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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON LABOR MARKET FLEXICURITY AUSTRIA - ROMANIA [PDF]
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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Cui prodest? A firm‐level analysis of hiring credits
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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The impact of labor market reforms on firm training for nonregular and regular workers
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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Feelings of dual-insecurity among European workers: A multi-level analysis [PDF]
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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SOME REFLECTIONS ON FLEXICURITY-THE EUROPEAN APPROACH TO LABOUR MARKET POLICY [PDF]
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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FLEXICURE LABOUR MARKET STRUCTURES – THE GRETCHENFRAGE OF THEIR ADDED VALUE
The article discusses the added value of social policy approaches which can be characterized as ‘flexicure’ based on a comparison of Germany and Austria.
Christina Hiessl
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The European Semester as a Policy Instrument in Education—The Cases of Spain and Sweden
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]
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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Job Insecurity and Mental Well-Being in Finland, Norway, and Sweden
This article describes how the flexicurity arrangement of low job security, high employment security, and good income security advocated by various authors affects the mental well-being of employees.
Patrik Vulkan +3 more
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The Flexicurity System in Ireland [PDF]
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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