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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.