Job quality and labour market performance

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5. Conclusion

An empirical analysis of job quality reveals important differences across countries (that are
quite well known since our previous work; see Davoine et al., 2008a and b, European
Commission, 2008), but also between individuals and social groups. From that point of view the
analysis of job quality indicators suggests some priority targets for labour market and training
policies. Indeed, comparisons based on potential criteria of heterogeneity (gender, age,
education, etc.) point out the most fragile groups in terms of job quality, namely the groups who
accumulate bad job characteristics. Fighting against such inequalities is important in a
perspective of social inclusion and general social welfare.

But despite these differences among social groups, which should be further explored using
individual data, our analyses confirm that promoting job quality should be favourable to the
labour market and economic performance.

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