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Examining the Quality of Jobs amongst Vulnerable Groups of Workers in Europe

In: Hard Work in New Jobs

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  • Charlotte McClelland
  • David Holman

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A central aim of the European Employment Strategy since the Lisbon Treaty of 2000 has been to promote more and better jobs within Europe (European Commission, 2003). Combined with policies targeting social exclusion and promoting equal opportunities, such an approach has been viewed as a means of improving the employment rates and job quality of vulnerable groups that historically have had low levels of participation in the workforce and have tended to obtain lower-quality jobs (Eurofound, 2002; Holman and McClelland, 2011; Vandekerckhove and Ramioul, 2011b). Vulnerable workers can include migrant and low-skilled workers, but in this chapter we focus on women, young and old workers, and those on temporary contracts1 (Eurofound, 2002, 2007).

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  • Charlotte McClelland & David Holman, 2015. "Examining the Quality of Jobs amongst Vulnerable Groups of Workers in Europe," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Ursula Holtgrewe & Vassil Kirov & Monique Ramioul (ed.), Hard Work in New Jobs, chapter 4, pages 49-69, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-1-137-46108-7_4
    DOI: 10.1057/9781137461087_4
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    1. Elena Stefana & Filippo Marciano & Diana Rossi & Paola Cocca & Giuseppe Tomasoni, 2021. "Composite Indicators to Measure Quality of Working Life in Europe: A Systematic Review," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 157(3), pages 1047-1078, October.

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