{"product_id":"9781439903971","title":"Half A Job: Bad and Good Part-Time Jobs in a Changing Labor Market","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 20 million people are working part-time in the United States, more than six million of them involuntarily. Both \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e magazines have run recent cover stories about this constrained faction of the workforce, who tend to earn on average 40 percent less than full-time workers. Addressing this disturbing trend, Chris Tilly presents a current, in-depth analysis of how U.S. businesses use part-time employment, and why they are using it more and more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorker demand for part-time jobs peaked more than twenty years ago, but employers' desires for cheap labor and schedule flexibility have continued to drive the long-term growth of part-time jobs. Tilly argues that this growth is a reaction to the expanding trade and service industries, which, by their nature, depend on part-time workers. Examining the nature and purposes of the different types of part-time employment, he explores the roots of part-time jobs in the organization of work, and the inadequacies of existing public policies on part-time employment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing not only statistical analysis but over eighty interviews with employers in the retail and insurance industries, Tilly suggests new approaches to providing flexibility without insecurity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47154203492592,"sku":"9781439903971","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781439903971_p0.jpg?v=1763757567","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781439903971","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}