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Part‐Time Work in the EEC Countries: Evolution during the 1980s
Author(s) -
Meulders Danièle,
Plasman Robert
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
labour
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.403
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1467-9914
pISSN - 1121-7081
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9914.1993.tb00206.x
Subject(s) - excellence , working time , work (physics) , demographic economics , flexibility (engineering) , labour economics , part time employment , working hours , economics , political science , management , engineering , law , mechanical engineering
Whereas part‐time working remains the exponent par excellence of the flexibility of female employment, its relative growth seems to have come to a standstill in both Denmark and the United Kingdom as far as women are concerned, and for men it is now becoming more a matter of young people offsetting studies and work. In France, the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Ireland and Germany, the increase in female employment between 1983 and 1989 is largely attributable to the growth of part‐time employment. The difference with respect to the countries of the South of Europe is striking since the proportion of part‐time working there is low, and has not increased significantly since 1983. Its concentration in already very close sectors, its non‐optional nature, insecurity and awkward working hours make part‐time employment of very little personal value for employees.