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Monitoring flexicurity policies in the EU with dedicated composite indicators

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The notion of flexicurity promotes the idea of compensation of labour market deregulation (= flexibilization) with advantages in employment and social security. To monitor effects of flexicurity policies in Europe, flexicurity indices are constructed from (a) scores of the strictness of employment protection legislation provided by the OECD, (b) qualitative juridical data on social security benefits (unemployment insurance, public pensions, etc.), and (c) data on the dynamics of employment types (permanent, temporary, full-time, part-time, self-employed, etc.). The empirical investigation shows that, contrary to political promises and theoretical opinions, the current deregulation of European labour markets is not compensated with improvements in social security.

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  • Tangian, Andranik S., 2005. "Monitoring flexicurity policies in the EU with dedicated composite indicators," WSI Working Papers 137, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
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    1. Michael Freudenberg, 2003. "Composite Indicators of Country Performance: A Critical Assessment," OECD Science, Technology and Industry Working Papers 2003/16, OECD Publishing.
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    1. Maria Conceição Cerdeira, 2007. "Flexicurity: Core Features of Portuguese Debate," Enterprise and Work Innovation Studies, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, IET/CICS.NOVA-Interdisciplinary Centre on Social Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, vol. 3(3), pages 35-54, November.
    2. Andranik Tangian, 2007. "European flexicurity: concepts, methodology and policies," Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, , vol. 13(4), pages 551-573, November.
    3. Seifert, Hartmut & Tangian, Andranik, 2007. "Flexicurity: Reconciling Social Security with Flexibility - Empirical Findings for Europe," WSI Working Papers 154, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    4. Tangian, Andranik & Seifert, Hartmut, 2006. "Globalization and deregulation : Does flexicurity protect atypically employed?," WSI Working Papers 143, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    5. Gundogan, Naci, 2009. "Can Denmark’s Flexicurity System Be Replicated In Developing Countries? The Case Of Turkey," MPRA Paper 17470, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    6. Ionete Anca, 2012. "Some Reflections On Flexicurity-The European Approach To Labour Market Policy," Annals of Faculty of Economics, University of Oradea, Faculty of Economics, vol. 1(2), pages 94-99, December.
    7. Alois Guger, 2007. "WIFO-Weißbuch: Arbeitsmarktflexibilität und soziale Absicherung," WIFO Monatsberichte (monthly reports), WIFO, vol. 80(5), pages 469-481, May.
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    9. Alois Guger & Thomas Leoni, 2006. "Teilstudie 15: Arbeitsmarktflexibilität und soziale Absicherung," WIFO Studies, WIFO, number 27454.
    10. Tangian, Andranik, 2007. "Flexibility-Flexicurity-Flexinsurance: Response to the European Commission's Green Paper "Modernising Labour Law to Meet the Challenges of the 21st Century"," WSI Working Papers 149, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.
    11. Berna Yazar Aslan, 2021. "Flexicurity in Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Countries: Mapping and Clusterin," Journal of Social Policy Conferences, Istanbul University, Faculty of Economics, vol. 0(81), pages 367-392, December.
    12. Ioannis A. Katselidis, 2014. "From Beveridge to "Flexicurity": Old and Recent Labour Policies," HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND POLICY, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2014(1), pages 97-115.
    13. Toufik, Said & Arkhis, Mohammed-Amine & Oukhallou, Youssef, 2016. "The Impact of the Employment Protection Legislation Reform on the Labor Market’s Flexicurity in Morocco," MPRA Paper 75634, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    14. Tangian, Andranik, 2007. "Analysis of the third European survey on working conditions with composite indicators," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 181(1), pages 468-499, August.
    15. Tangian, Andranik, 2008. "On the European readiness for flexicurity: Empirical evidence with OECD/HBS methodologies and reform proposals," WSI Working Papers 160, The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation.

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    Keywords

    Flexicurity; employment security; social security; employment protection legislation; statistical indices;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • C51 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling - - - Model Construction and Estimation
    • C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
    • J65 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings

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