Reconceiving part-time work : new perspectives for older workers and women

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Tables and Figures = ⅳ
• Preface = xi
• 1 Introduction = 1
• Changing Values and Labor Market Trends = 1
• Workweek Hours and Part­Time Work : A Brief History = 3
• Future Possibilities : A Focus on Older Workers = 4
• Chapter Organization = 5
• Notes = 8
• 2 Setting the Stage : Demographic and Labor Market Trends and Characteristics = 10
• Population Trends = 11
• Income of the Older Population = 12
• Labor Force and Labor Market Trends of Older Workers = 13
• Future Labor Market Trends : Older Workers and Part­Time Work = 19
• Notes = 21
• 3 The Concepts of Part­Time Work : The Old and the New = 23
• Standard Old Concept Part­Time Work = 23
• New Concept Part­Time Work = 32
• Summary and Future = 41
• Notes = 42
• 4 The Special Case of Women Workers : Distinctive Work
• Patterns and Needs = 45
• Distinctive Experience of Older Women in the Labor Market = 46
• Unique Patterns of Women's Work Histories = 50
• New Concept Part Time : An Alternative Option = 59
• Notes = 61
• 5 Older Worker Interest in Part­Time Work : Preferences of Individuals = 64
• Preference for Part­Time Work = 64
• Explanatory Factors in the Preference for Part­Time Work = 66
• Notes = 74
• 6 General Economic Conditions and Part­Time Work for Older Workers : Inflation and Unemployment = 76
• Inflation = 76
• Unemployment = 79
• Notes = 89
• 7 Social Policy and Legislation : Influence on Part­Time Work for Older Workers = 92
• Indirect Social Policy Influence on Part­Time Work for Older Workers = 92
• Legislation That Directly Supports Part­Time Work = 99
• Social Policy Influence on Part­Time Work for Older Workers : Desirable Directions = 105
• Notes = 106
• 8 Trade Unions, Part Time, and Reduced Hours of Work = 111
• Importance of Trade Union Views = 111
• Context of Trade Union Views on Part­Time Work = 112
• Union Attitudes : Part­Time Workers and Part­Time Work = 114
• Part Time and Reduced Hours of Work in Collective Bargaining = 117
• Trade Unions, Part Time, and Reduced Hours of Work in Social Legislation = 120
• Future Union Policies and Part­Time Work for Older and Women Workers = 124
• Notes = 125
• 9 Enterprise Experience : Part­Time Work and Older Workers = 129
• Employer Views on Part Time = 129
• Kinds of Jobs for Which Part­Time Work Is Feasible = 130
• Cost Savings and Cost Increases Associated with Part­Time Work = 134
• Work Performance of Older Workers = 139
• Part­Time Work for Older Workers : Future Prospects = 141
• Notes = 144
• 10 A New Concept of Part­Time Work : Prospects for the Future = 147
• What can be said about the preference for part­time work by older workers? What is the evidence of interest and of apathy and resistance to this work schedule form? = 148
• What are the purposes and forms of New Concept part­time work that influence its initiation? How prevalent is part­time work for older workers? What are the findings about part­time work experience and about the work experience of older workers? = 151
• How do legislation and social policy affect part­time work for older workers? Does the Swedish social policy experience with phased retirement offer any lessons for the United States? = 155
• What are the growth trends? How does part­time work fit into the scheme of things? What is its relation to economic policies and conditions? = 156
• Where do we go from here? What next steps would advance policy development of a new concept of part­time work? = 158
• References = 160
• Index = 175