Job quality and labour market performance

Appendix 2- The variables included in the synthetic index of job quality⁵

The sign in brackets refers to the hypothesis made about the sign of contribution to job quality.

Transition of non-employed people into employment one year later (+)

Long-term unemployment rate (-)

Part-time employment as a percentage of total employment (-)

Involuntary part-time employment as a percentage of part-time employment (-)

Fixed-term contract as a percentage of total employment (-)

Difference in employment rates between 55-64 years old and 15-64 years old (-)

Employment gap between men and women (-)

Pay gap between men and women

Occupational segregation (-)

Participation in education and training (+)

Population who achieved at least upper secondary education (+)

Non-standard hours: proportion of people working nights, or Sundays or Saturdays (-)

In-work accidents rate (-)

The source for all these variables is the LFS (Labour Force Survey).

⁵ Source: Davoine et al. (2008a).

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