Employment Revival In Europe

Author : Peter Auer,International Labour Office
Publisher : International Labour Organization
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9221108414

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Employment Revival in Europe by Peter Auer,International Labour Office Pdf

This innovative study reviews the remarkable economic and labor market recovery made by four small European countries: Austria, Denmark, Ireland, and the Netherlands. It analyzes their success and highlights the specific factors responsible, in particular the promotion of social dialogue and the institution of critical macroeconomic and labor market policies. While assessing the progress and examining the remaining problems in these four countries, the book compares their progress with that of other European Union countries and examines how similar policies and action could help combat unemployment and make progress towards full employment. The study presents a detailed comparative analysis of the labor markets of the four countries. It analyzes employment and unemployment developments in detail, covering gender gaps, the sectoral distribution of employment, and the shares of people which are dependent on social transfers. It shows the employment intensity of economic growth and gives readers a substantial, broad overview of the economic and labor market situation in each country. Finally, the book makes relevant policy recommendations for promoting further growth and social progress in these countries, as well as others across Europe.

Author : Günther Schmid
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848441477

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Full Employment in Europe by Günther Schmid Pdf

The book is without doubt a must-read reflection on the notion of full employment and a source of inspiration for the establishing of the knowledge-based economy that is such an aspiration for Europeans. Thomas Bauwens, Agence Europe Every book by Günther Schmid is an event. This one illuminates the current European policy debate on flexicurity . It gives fresh analyses of the comparative employment performances of the EU and the USA, and proposes a path-breaking framework for understanding and improving them. Pragmatic and provocative, Schmid s contribution should be a must for researchers, but also for HR managers, social partners representatives and policymakers interested in the present and future of work and employment. Bernard Gazier, University Paris 1 and a Member of the Institut Universitaire de France Transitional Labour Markets (TLM) defined as legitimate, negotiated and politically supported sets of various employment options in critical events over the life course are an essential ingredient of modern full employment strategies. After assessing the European Employment Strategy, this book offers a detailed comparative analysis of employment performance for selected European member states and the United States. It suggests that successful employment systems arise from a new paradigm of flexibility and security ( flexicurity ) the balance of which varies according to countries institutional paths. Whilst there is no best practice , TLM theory does provide normative and analytical principles that can be generalised for various institutional settings. The book also provides good practice examples for managing critical transitions over the life course from education to employment, from one job to another, from unemployment to employment, from private activities to gainful work and from employment to retirement and develops the contours for extending unemployment insurance to work life insurance. With a fresh and new approach to the question of full employment in modern society, this book will appeal to academic scholars interested in labour market and employment policies, and policy decision makers at local, regional, national and European levels.

Author : Ignace Glorieux,Paul Littlewood,Ingrid Jonsson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351146586

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The Future of Work in Europe by Ignace Glorieux,Paul Littlewood,Ingrid Jonsson Pdf

Recent years have witnessed major changes to the workplace across Europe. The speed of these changes requires constant monitoring and reappraisal. In this book, recent trends are analyzed and their consequences discussed, within a socio-historical context which also reveals underlying patterns of continuity. The trends analyzed include: the presence of high rates of endemic unemployment and underemployment, particularly amongst the young the growth of insecure and precarious employment sweeping changes to the regulation of and organization of work the diminution in the availability of manual work and the growth of white-collar service-sector jobs the growing participation of women in paid employment the introduction of new organizational forms and new forms of management the accelerating use of IT the growth in demand for educational and vocational qualifications by employers the increasing influence of European legislation on work, retirement, health, safety, etc the growing importance of voluntary-sector work The contributors to the volume present both primary research and a wide-ranging survey and analysis of recent major contributions in the field. Detailed empirical material is included from Belgium, Finland, Germany, The Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the EU more generally. Thus, the book aims to provide a current overview of the nature of work from a pan-European perspective, illuminated by up-to-the-minute field research.

Author : Jens Christiansen,Pertti Koistinen,Anne Kovalainen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429779183

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Working Europe by Jens Christiansen,Pertti Koistinen,Anne Kovalainen Pdf

Published in 1999, Working Europe: Reshaping European employment systems offers a fresh analysis of recent changes in labour markets and the restructuring of welfare states. The analyzes presented in the articles not only focus on labour market changes, but take up the important issues of: * How labour markets have been regulated and directed * How the various social security systems offered by the welfare state are related to the questions of labour markets and employment systems * How efficient labour market policies are in reducing unemployment * How employment is locally created and initiated * How the gender system is related to employment systems. This book is the first to offer a full picture of the restructuring of the employment systems and the complex relationship between employment, the welfare state and concepts of work.

Author : Ilias Livanos,Orestis Papadopoulos
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781787432659

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The Rise of Precarious Employment in Europe by Ilias Livanos,Orestis Papadopoulos Pdf

This book examines precarious employment in Europe through the economic crisis. It draws on two main sources: theories of how the financial and debt crisis coupled with labour market reforms to exacerbate precarity in the workforce; and data from the European Labour Force Survey from 2005-12, capturing various aspects of precarious employment.

Author : Wiemer Salverda
Publisher : ACCO
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Labor supply
ISBN : 9789033456190

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Low-wage Employment in Europe by Wiemer Salverda Pdf

Author : Vanessa Gash
Publisher : Combat Poverty Agency
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Poverty
ISBN : 9781905485000

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The Labour Market Outcomes of Atypical Employment in Ireland and Denmark by Vanessa Gash Pdf

Author : Aart De Geus,Eric Thode,Christiane Weidenfeld
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-07
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783110365108

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Europe Reforms Labour Markets by Aart De Geus,Eric Thode,Christiane Weidenfeld Pdf

Focusing on the perspectives of policy-makers, the book's purpose is to closely examine the factors that make for successful/unsuccessful labor market related policy reforms. The aim is to reveal the political aspects, namely the chances, challenges and impediments to designing labor market reforms and to establish the conditions under which successful labor market reforms can be advocated, adopted and implemented (process). The work includes exclusive interviews with twelve former European prime ministers about the labour market reforms they initiated in their respective countries: Wolfgang Schüssel Anders Fogh Rasmussen Andrus Ansip François Fillon Gerhard Schröder Georgios Papandreou Mario Monti Jan Peter Balkenende Jerzy Buzek Iveta Radicová Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Tony Blair

Author : Alain Supiot,Pamela Meadows
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001-04-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199243042

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Beyond Employment by Alain Supiot,Pamela Meadows Pdf

This book is the English edition of what has become widely known as 'The Supiot Report' - a bold and far-reaching look at the changing nature of work initiated by the EC. It takes as its starting point the profound changes that have taken place in the underlying employment relationship and associated human resource practices over the past twenty years. These developments are placed in their economic, social, institutional, and legal contexts. Competitive pressures on firms, the search for greater efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of public services, the changing role of women in society, and the desire for greater choice on the part of individuals are all important motives for change. The legal framework and the structures and organizations which represent the interests of workers and employers must respond to these changes. Drawing on illustrations from a number of European countries, the book suggests that the legal framework should encourage greater collaboration in the workplace, particularly over issues such as training. But it should also place work within its social context and facilitate genuine choices by individuals.

Author : Jonathan Zeitlin,David M. Trubek
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0199257175

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Governing Work and Welfare in a New Economy by Jonathan Zeitlin,David M. Trubek Pdf

Europe and the United States confront common challenges in responding to the transformations of work and welfare in the 'new economy'. This volume examines new approaches to the governance of work and welfare in the EU and the US, surveys emergent trends and reflects on future possibilities.

Author : Omar S. Arias,Carolina Sánchez-Páramo,María E. Dávalos,Indhira Santos,Erwin R. Tiongson,Carola Gruen,Natasha de Andrade Falcão,Gady Saiovici,Cesar A. Cancho
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821399118

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Back to Work by Omar S. Arias,Carolina Sánchez-Páramo,María E. Dávalos,Indhira Santos,Erwin R. Tiongson,Carola Gruen,Natasha de Andrade Falcão,Gady Saiovici,Cesar A. Cancho Pdf

What can be done to create more and better jobs in Europe and Central Asia? And should there be specific policies to help workers access those jobs? The authors of this book examine these questions through the lens of two contextual factors: the legacy of centralized planned economies and the mounting demographic pressures associated with rapid aging in some countries and soaring numbers of youth entering the workforce in others. The authors find the following: Market reforms pay off, albeit with a lag, in terms of jobs and productivity. A small fraction of superstar high-growth firms accounts for most of the new jobs created in the region. Skills gaps hinder employment prospects, especially of youth and older workers, because of the inadequate response by the education and training systems to changes in the demand for skills. Employment is hindered by high implicit taxes on formal work and barriers that affect especially women, minorities, youth, and older workers. Low internal labor mobility prevents labor relocation to places with greater job creation potential. Back to Work: Growing with Jobs in Europe and Central Asia asserts that to get more people back to work and to grow with jobs, countries, especially late reformers, need to regain the momentum for economic and institutional reforms that existed before the economic crisis. They should lay the fundamentals to create jobs for all workers, by pushing reforms to create the enabling environment for existing firms to grow, become more productive, or exit the market and let new firms emerge and succeed (or fail fast and cheap). They should also implement policies to support workers so that those workers are prepared to take on the new jobs being created, by having the right skills and incentives, unhindered access to work, and being ready to relocate.

Author : John Burgess,Julia Connell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2004-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134372720

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International Perspectives on Temporary Work by John Burgess,Julia Connell Pdf

The numbers of workers employed on a temporary basis has grown massively over the last few decades. The benefits to firms of hiring workers on a temporary basis are clear and generally can be reduced to their cheaper short term cost. The status of workers employed in this manner however means that they are less likely to receive the same rights as their permanent working colleagues. This impressive new book provides the first serious analysis of temporary work and its effect on the economy as well as its ramifications for workers.

Author : Artur Usanov ,Eline Chivot ,João Silveira,Esther van Luit,Frank Bekkers,Govert Gijbers
Publisher : The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789491040917

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The European Labor Market and Technology by Artur Usanov ,Eline Chivot ,João Silveira,Esther van Luit,Frank Bekkers,Govert Gijbers Pdf

In recent years, rapid technological progress has led to a wholesale destruction of middle-level jobs and a substantial rise in income inequality. It could also bring an era of high structural unemployment. These impacts constitute a major challenge that cannot be ignored by policymakers. They affect the fundamentals of our labor market – and might severely shake the social structure and stability of our society. This new report examines the impacts of technology on the European labor market. The report documents that technological innovation brings not only immense benefits but also significant dislocations in the labor market by making many jobs redundant. HCSS calls upon policymakers to take the risks of job polarization, increased inequality and potentially high technological unemployment quite seriously and suggests some policy measures that could mitigate these risks.The study was conducted in the context of the TNO Strategy & Change program. To download the report, please click on the button on the right.

Author : Kreisky Commission on Employment Issues in Europe,Commission for Employment Issues in Europe
Publisher : Pergamon
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Europe
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038543349

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A Programme for Full Employment in the 1990s by Kreisky Commission on Employment Issues in Europe,Commission for Employment Issues in Europe Pdf

Throughout the 1980s Europe has experienced the problem of mass unemployment, with 20 million Europeans - more than 10% of the labour force - out of work. Faced with the prospect of this trend continuing into the 1990s, the Commission on Employment Issues in Europe, under the direction of the former Austrian chancellor, Bruno Kreisky, was set up in 1986 to investigate the problem and offer possible solutions. The result is A Programme for Full Employment in the 1990s , the work of over 80 of Europe's leading public figures. Central to the Commission's report is the premise that unemployment is as much a political as an economic phenomenon: persistently high levels of unemployment may lead to political defeatism and social apathy, but this does not mean that the problem is either inevitable or acceptable. The Commission outlines a Six-Point Plan for co-ordinated European expansion, an aggressive new strategy for economic growth and job creation which aims at qualitative as well as quantitative development. The perceived problems of such rapid economic growth would be offset by channelling resources into a variety of job creation schemes, which would also benefit Europe as a whole, including: new approaches to environmental protection; the development of better transport and telecommunications links; urban renewal and improved housing; the expansion of cultural and education programmes; training and research into the new technologies, and increased levels of aid to developing countries. This radical call for cooperation between European governments to take positive action to tackle the unemployment crisis is a forceful response to one of the major problems facing Europe today.

Author : Renata Semenza,François Pichault
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781788118453

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The Challenges of Self-Employment in Europe by Renata Semenza,François Pichault Pdf

This book aims at explaining the variance in legal status, working conditions, social protection and collective representation of self-employed professionals across Europe. Despite considerable diversity, the authors observe three strategic models of mobilisation: the provision of services; advocacy, lobbying and the political role; and the extension of collective bargaining. They highlight the new urgent challenges that have emerged including the implementation of universal social protection schemes, active labour market policies likely to support sustainable self-employment, and the renewal of social dialogue through bottom-up organisations to extend the collective representation of project-based professionals.