Transformation of the Employment Structure in the Eu and USA, 1995-2007

To what extent did European countries create 'more and better jobs' as the EU's Lisbon agenda targeted - after 1995? And to what extent did employment growth in Europe between 1995-2007 reflect the pattern of growing good and bad jobs and a 'disappearing middle' identified in the US labour market? Addressing these questions, this collection describes the changing structure of jobs during the period of robust employment expansion that preceded the 2008 financial crisis. It also provides analysis of labour market developments in these developed economies in terms of gender, international mobility and debates over the quality of work. All of the contributions in this collection originate from a common jobs-based, structural approach to labour market analysis using the same comprehensive dataset.

John Hurley is Research Manager in the Employment and Change Unit at Eurofound, Dublin, Ireland. His research interests lie in the area of comparative labour market analysis, restructuring and the changing world of work. Donald Storrie is Head of the Employment and Change Unit at Eurofound, Dublin, Ireland. He previously led the Centre for European Labour Market Studies at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is a labour economist with particular interest in employment contracts, employment and health, and active labour market and European employment policy.