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This chapter sets out to explore empirically three themes. First, to what extent has there been growth in flexible or non-standard forms of employment since 1979 in the UK, distinguishing carefully between part-time, temporary and self-employment? Second, to what extent are people working in non-standard forms of employment voluntarily and what can be said about the ‘quality’ of different forms of employment? Third, is non-standard employment more prevalent in the UK, with its relatively less regulated labour market, compared with other advanced industrial countries? Are there any links between the prevalence of non-standard employment and the degree of regulation of the labour market?
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Robinson, P. (1999). Explaining the Relationship between Flexible Employment and Labour Market Regulation. In: Felstead, A., Jewson, N. (eds) Global Trends in Flexible Labour. Critical Perspectives on Work and Organisations. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27396-6_5
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