The Plight of Older Workers Labor Market Experience after Plant Closure in the Swiss Manufacturing Sector

This open access book examines the economic, social, and psychological consequences of manufacturing plant closure at the individual level. Using an original data set of over 1,200 workers from Switzerland who lost their manufacturing jobs after the financial crisis of 2008, the author analyzes the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Baumann, Isabel. author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham Springer Nature 2016
Cham : 2016.
Edición:1st ed. 2016.
Colección:Life Course Research and Social Policies, 5
Materias:
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. The debate about the consequences of job displacement
  • 2. A tailor-made plant closure survey
  • 3. Reemployment or unemployment
  • 4. Early retirement and exit from the labor force
  • 5. Job search strategies and unemployment duration
  • 6. Sectors and occupations of the new jobs
  • 7. Wages
  • 8. Job quality
  • 9. Linked lives and well-being
  • Conclusion.