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

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

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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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Main Author: Baumann, Isabel (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
Series:Life Course Research and Social Policies, 5
Subjects:
Economic sociology.
Labor economics.
Psychology, Industrial.
Economic Sociology.
Labor Economics.
Work and Organizational Psychology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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