Efficiency and Distributional Effects of the Two-Tracked Labour Market Institutions in Albania

Drishti, Elvisa

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“…This study asks whether the Albanian context influences forms of employment and career transitions. There is a dearth of studies for countries in the SEE context, particularly Albania (Prouska et al, 2016) where institutions are weak (Drishti et al, 2021). HRM research also tends to focus less on contexts defined by higher level political economy considerations including differences in the state systems (e.g.…”

Section: The Labour Market In Albania and Career Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is a dearth of studies for countries in the SEE context, particularly Albania (Prouska et al. , 2016) where institutions are weak (Drishti et al. , 2021).…”

Section: The Labour Market In Albania and Career Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Labour market performance is the poorest in the SEE region due in part to inadequate economic governance (World Bank, 2017). There is evidence of inefficient segmentation and a predatory structure of labour market institutions (Acemoglu, 2003) resulting in lower job quality, higher informal employment and more job insecurity (Drishti et al. , 2021).…”

Section: The Labour Market In Albania and Career Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Dead-end jobs or steppingstones? Precarious work in Albania

Drishti

Carmichael

2022

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Purpose This study asks whether lower quality forms of employment lead to career transitions into higher quality forms of employment acting as steppingstones, or bridges or, whether instead they lead to dead-ends, or traps, in which workers move between unstable jobs with low prospects for upward mobility and unemployment.Design/methodology/approach This study uses a unique longitudinal dataset recording monthly employment states over 3 years for 373 individuals in the Albanian city of Shkoder. The analysis uses sequence and regression analysis to investigate whether people employed in lower quality, more precarious jobs remain in these kinds of jobs or instead are able to transition into higher quality, permanent and full-time employment.Findings In line with previous evidence for the region, the analysis confirms the precarization of many working lives particularly for women, young people and those with lower educational attainment. This evidence is more supportive of the dead-end hypothesis than the idea that a lower quality job can be a steppingstone into a better job.Originality/value This study contributes to the limited knowledge of labour market functioning in developing post-socialist Western Balkans countries. Recent flexicurity policies have generated an increased prevalence of more precarious employment arrangements in Albania. This investigation addresses previous research limitations regarding point-in-time transitions and unobserved heterogeneity using retrospective longitudinal data and controlling for personality traits.

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Section: The Labour Market In Albania and Career Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There is a dearth of studies for countries in the SEE context, particularly Albania (Prouska et al. , 2016) where institutions are weak (Drishti et al. , 2021).…”

Section: The Labour Market In Albania and Career Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%