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Measuring employment vulnerability in Europe
Author(s) -
BAZILLIER Rémi,
BOBOC Cristina,
CALAVREZO Oana
Publication year - 2016
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.2014.00019.x
Subject(s) - vulnerability (computing) , vulnerability index , index (typography) , work (physics) , turnover , vulnerability assessment , labour economics , economics , demographic economics , business , psychology , management , engineering , computer science , mechanical engineering , ecology , computer security , climate change , psychological resilience , world wide web , psychotherapist , biology
Two of the most notable trends in labour markets in Europe are the rise in the number of atypical job contracts (e.g. fixed‐term contracts and temporary work) and the increase in job turnover. The concept of “employment vulnerability” can be used to describe these trends, which weaken the employer–employee relationship. In this article, the authors measure this employment vulnerability, for individual European countries, by creating two indices – an “employer‐related vulnerability index” and a “job‐related vulnerability index” – which are then aggregated to form an overall employment vulnerability index.