Job security and job protection
By: by Andrew Clark, Fabien Postel-Vinay.
Contributors: Postel-Vinay, Fabien
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1489; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1489
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Job security -- European Union countries; Insurance, Unemployment -- European Union countries; Civil service positions -- European Union countries; Temporary employment -- European Union countries
Description: "We construct indicators of the perception of job security for various types of jobs in 12 European countries using individual data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). We then consider the relation between reported job security and OECD summary measures of Employment Protection Legislation (EPL) strictness on one hand, and Unemployment Insurance Benefit (UIB) generosity on the other. We find that, after controlling for selection into job types, workers feel most secure in permanent public sector jobs, least secure in temporary jobs, with permanent private sector jobs occupying an intermediate position. We also find that perceived job security in both permanent private and temporary jobs is positively correlated with UIB generosity, while the relationship with EPL strictness is negative: workers feel less secure in countries where jobs are more protected. These correlations are absent for permanent public jobs, suggesting that such jobs are perceived to be by and large insulated from labor market fluctuations"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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