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Feelings of Insecurity Among European Workers in the Context of Flexicurity Policies and Socio-Economics Conditions

van Oorschot, Wim and Chung, Heejung (2011) Feelings of Insecurity Among European Workers in the Context of Flexicurity Policies and Socio-Economics Conditions. Working paper. ReflecT Research paper series,Tilburg University: Tilburg. 10.2139/ssrn.1769769. (doi:10.2139/ssrn.1769769) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:38461)

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Abstract

The European Union benchmarking tool for flexicurity policies and practices consists of four indices concerning lifelong learning (LLL), active labour market policies (ALMP), modern social security systems (MSS), and flexible and reliable labour contracts (FCA). Multi-level analysis techniques were used to determine whether in countries with higher scores on the flexicurity indices individual workers, as one would expect, feel less insecure about their future employment and income. The effects of these scores were explored against effects of socio-economic context variables regarding unemployment, economic performance, poverty, and social spending. The findings show that the LLL score has no effect, while the effects of MSS and FCA scores are spurious. The degree to which countries invest in active labour market policies (ALMP) is by far the most important single explanatory factor: in countries that invest more in ALMP workers feel less insecure about their future employment and income.

Item Type: Reports and Papers (Working paper)
DOI/Identification number: 10.2139/ssrn.1769769
Uncontrolled keywords: flexicurity, employment security, income security, multi-level analysis, Europe
Subjects: H Social Sciences
Divisions: Divisions > Division for the Study of Law, Society and Social Justice > School of Social Policy, Sociology and Social Research
Depositing User: Mita Mondal
Date Deposited: 25 Feb 2014 09:15 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:14 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/38461 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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