ABSTRACT
Sociological research has paid increasing attention to so-called nonstandard atypical,or contingent jobs (Appelbaum 1987; Kalleberg 2000; Parker 1998; Tilly 1996). Within the category of nonstandard work arrangements, part-time employment has been the dominant form, and it has increased most rapidly of all types of nonstandard, employment, particularly in advanced industrial countries (Blossfeld and Hakim 1997; Houseman and Osawa 1995; Smith et al. 1998). The continuous expansion of the share of part-time workers in the labor force in advanced economies makes part-time employment an important topic to study (e.g., Rosenfeld and Birkelund 1995; Tilly 1996).
