附註:"These papers were originally presented at a conference sponsored by the Japan Foundation and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research in August 2000"--Introduction.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The change in work arrangements in Denmark and Germany -- Regulatory convergence? -- Nonstandard work in Italy and Spain -- Nonstandard work arrangements in France and the United States -- The growth of nonstandard employment in Japan and the United States -- Employment choices and pay differences between nonstandard and stand work in Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden -- Standard and nonstandard work arrangements, pay difference, and choice of work by Japanese mothers -- Work arrangements among women in the United States -- In search of a new framework for flexibility -- Nonstandard work arrangements in Japan and the United States -- Work attitudes and nonstandard work arrangements in the United States, Japan, and Europe.
