Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/231417 
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Year of Publication: 
2021
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 795
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Essen
Abstract: 
This paper is dedicated to the cross-national comparison of the labour markets of the EU member countries and Albania. The aim is to establish whether or not cross-national variations in propensities of being hired in a non-standard job are the result of differences in national institutional regimes and labour market regulations. An adapted version of the Fraser Index is used to explain cross-country differences in relation to the application of rigid labour market regulation. The econometric analyses indicate that the net effect of more stringent labour market regulation, increase job quality in different senses: in less affluent transition economies, more workers use involuntary non-standard jobs as a means to escape unemployment. On the other hand, in affluent economies, interventionist policies are associated with high levels of voluntary non-standard work and low unemployment.
Subjects: 
involuntary non-standard employment
Albania
European Union
labour market regulation
post-communist
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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