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Monitoring quality in work: European Employment Strategy indicators and beyond
Author(s) -
DAVOINE Lucie,
ERHEL Christine,
GUERGOATLARIVIERE Mathilde
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/j.1564-913x.2008.00030.x
Subject(s) - european union , work (physics) , quality (philosophy) , industrial relations , member states , perspective (graphical) , set (abstract data type) , economic indicator , welfare , economics , business , public economics , computer science , international trade , macroeconomics , engineering , management , mechanical engineering , market economy , philosophy , epistemology , artificial intelligence , programming language
Abstract. Within the framework of the European Employment Strategy, the European Union has defined a set of indicators to monitor employment quality — the so‐called Laeken indicators. This article discusses and implements these indicators. From a theoretical perspective, it shows that the concept of work quality encompasses several dimensions, which are likely to be related to national institutions, particularly industrial relations and welfare systems. It then proceeds with a comparative analysis of quality in work across the 27 Member States, which confirms the existence of several models in Europe and suggests that the Laeken indicators should be supplemented by additional measures.