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Formal and Informal Work
The Hidden Work Regime in Europe
Edited by Birgit Pfau-Effi nger,
Lluís Flaquer and Per H. Jensen
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Formal and informal work : the hidden work regime in Europe / edited by Birgit
Pfau-Effinger, Lluis Flaquer, & Per H. Jensen.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Labor—Europe. 2. Informal sector (Economics)—Europe. I. Pfau-Effinger
Birgit. II. Flaquer, Lluís, 1946– III. Jensen, Per H.
HD8374.F656 2009
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Contents
List of Figures ix
List of Tables xi
Foreword xiii
Part I: Introduction to the Approach of the Book
1. The Development of Informal Work in the Work-Welfare
Arrangements of European Societies 3
PER H. JENSEN, BIRGIT PFAU-EFFINGER, AND LLUÍS FLAQUER
2. The Approach of the ‘Arrangement of Work and Welfare’ to the
Cross-National Analysis of Formal and Informal Work 21
BIRGIT PFAU-EFFINGER
Part II: Formal and Informal Work in the Diverse
Arrangements of Work and Welfare in European Societies
3. Formal and Informal Work in the Danish
Social Democratic Welfare State 39
PER H. JENSEN AND JAKOB RATHLEV
4. Formal and Informal Work in the Work-Welfare Arrangement
of Finland 62
ARJA JOLKKONEN, RIITTA KILPELÄINEN, AND PERTTI KOISTINEN
viii Contents
5. Formal and Informal Work in the Work-Welfare
Arrangement of Germany 89
BIRGIT PFAU-EFFINGER AND SLAÐANA SAKAČ MAGDALENIĆ
6. Formal and Informal Work in a Liberal Regime:
The Case of Britain 117
TRAUTE MEYER AND GRAHAM BAXENDALE
7. The Metamorphosis of Informal Work in Spain:
Family Solidarity, Female Immigration, and
Development of Social Rights 143
LLUÍS FLAQUER AND ANNA ESCOBEDO
8. Formal and Informal Work in a Transition Country:
The Case of Poland 169
ALEKSANDER SURDEJ AND EWA ŚLĘZAK
Part III: Comparative Perspective
9. Formal and Informal Work in European Societies:
A Comparative Perspective 193
BIRGIT PFAU-EFFINGER, PER H. JENSEN, AND LLUÍS FLAQUER
Appendix 1 215
Appendix 2 219
Appendix 3 225
Appendix 4 229
Appendix 5 233
Contributors 235
Index 239
Figures
5.1 Labour-force participation of women with children for
West and East Germany in 2000. 97
5.2 Structure of home-based eldercare in Germany,
1991–2006 (in percent). 101
7.1 Percentage of foreign citizens among the Spanish
population by sex and age groups in Spain, 1998–2007. 149
