Job quality in Europe

Smith, Mark; Burchell, Brendan; Fagan, Colette; O’Brien, Catherine

doi:10.1111/j.1468-2338.2008.00507.x

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“…At a micro-level, some studies (partially inspired by earlier research about job satisfaction) explore the relevance of each dimension of job quality to the overall assessment that workers make of their jobs (Kalleberg -Vaisey 2005;Hartikainen et al 2010) and the factors that influence dimensional indices (Smith et al 2008;Hartikainen et al 2010;Mühlau 2011). Let us now examine the conclusions of these studies in more detail.…”

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“…In a study with a strong policy motivation, and using data from the fourth EWCS, Smith et al (2008) focus on three job quality dimensions (job content, autonomy, and working conditions), providing evidence for the influence of worker characteristics, job characteristics, and country effects on these dimensions. The probability of having jobs with good features is mainly explained by worked-related variables (sex and occupational status) and job-related variables (sector and working time).…”

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Determinants of job quality — Evidence for European country groups

Simões¹,

Crespo

Pinto

2015

Acta Oeconomica

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Based on a micro-level approach and using data from the European Working Conditions Survey, covering 27 countries, we analyse the determinants of job quality. With cluster analysis applied to 11 dimensional indices, we form three homogeneous country groups and identify, by estimating twicecensored Tobit models, the main determinant factors affecting the individual level of job quality in each group. We verify the relevance of variables related to worker characteristics, fi rm characteristics, and the country in which the individual works. Among worker characteristics, education and employment status are the factors with the highest impact on job quality, while the economic sector is the most important fi rm characteristic. The results suggest the existence of important differences among groups regarding the magnitude of the impact of some factors. The highest dissimilarities are found between the group with better jobs (Nordic countries plus Belgium) and the group with lower quality jobs (Central and Eastern European countries plus Portugal and Greece). Variables related to age, education, dimension of the fi rm, and economic sector are those in which more heterogeneity is found among the groups.

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Section: Empirical Fi Ndingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Empirical Fi Ndingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Determinants of job quality — Evidence for European country groups

Simões¹,

Crespo

Pinto

2015

Acta Oeconomica

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“…The quality of work has been a focal point of this survey since its inception in 1991. Furthermore, its (Eurofound, 2015(Eurofound, , 2012Smith et al, 2007). We extract data from the 2015 survey on the frequency of working to tight deadlines and at high speed.…”

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confidence: 99%

Making work more equal

Grimshaw

Fagan²,

Hebson

et al. 2017

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This electronic version has been made freely available under a Creative Commons (CC-BY-NC-ND) licence, thanks to the support of The University of Manchester, which permits non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction provided the author(s) and Manchester University Press are fully cited and no modifications or adaptations are made. Details of the licence can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ PrefaceThis book is inspired by, and dedicated to, Jill Rubery. Jill is a major figure in international debates on inequalities in work and employment. Her intellectual contributions are renowned for both their critical questioning of mainstream theoretical approaches, whether in economics, management, industrial relations or comparative systems, and their attention to real-world empirical detail. Jill's intellectual roots are with the influential Cambridge economics group researching labour market segmentation in the late 1970s and 1980s during a period when Keynesian economic thought was being eclipsed by neoclassical economics modelling. The research was inter-disciplinary, grounded in data (mostly involving case studies of firms) and driven by an ambitious intellectual agenda that developed theory while also illuminating practical matters of relevance to policy-makers and practitioners. During these Cambridge years, Jill developed a very important network of international friends and colleagues who formed the backbone of the International Working Party on Labour Market Segmentation, which Jill co-founded in 1979, and who provided the impetus for Jill's intellectual interest in comparative employment systems. Collaboration was an important characteristic of Jill's work then and continued following her move to Manchester in 1989 where for nearly three decades many colleagues have benefited enormously from working with her on high-profile research projects, publications and policy advisory work. This book has therefore been a rather strange experience for many of us because we are so used to talking through ideas and our writing with Jill. Her absence, dictated by the tradition of the Festschrift, feels wrong! We would like to say thank you to the 33 friends and colleagues of Jill who have contributed to this volume. We are very conscious that we were unable to invite many others due to MUP page-length restrictions, in particular many younger colleagues and ex-PhD students. We were able to expand the numbers somewhat by suggesting to several colleagues that they co-authored chapters in order to bring a greater number of Jill's friends into the book. These suggestions were generously accepted and we believe they have in fact proven very fruitful, especially in expanding the cross-national comparative scope of chapters. 1A new labour market segmentation approach for analysing inequalities: introduction and overview Damian Grimshaw, Colette Fagan, Gail Hebson and Isabel TavoraThere is a real need for a new multi-dimensional approach to understanding inequalities in work and employment. Face...

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“…Similarly, women have less access to managerial positions and a greater presence in part-time jobs, which are associated with lower job quality (Burchell et al, 2007). Smith et al (2008) have highlighted the fact that women have greater probabilities of occupying jobs involving monotonous, straightforward tasks, whereas problem solving and learning are characteristics found more often in jobs occupied by men. These circumstances reinforce the gap in development opportunities.…”

Section: Job Quality and Gender Inequalitymentioning

confidence: 99%