Determinant factors of job quality in Europe

2017/01/01 by Nuno Crespo, Nádia Simões, José Castro Pinto · 1 citation
Business, Management and Accounting · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Health Professions · #Employment and Welfare Studies #Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences #Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

paper · doi:10.15611/aoe.2017.1.01

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Abstract

We analyze the determinants of job quality in Europe based on an individual level approach. Using data from the Fourth European Working Conditions Survey, covering 31 countries, we develop a multidimensional indicator of job quality including eleven dimensional indices, and confirm the influence of worker and company characteristics on the quality of jobs. Among worker characteristics, the factors that most strongly influence job quality are education and whether the worker is self-employed or a wage earner. The economic sector is the most important firm-related characteristic

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