many as a requirement for economic
and occupational growth. As one route towards more flexibility, many European countries …

Since the 1970s early exit from work has become a major challenge in modern welfare
states. Governments, employers, and unions alike once thought of early retirement as a …

Since the crisis of the Fordist 'golden age'with its corollaries of stable, full-time, full-life,(male)
fullemployment and of full-welfare entitlements,'flexibility'has become a sort of 'magic …

How can we explain differences in nonstandard employment across countries? This article
provides an overview of the multifaceted relationships between national-level institutions …