Wage inequalities and low pay: the role of labour market institutions / Claudio Lucifora -- Employment inequalities / Andrew Glyn and Wiemer Salverda -- Low pay: a special affliction of women / Rita Asplund and Inga Persson -- Earnings mobility of the low paid / Peter Sloane and Ioannis...

In all continental European countries there exist non-market mechanisms that determine or `regulate` wage rates for the low-paid. We consider the experience of three countries that have national minimum wages France, Belgium, and the Netherlands - and three where low wage rates are determined...

This book takes a fresh look at the issue of job quality, analyzing employer behaviour and discussing the agenda for policy intervention. Between 1997 and 2002, more than twelve million new jobs were created in the European Union and labour market participation increased by more than eight...

In all continental European countries there exist non-market mechanisms that determine or "regulate" wage rates for the low-paid. We consider the experience of three countries that have national minimum wages - France, Belgium, and the Netherlands - and three where low wage rates are determined...