Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/124987 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 9461
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
After the apparent rise of so‐called atypical and 'precarious' jobs, the quality of employment has become of interest because such employment relationships are often related to objectively or subjectively worse working conditions. In this paper we look in detail into what is known about job quality, what kinds of effects it has on job satisfaction, and how the quality of jobs has changed in the past by assessing objective and subjective indicators for different educational groups. Results show that a general negative trend in the development of work quality cannot be observed, neither for 'hard' indicators such as the share of temporary employment or unusual working time nor for 'soft' indicators like job satisfaction or perceptions about job security. Developments are rather country‐specific, and even within countries differences occur between educational groups.
Subjects: 
quality of employment
good jobs
non‐standard work
job satisfaction
JEL: 
J21
J28
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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