Labour market flexibility and security in the EU

Abstract

The article deals with the profound changes (reducing various forms of security) that modern European labour markets are experiencing due to changes in dominant paradigms in the current period and to processes such as globalisation and flexibilisation. After analysing Eurostatʼs labour market and social security indicators, we could confirm that there are different flexibilisation 'models' in the EU since EU countries are using different forms of flexible employment as the primary source of flexibilisation. We also found that the 'selection' of a particular form of flexible employment is strongly correlated, among other factors, with the level of wealth accumulated in a particular society and that the different forms of flexible employment produce different levels of risk of poverty.

Keywords

Trg dela;Fleksibilnost;Socialna varnost;Revščina;Države Evropske unije;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2012
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UL FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
Publisher:	Fakulteta za sociologijo, politične vede in novinarstvo v Ljubljani
UDC:	331.5:364.2EU
COBISS:	3633096
ISSN:	0040-3598
Parent publication:	Teorija in praksa
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary abstract:	Članek obravnava korenite spremembe (zmanjševanje različnih oblik varnosti), ki jih doživljajo moderni evropski trgi dela zaradi sprememb paradigem, ki prevladujejo v konkretnem času in procesov, kot sta globalizacija in fleksibilizacija. Z analizo kazalnikov Eurostata o trgu dela in socialni varnosti smo potrdili, da obstajajo različni 'modeli' fleksibilizacije v EU, ker države EU uporabljajo različne oblike fleksibilnega zaposlovanja, kot je primarni vir fleksibilizacije. Ugotovili smo tudi, da je 'izbira' posebne oblike fleksibilnega zaposlovanja močno povezana med drugim s stopnjo bogastva, akumuliranega v določeni družbi, in da različne oblike fleksibilnega zaposlovanja proizvajajo različne stopnje tveganja revščine.
Secondary keywords:	Labor market;Flexibility;Social security;Poverty;European Union countries;
URN:	URN:NBN:SI
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	str. 901-921, 1039
Volume:	ǂLetn. ǂ49
Issue:	ǂšt. ǂ6
Chronology:	nov.-dec. 2012
ID:	9089934