Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/161282 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 10659
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Using linked employer-employee data from two comparable surveys this article examines the links between non-pecuniary job quality and workplace characteristics in Britain and France countries with very different employment regimes. The results show that job quality is better in Britain than it is in France, despite its minimalist regulatory regime. The difference is apparent for all dimensions of job quality (skill development, training participation, job autonomy, job insecurity, work-life balance and relations between employers and employees), except skills' match to a job. Firm size is negatively associated with non-pecuniary job quality in both countries but in France the association is confined to only the largest firms. Internal Labour Markets (ILMs) are associated with higher job quality in France, but not in Britain.
Subjects: 
job quality
firm size
internal labour market
comparative
linked employer-employee data
Britain
France
JEL: 
I31
J30
J81
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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