Job quality differences among younger and older workers in Europe: The role of institutions
Identifiers
Permanent link (URI): http://hdl.handle.net/10017/59016DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2019.102345
ISSN: 0049-089X
Date
2019-11-01Affiliation
Universidad de Alcalá. Departamento de EconomíaBibliographic citation
Social Science Research, 2019, v. 84, p. 102345-
Keywords
Job quality
Younger and older workers
Labour market institutions
European countries
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Abstract
We compare non-wage aspects of job quality of younger and older workers across European
countries and relate the differences between them to the prevailing institutional settings.
Microdata from the European Union Labour Force Survey are used to carry out the measurement
of a job quality index during the period 2005–2015, while aggregate indicators are used to approximate
a set of labour market institutions. Our findings support the notion that the institutional
framework affects the age gap in job quality. Among other results, we find that older
workers fare better than younger workers, that the employment quality is higher for employees
working in countries where the wage-bargaining system is more coordinated/centralized and the
employment protection for regular workers is stricter and that these institutions tend to favour
the job quality of older workers over younger ones.
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