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Low-wage work in Germany

Title
Low-wage work in Germany / Gerhard Bosch and Claudia Weinkopf, editors.
Publication
New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Bosch, Gerhard.
  • Weinkopf, Claudia.
Description
327 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Series Statement
The Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies
Uniform Title
Russell Sage Foundation case studies of job quality in advanced economies.
Subject
  • Unskilled labor > Germany
  • Wages > Germany
  • Minimum wage > Germany
  • Labor market > Germany
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction. The German Story / Robert Solow -- Preface / Gerhard Bosch and Claudia Weinkopf -- Ch. 1. Low-Wage Work in Germany: An Overview / Gerhard Bosch and Thorsten Kalina -- Ch. 2. Pay in Customer Services Under Pressure: Call Center Agents / Claudia Weinkopf -- Ch. 3. Wild West Conditions in Germany?! Low-Skill Jobs in Food Processing / Lars Czommer -- Ch. 4. The Polarization of Working Conditions: Cleaners and Nursing Assistants in Hospitals / Karen Jaehrling -- Ch. 5. Still Lost and Forgotten? The Work of Hotel Room Attendants in Germany / Achim Vanselow -- Ch. 6. Low-Paid but Committed to the Industry; Salespeople in the Retail Sector / Dorothea Voss-Dahm -- Ch. 7. Summary and Conclusions / Gerhard Bosch and Claudia Weinkopf.
ISBN
  • 9780871540621
  • 0871540622
LCCN
  • 2007045931
  • 40015411421
OCLC
  • ocn181072629
  • SCSB-9039101
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