This paper provides a mapping of quality of work and measures its evolution between 1995 and 2005 by using European Working Conditions Surveys. With a multilevel modelling, we assess the sensitivity of observed trends to "composition effects" and "country effects". Results suggest a decreasing trend in the quality of work: working conditions have deteriorated, while work has become more intense and less complex. In Germany and Italy all indicators have worsened while other European countries have more mixed results.
This paper provides a mapping of quality of work and measures its evolution between 1995 and 2005 by using European Working Conditions Surveys. With a multilevel modelling, we assess the sensitivity of observed trends to "composition effects" and "country effects". Results suggest a decreasing trend in the quality of work: working conditions have deteriorated, while work has become more intense and less complex. In Germany and Italy all indicators have worsened while other European countries have more mixed results.
Titre
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Has the quality of working life improved in the EU-15 between 1995 and 2005 ?
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Dynamiques des organisations et du travail
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Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Santé ( 301901 )
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Centre d'études de l'emploi
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Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Santé ( 301901 )
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Centre d'Etudes des Politiques Economiques
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Industrial and Corporate Change
(ISSN : 0960-6491, ISSN électronique : 1464-3650)
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publié par Oxford University Press (OUP)
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J - Labor and Demographic Economics/J.J8 - Labor Standards: National and International/J.J8.J81 - Working Conditions
O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth/O.O5 - Economywide Country Studies/O.O5.O52 - Europe
L - Industrial Organization/L.L2 - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior/L.L2.L23 - Organization of Production
Mots-clés
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quality of work, quality of working life, working conditions, work intensity, work complexity, European comparison, multilevel modelling
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qualité du travail, qualité de vie au travail, conditions de travail, intensité du travail, complexité du travail, comparaison européenne, modélisation multi-niveaux
Nathalie Greenan, Ekaterina Kalugina, Emmanuelle Walkowiak. Has the quality of working life improved in the EU-15 between 1995 and 2005 ?. Industrial and Corporate Change, 2013, 23 (2), pp.399-428. ⟨10.1093/icc/dtt012⟩. ⟨halshs-00682107⟩