Job quality and labour market performance



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cycle, as well with a small differential between male and female employment rates. The
correlation rate with the synthetic job quality index that was constructed in a previous study
(Davoine, Erhel, Guergoat-Larivière, 2008a; European Commission, 2008) is also positive and
high, as confirmed by Figure 5.

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Table 2. Correlations between quality indicators and the employment rate for EU countries,
1983-2004

Correlation with employment rate

Training rate________________________________________________________

0.67

Part-time rate___________________________________________________________

0.59

Temporary employment rate___________________________________

0.03

Long-term unemployment rate_________________________________

-0.14

Percentage of the population achieving secondary level education

0.45

Shift work rate_______________________________________________________

0.02

Evening work rate______________________________________________

0.07

Night work rate___________________________________________________

0.25

Saturday work rate________________________________________________

-0.44

Sunday work rate______________________________________________

0.33

Occupational segregation__________________________________________

0.40

Senior employment gap_______________________________________

0.13

Gender employment gap______________________________________

0.77

Employment quality index______________________________________

0.74

Source: Davoine, Erhel, Guergoat-Larivière (2008a), LFS 1983-2004, authors’ calculations,
138 observations (one observation corresponds to one year for a given country; annual data,
number of countries included depending on data availability, 6 in 1983 to 21 in 2004).


Figure 5. Job quality index and employment rates, EU countries, 1983-2004

Source: LFS 1983-2004, authors’ calculations; one observation corresponds to one year for a given country.


The job quality index is also related to other labour market indicators, like the unemployment
rate. We provide two figures representing the relationship with long-term unemployment
(Figure 6) and with the NAIRU (Figure 7). A higher level of job quality is associated with lower
long-term unemployment and a lower NAIRU.



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