Record Details

The Analysis of Flexicurity in the EU Members States

Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences

View Archive Info
 
 
Field Value
 
Title The Analysis of Flexicurity in the EU Members States
 
Creator LAPORŠEK, Suzana; Assistant professor, Faculty of Management Koper,
University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
DOLENC, Primož; Associate professor, Faculty of Management Koper,
University of Primorska, Koper, Slovenia
 
Subject —
 
Description The purpose of this paper is to present the characteristics of labor markets in the EU Member States in terms of design and implementation of policy components of flexicurity, as well as to examine the relationship between flexicurity and labor productivity. The estimates of the characteristics of labor market flexibility and security, and flexicurity models in the EU are based on the descriptive statistics and cluster analysis. The impact of flexicurity on labor productivity is assessed using principal component analysis and linear regression analysis. The results of empirical analysis point on the existence of considerable differences in labor market flexibility and security across EU Member States. The least successful at simultaneous implementation of flexibility and security are New Member States, showing rigid labor market regulation at very low security of employees. On the other hand, the most balanced flexicurity policies, thus ensuring high levels of flexibility and security, can be found among Scandinavian countries. The latter, together with United Kingdom and Ireland, also achieve the highest macroeconomic performance. The positive impact of flexicurity on macroeconomic performance was confirmed by linear regression analysis, which showed a positive relationship between indicators of security in the labor market and labor productivity.
 
Publisher Babes Bolyai University
 
Contributor —
 
Date 2011-02-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/271
 
Source Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences; 2011: Issue No. 32 E/February; 125-145
1842-2845
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://rtsa.ro/tras/index.php/tras/article/view/271/264
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2014 Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences