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Determinants of job insecurity in five European countries

This article studies the determinants of subjective job insecurity in five European countries (Belgium, Finland, Germany, Spain and The Netherlands), using data from the WageIndicator web survey. The impact of different variables is estimated using logistic regression.The analysis shows that differences in subjective job insecurity of women are explained by their objective situation in the labour market. In contrast, subjective insecurity increases with age; education reduces job insecurity, as do wages, except at very high wage levels; having a temporary — but not — a part-time — contract contributes to insecurity, which points to the different nature of the two types of contract.This article studies the determinants of subjective job insecurity in five European countries (Belgium, Finland, Germany, Spain and The Netherlands), using data from the WageIndicator web survey. The impact of different variables is estimated using logistic regression.The analysis shows that differences in subjective job insecurity of women are explained by their objective situation in the labour market. In contrast, subjective insecurity increases with age; education reduces job insecurity, as do wages, except at very high wage levels; having a temporary — but not — a part-time — contract contributes to insecurity, which points to the different nature of the two types of contract.

What Is the Gain in a Probability-Based Online Panel of Providing Internet Access to Sampling Units Who Previously Had No Access?

The Internet is considered an attractive option for survey data collection. However, some people do not have access to it. One way to address this coverage problem for general population surveys is to draw a probabilistic sample and provide Internet access to the selected units who do not have it and accept to participate. This is what the knowledge panel and the Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social sciences (LISS) panel do. However, a selection effect is still possible. Units without previous Internet access might refuse to participate in a web panel, even if provided with the necessary equipment. Thus, efforts to provide the necessary equipment may not be worth it. This article investigates the gain in terms of representativeness of offering the equipment to non-Internet units in a web panel using tablets: the French Longitudinal Internet Studies for the Social Sciences panel. We find that the number of non-Internet units who accept to participate is low. This is not only due to the fact that their response rates are lower but also to the small proportion of non-Internet units in the French population. In addition, they participate less in given surveys once they become panelists. At the same time, they are very different from the Internet units. Therefore, even if because of the small number of units, the overall gain in representativeness is small, there are a few important variables (e.g., education) on which their inclusion yields a more representative sample of the general population.

Working Life and Retirement Pensions in Spain: The Simulated Impact of a Parametric Reform

This article aims to offer an ex ante evaluation of the impact of a parametric reform of the Spanish pension system that would involve increasing the reference period used to calculate benefits, an approach proposed many times by various actors in the socioeconomic field. Such gradual change may be categorized as a non-structural reform of the pension system. This contrasts with reforms of a structural nature that have been very popular in Latin America and elsewhere, involving the creation of defined contribution individual account schemes. As regards the parametric reform proposed in this article, the main findings indicate that it would have a small but negative impact on pension income for pensioners and would reduce income distribution.

Determinantes de la situación laboral en España, trabajar a tiempo parcial frente a otras situaciones laborales

El trabajo estudia los factores explicativos del trabajo a tiempo parcial en el mercado laboral espanol. Utilizando una muestra de trabajadores, obtenida a partir de la Muestra Continua de Vidas Laborales (MCVL 2007), que han tenido alguna relacion con la seguridad social a lo largo del 2007, se estudian los determinantes de finalizar el ano trabajando a tiempo parcial, con contrato permanente o temporal, en comparacion con los determinantes de otras situaciones. Para ello se han identificado y definido las distintas situaciones laborales en las que un trabajador puede finalizar el periodo de muestreo y, utilizando regresiones logisticas, se han estimado los determinantes de las probabilidades de encontrarse en una u otra situacion. Las estimaciones se han realizado tanto para el conjunto de la muestra como para hombres y mujeres por separado. Las variables explicativas que se han utilizado se refieren a caracteristicas del pasado laboral de cada individuo como los tipos de contratos bajo los que ha trabajado, caracteristicas de la ultima relacion laboral como la categoria profesional y el sector de actividad, variables demograficas como la edad y variables relacionadas con el contexto economico y social como vivir en una Comunidad Autonoma con un PIB superior a la media espanola. El trabajo concluye que la naturaleza del trabajo a tiempo parcial, aunque guarda algunas similitudes, es muy distinta para hombres y mujeres.

Labour Market Matching Efficiency in the Czech Republic Transition

Using the matching function and the monthly and yearly data from 1992 to 2000 of 76 Czech districts, this paper studies district specific characteristics affecting matching efficiency. Among the conclusions, it was found that the higher the educational level of the labour force and the higher the number of firms in new sectors, except in the commercial one, the more efficient the matching process. The results give evidence supporting the idea that employed workers participate in the matching process and, therefore, they are one of the sources of increasing returns to scale in the Czech matching function. Small new enterprises in the commercial sector are also a source of increasing returns.

Determinantes del Trabajo Decente a tiempo completo en el mercado laboral español: un análisis con micro-datos de la Seguridad Social

Este trabajo tiene como objetivo identificar los determinantes de ocupar un puesto de trabajo decente (Decent Work) por cuenta ajena y a tiempo completo (TC) en el mercado laboral espanol. Para ello, se han definido cinco categorias/grados de trabajo decente y, utilizando los datos de la Muestra Continua de Vidas Laboras 2008 (MCLV), se han estimado los determinantes de que un trabajador ocupe un puesto de trabajo decente segun cada grado. Se obtienen conclusiones en cuanto al efecto del nivel de ocupacion, las experiencias laborales pasadas, las experiencias de desempleo e inactividad de larga duracion, la vida familiar, y las diferencias entre hombres y mujeres. Se encuentran evidencias de fenomenos como el atrapamiento en la temporalidad, pero tambien del trabajo temporal como via de entrada al trabajo decente.