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Feelings of dual-insecurity among European workers: A multi-level analysis [PDF]
, 2015 This article analyses European Social Survey data for 22 countries. We assess the relationship between feelings of employment and income insecurity (dual-insecurity) among workers and national flexicurity policies in the areas of lifelong learning ...
Chung, Heejung +3 more
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Flexicurity – a European Approach to Labour Market Policy [PDF]
Intereconomics, 2008 Although linguistically somewhat strange, “flexicurity”, the combination of labour market flexibility and security for employees, has become a much praised cornerstone of European labour market policies. Obviously, in an environment with rapid technical progress and frequently changing market conditions, employers need to manage their labour force ...
Bekker, Sonja +6 more
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Global Labour Governance by Numbers: A Comparison of the ILO and OECD
Global Policy, Volume 16, Issue 2, Page 266-274, May 2025.ABSTRACT The emergence of governance by numbers (GBN) has seen the increasing use of metrics to influence government and corporate behaviour, but its uptake varies significantly across international organisations. This study examines the adoption of GBN in global labour governance at the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the Organisation for ...
Vicente Silva, Huw Thomas, John Berten
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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON LABOR MARKET FLEXICURITY AUSTRIA - ROMANIA [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2012 Present in the European political discourse in the early '90s, the concept of flexicurity, achieved by the contraction of two terms, flexibility and security, emerged in the European Union with the adoption of the Communication "Towards Common Principles
Alexandru Avram, Costin Daniel Avram
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The Flexicurity System in Ireland [PDF]
European Labour Law Journal, 2016 This article discusses the implementation of the flexicurity system in Ireland. As the percentage of dependent employees in temporary employment in Ireland grew from 5.3% in 2002 to 10.2% in 2012, it is clear that flexible working relationships are on the increase.
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Cui prodest? A firm‐level analysis of hiring credits
Economica, Volume 92, Issue 366, Page 580-613, April 2025.ABSTRACT In the aftermath of the Great Recession, hiring credits have become popular worldwide. The empirical literature shows positive but moderate effects of such interventions on employment. However, an in‐depth analysis of the characteristics of the beneficiary firms and their wage‐setting policies is still lacking.
Edoardo Santoni +2 more
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SOME REFLECTIONS ON FLEXICURITY-THE EUROPEAN APPROACH TO LABOUR MARKET POLICY [PDF]
Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2012 The notion of “flexicurity†promises to overcome the tensions between the labour market flexibility on the one hand and social security on the other hand, by offering “the best of both worldsâ€.
Ionete Anca
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The impact of labor market reforms on firm training for nonregular and regular workers
International Journal of Social Welfare, Volume 34, Issue 1, January 2025.Abstract Nonstandard employment is typically associated with reduced opportunities for workers to accumulate human capital via job training. One policy response is to require equal access to training for nonstandard employees. In this study, we investigate the impact of a 2007 Korean labor‐market reform that required such access for nonstandard ...
Hyejin Ko, Andrew Weaver
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The European Semester as a Policy Instrument in Education—The Cases of Spain and Sweden
European Journal of Education, Volume 59, Issue 4, December 2024.ABSTRACT In this article we examine the European Semester as an innovative form of policy coordination, with distinct effects on education and skills policies for Member States. We analyse the Semester's framing of education policy, and examine its manifestations in Spain and Sweden, two countries considered to be different in their approach to ...
Xavier Rambla, Nafsika Alexiadou
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FLEXICURITY BETWEEN THEORY AND PRACTICE IN THE ROMANIAN ECONOMY [PDF]
Annals of the University of Petrosani: Economics, 2011 Addressing the employment issue in Romania raises interest by its importance in the country’s economy. The concept of “flexicurity”, created relatively recently, and the connections between it and the employment issue and the labour market represents the
MIHAELA IONECI, GEORGIANA MÎNDRECI
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