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Labour Resilience and Vulnerable Groups in Times of Crisis: A Comparative Study in Eleven European Countries

European Journal of Economics and Business Studies

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Title Labour Resilience and Vulnerable Groups in Times of Crisis: A Comparative Study in Eleven European Countries
 
Creator Molina, Sandra Martínez
Cotanda, Elisa Valía
Ferrer, Jorge Garcés
 
Description The financial crisis which hit the world economies in 2008 has had a negative effect across the spectrum of European economies. These impacts have been felt through the fall in economic activity and also by the deterioration of the labour market indicators. However, not all European markets have been hit with the same severity and intensity, causing territorial differences. But, beyond this, the crisis has had a clear impact on the labour force by exacerbating work inequality. Consequently, the concept of labour emerges through the adaptation of labour markets and the different results obtained amongst the collectives who make up the labour force. The present research has the dual goal of both describing and comparing the labour shock caused by the economic crisis in eleven European countries, establishing differences in employment outcomes of youth (15-24yrs of age), older (55-64yrs of age) and migrants workers by comparing key labour market indicators obtained from official statistical sources. Moreover, it reveals a documented analysis of various national reports describing the employment position of these groups. The results show similarities in the labour vulnerability patterns among countries in each of the groups studied. The analysis highlights the existence of certain factors linked to labour resilience of each group including economic, social, occupational, demographic and political factors. The results of this research are under the INSPIRES project, which has been funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Commission.
 
Publisher EUSER
 
Date 2016-12-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Identifier http://journals.euser.org/index.php/ejes/article/view/546
10.26417/ejes.v6i1.p111-128
 
Source European Journal of Economics and Business Studies; Vol 6 No 1 (2016): September-December 2016; 111-128
2411-9571
2411-4073
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://journals.euser.org/index.php/ejes/article/view/546/535