Privatisation and liberalisation of public services in Europe : an analysis of economic and labour market impacts

Introduction: Liberalisation, privatisation and the labour market / Maarten Keune, Janine Leschke and Andrew Watt -- Privatisation and liberalisation of public services in Germany / Torsten Brandt and Thorsten Schulten -- Marketisation in Swedish electricity and postal services / Christer Th(c)œrnqvist -- Privatisation in water and health services in the UK / David Hall -- Implications of privatisation and marketisation in Lithuania - telecommunications and transport / Valdone Darskuviene -- Liberalisation, privatisation and employment conditions - the evidence of public utilities, public transport and home care in the Netherlands / Marc van der Meer -- Liberalisation and privatisation of public services and the impact on employment, working conditions and labour relations / Christoph Hermann and Roland Atzm(c)ơller -- Precarious employment in the public and private service sector: comparing developments in the UK and Germany / Janine Leschke and Maarten Keune -- Public sector pay gaps and skill levels: a cross-country comparison / Paolo Ghinetti and Claudio Lucifora -- Public and private employment and the gender wage gap in eight European countries / Dominique Meurs and Sophie Ponthieux -- Provision of work-life balance arrangements in European companies: public vs private / Heejung Chung