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Working Poverty in Europe

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Editors:
  1. Neil Fraser

    1. University of Edinburgh, UK

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  2. Rodolfo Gutiérrez

    1. University of Oviedo, Spain

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  3. Ramón Peña-Casas

    1. European Social Observatory, Belgium

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Part of the book series: Work and Welfare in Europe (RECOWE)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Neil Fraser, Rodolfo Gutiérrez, Ramón Peña-Casas
      Pages 1-12

  3. Comparative Chapters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13
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    2. A Comparative Analysis of In-Work Poverty in the European Union

      • Alexander Goerne
      Pages 15-45

    3. Worlds of Working Poverty: National Variations in Mechanisms

      • Eric Crettaz, Giuliano Bonoli
      Pages 46-69

  4. Country Chapters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71
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    2. United Kingdom: Tackling Poverty in a Flexible Labour Market

      • Neil Fraser
      Pages 73-92

    3. France: In-Work Poor or Poor Due to Lack of Work?

      • Guillaume Allègre
      Pages 93-111

    4. Sweden: The Impact of Policy and Labour Market Transformation

      • Daniel Larsson, Björn Halleröd
      Pages 112-132

    5. Spain: Persisting Inequalities in a Growing Employment Context

      • Isabel García-Espejo, Rodolfo Gutiérrez
      Pages 133-154

    6. Poland: When Dual Earnership Is not Enough

      • Anna Safuta
      Pages 155-172

  5. Cross-Cutting Themes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Mobility and Persistence of In-Work Poverty

      • Rodolfo Gutiérrez, Marta Ibáñez, Aroa Tejero
      Pages 175-201

    3. Towards Individualizing Gender In-Work Poverty Risks

      • Ramón Peña-Casas, Dalila Ghailani
      Pages 202-231

    4. From Wage Inequalities to Living Standard Inequalities at Household Level

      • Guillaume Allègre
      Pages 232-249

    5. In-Work Poverty among Immigrants

      • Berta Álvarez-Miranda
      Pages 250-277

    6. Making Work Pay for Whom? Tax and Benefits Impacts on In-Work Poverty

      • Guillaume Allègre, Karen Jaehrling
      Pages 278-303

    7. Conclusions

      • Neil Fraser, Rodolfo Gutiérrez, Ramón Peña-Casas
      Pages 304-316

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 317-342
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About this book

Offering a comparative perspective, this book examines working poverty - those in work who are still classified as 'poor'. It argues that the growth in numbers of working poor in Europe is due to the transition from a Keynesian Welfare State to a 'post-fordist' model of production.

Reviews

'Recommended' - CHOICE

'The crosscutting themes offer valuable insights, particularly with regard to mobility into and out of working poverty and the position of women. The chapters being written in the form of articles and therefore readable separately as well as together, readers may choose to select only the parts most interesting to them.' CLR News

'This comprehensive and thoroughly-researched book quite rightly offers no simple political programme for the reduction of in-work poverty. What it does offer is a sense of the complexity of this policy field, and a source of information and properly tentative conclusions which anyone attempting to develop policy in the field really ought to read.' - Citizen's Income Trust

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Edinburgh, UK

    Neil Fraser

  • University of Oviedo, Spain

    Rodolfo Gutiérrez

  • European Social Observatory, Belgium

    Ramón Peña-Casas

About the editors

GUILLAUME ALLÈGRE Economist and Lecturer in Sciences Po-Paris, France BERTA ÁLVAREZ-MIRANDA Associate Professor of Sociology at Complutense University Madrid, Spain GIULIANO BONOLI Professor of Social Policy at the Swiss Graduate School for Public Administration, Lausanne, Switzerland ERIC CRETTAZ Lecturer in the MAPS, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland DALILA GHAILANI Researcher at the European Social Observatory, Belgium ALEXANDER GOERNE Research Assistant, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh, UK MARTA IBÁÑEZ Lecturer of Sociology at the University of Oviedo, Spain KAREN JAEHRLING Senior Researcher at the Institute for Work, Skills and Training, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany ANNA SAFUTA Researcher at the European Social Observatory, Belgium

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