Contents
1. Introduction: How to define job quality ................................................................................. 1
2. Mapping job quality in the EU27 ........................................................................................... 2
3. Job quality and job quantity: Is there a trade-off? .................................................................. 7
4. The heterogeneity of job quality by social groups.................................................................. 9
4.1 Lower quality jobs for young workers in Europe ........................................................ 10
4.2 Is job quality gender-biased in the European Union? .................................................. 11
4.3 Do high initial education levels ensure against low quality jobs? ............................... 13
4.4 Contractual variety and job quality.............................................................................. 14
4.5 Heterogeneity of job quality by sectors: some early results......................................... 15
5. Conclusion............................................................................................................................ 17
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Appendix 1- Variables included in the Principal Components Analysis .................................... 18
Appendix 2- The variables included in the synthetic index of job quality.................................. 20
References................................................................................................................................... 21
List of Figures
Figure 1. A map of job quality in the EU27 (2005-2006)............................................................. 3
Figure 2. Some Laeken key indicators.......................................................................................... 5
Figure 3. Some Laeken context indicators.................................................................................... 5
Figure 4. Job quality and some public policy indicators, by cluster ............................................. 7
Figure 5. Job quality index and employment rates, EU countries, 1983-2004 ............................. 8
Figure 6. Job quality index and long-term unemployment rates, EU countries, 1983-2004......... 9
Figure 7. Job quality index and NAIRU, EU countries, 1995-2004 ............................................. 9
Figure 8. Participation in training and education by age class.................................................... 11
Figure 9. Access to further training by education level (% of the adult population (25-64 years))
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List of Tables
Table 1. Job quality and some public policy indicators, by cluster............................................... 6
Table 2. Correlations between quality indicators and the employment rate for EU countries,
1983-2004....................................................................................................................... 8
Table 3. Job quality indicators by age (in %, in 2006-2007) ...................................................... 10
Table 4. Access to further training by age (% of the adult population) ...................................... 11
Table 5. Job quality indicators by gender (in % in 2006-2007, except wages in euro, 2002)..... 12
Table 6. Job quality indicators by education level (in % in 2006-2007, except wages in euro,
2002)............................................................................................................................. 13
Table 7. Job quality indicators by type of work contract (in euro, 2002) ................................... 15
Table 8. Job quality indicators by economic activity (in % in 2006-2007, except wages in €,
2002)............................................................................................................................. 15