Privatisation and liberalisation of public services in Europe
Subtitle: an analysis of economic and labour market impacts
By: edited by Maarten Keune, Janine Leschke and Andrew Watt
Contributors: European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education, Health and Safety
Publisher: ETUI-REHS
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Brussels
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9782874521355
Subjects: Privatization; Privatisation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Liberalisation, privatisation and the labour market / Maarten Keune, Janine Leschke and Andrew Watt; title: Privatisation and liberalisation of public services in Germany / Torsten Brandt and Thorsten Schulten; title: Marketisation in Swedish electricity and postal services / Christer Thörnqvist; title: Privatisation in water and health services in the UK / David Hall; title: Implications of privatisation and marketisation in Lithuania - telecommunications and transport / Valdone Darskuviene; title: Liberalisation, privatisation and employment conditions - the evidence of public utilities, public transport and home care in the Netherlands / Marc van der Meer; title: Liberalisation and privatisation of public services and the impact on employment, working conditions and labour relations / Christoph Hermann and Roland Atzmüller; title: Precarious employment in the public and private service sector: comparing developments in the UK and Germany / Janine Leschke and Maarten Keune; title: Public sector pay gaps and skill levels: a cross-country comparison / Paolo Ghinetti and Claudio Lucifora; title: Public and private employment and the gender wage gap in eight European countries / Dominique Meurs and Sophie Ponthieux; title: Provision of work-life balance arrangements in European companies: public vs private / Heejung Chung