Identifying Resilient and Non-Resilient Labour Conditions in Europe Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Based on the concept of labour market resilience, this paper is aimed to determine the combination of initial conditions behind resilient and non-resilient labour markets after the financial crisis in 2008 in Europe. We start from the assumption that some initial conditions in 2007 are crucial to achieve a specific labour result when a shock appears. In this sense, the effect of temporary employment in cyclical sectors, labour market flexibility, the level of education among the workforce, and the expenditure on Labour Market Policies (LMP) have been tested using crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA) in 25 European countries. Whilst our results do not explain labour market resilience in its entirety, we have found a model explaining 85% of the non-resilient cases. These findings suggest that the different levels of initial conditions may have prompted dissimilar labour adjustments with varying success rates in dealing with the job losses.

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Long-term Resilient Labour Strategies to Deal with the Economic Crisis in Europe Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)

Fronteiras Journal of Social Technological and Environmental Science ◽

10.21664/2238-8869.2021v10i3.p9-23 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 9-23

Author(s):

Sandra Martínez-Molina ◽

Paula Sabater Pavía ◽

Jorge Garcés Ferrer

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Labour Market ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Economic Activity ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

Temporary Employment ◽

Labour Markets ◽

European Economies

The crisis has had a negative impact on both European economies and labour markets with different effects among countries, raising the importance of analysing the labour market resilience. This paper seeks to identify which strategies and labour adjustments have led European labour markets to both resilient and non-resilient results by using Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). The findings show two different configurations explaining 57% of the resilient cases and four configurations explaining 74% of the non-resilient cases. The results of this study revealed three important issues. First of all, the same strategy was found to have different results on labour markets. This fact stressed that the context in which different measures are imposed is a decisive factor in their success. Secondly, resilient strategies underlined the importance of “flexibility”, by increasing temporary employment together with other conditions to escape from the crisis. Finally, the non-resilient results stress the importance of the imbalance between the flexicurity dimensions and the effect of the fall in economic activity on not being resilient in the long-term.

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Crisis-driven reforms and local discretion: an assessment of Italy and Spain

Italian Political Science Review/Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica ◽

10.1017/ipo.2015.23 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 46 (1) ◽

pp. 71-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Silvia Bolgherini

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Financial Crisis ◽

Local Government ◽

Local Governments ◽

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

Institutional Framework ◽

Local Discretion ◽

Local Levels ◽

Economic And Financial Crisis

The recent and still enduring global economic and financial crisis deeply impacted the institutional framework in Italy and Spain by prompting a series of reforms, which ultimately re-shaped the local government features. Based on a qualitative comparative analysis of recent reforms, the author shows that (directly and indirectly) crisis-driven provisions have significantly impacted the local levels and changed the central/local relations in both countries. During the years of crisis, a decrease in local discretion in its three main facets (fiscal, administrative, and political/functional) has taken place. This outcome could both allow for a better understanding of how central and local governments have interacted during the crisis and to contribute to the formulation of more general considerations on local discretion and central/local relations in Italy and Spain.

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Labour market flexibility v. job security – a comparative analysis of Swiss and Po- lish labour law regulations on fixed-term employment contracts

Przegląd Politologiczny ◽

10.14746/pp.2015.20.3.4 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 55

Author(s):

Agata Ludera-Ruszel

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Labour Market ◽

Job Security ◽

Labour Law ◽

Employment Contracts ◽

Labour Market Flexibility

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Labour market flexibility and inequality: the changing risk patterns of temporary employment in West Germany

Journal for Labour Market Research ◽

10.1007/s12651-009-0018-6 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 42 (3) ◽

pp. 234-251 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Michael Gebel ◽

Johannes Giesecke

Keyword(s):

Labour Market ◽

Temporary Employment ◽

West Germany ◽

Labour Market Flexibility

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Employment structure and unemployment in the czech republic

Prague Economic Papers ◽

10.18267/j.pep.46 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vladislav Flek

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Labour Market ◽

Driving Force ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Initial Conditions ◽

Labour Force ◽

Social Stability ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Labour Market Flexibility ◽

Market Restructuring

Did exceptionally low unemployment between 1990-1996 mean that the CzechRepublic had sacrificed more labour market flexibility and faster changes inthe structure of employmnet in exchange for social stability? Or had thecountry made use of its specific initial conditions and managed to followits own mode of labour market restructuring, without the necessity ofincreasing the rate of unemployment drastically? Does currently increasingunemployment accelerate the coversion of the structure of employment towardsthe EU-15 patterns? In attemting to answer the above questions, the paperargues that the Czech unemployment miracle has disappeared as soon as theparticipation rate had become stable, labour shedding accelerated and theeconomic policies responded to macroeconomic overheating. The main sourcesof structural changes in employment were massive labour force withdrawals inagriculture and industry, coupled with job-to-job movements of labour. But,the process of further structural changes has nearly been stopped, despitethe recent rise in unemployment. Instead of being a driving force of labourmobility, current unemploymnet bears predominantly cyclical features.

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Welfare Capitalism in Crisis: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Labour Market Policy Responses to the Great Recession

Journal of Social Policy ◽

10.1017/s004727941500029x ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 44 (4) ◽

pp. 659-686 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

FARAZ VAHID SHAHIDI

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Labour Market ◽

Economic Crisis ◽

Great Recession ◽

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

Fiscal Crisis ◽

Labour Market Policy ◽

Market Policy ◽

The Great Recession ◽

Policy Responses

AbstractSocial policy responses to the recent economic crisis have varied considerably across advanced capitalist countries. This study aims to explain this cross-national diversity through a qualitative comparative analysis of labour market policy responses to the Great Recession across eighteen advanced welfare states. The results of the study suggest that theories of welfare state change that attribute theoretical centrality to political and institutional factors do not provide a compelling explanation for patterns of labour market reform observed since the onset of the economic crisis. Rather, they appear to be explained principally in terms of the variable fiscal capacity of the state. In particular, the study findings indicate that the presence of fiscal crisis has acted as a necessary (but insufficient) condition for the presence of recommodification, while the absence of fiscal crisis has acted as a sufficient (but unnecessary) condition for the absence of recommodification. These empirical developments suggest that there is a need for a scholarly return to the problematic relationship between capitalism and the welfare state.

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Formation of Entrepreneurial Skills in Students in a Changing World

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/20219002009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 90 ◽

pp. 02009

Author(s):

Maryna Salun ◽

Kateryna Zaslavska ◽

Radka Vaníčková ◽

Kristýna Šindelková

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Labour Market ◽

Work Teams ◽

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

Business Practice ◽

Effective Management ◽

Managerial Skills ◽

Entrepreneurial Skills ◽

Managerial Roles ◽

Global World

In today's global world, a number of concepts exist for the typology of a manager's personality. The personality of a manager is evident through their daily practical actions and the degree of validity thereof. The entrepreneurial skills of students is related to whether they view entrepreneurship as a career alternative. The purpose of educating successful managers is to enable them to apply and implement the principles of managerial skills in business practice. This includes the fulfilment of managerial roles and the use of basic tools to accomplish this, the principles of coaching, the creation and effective management of work teams, and knowledge of HRM techniques such as brainstorming. The aforementioned is based on the assumption that the desired result can be effectuated by one factor, but also by a combination of several factors. Qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) was therefore applied to the demands for entrepreneurial skills on the labour market and the presence of this issue in the curricula of Ukrainian universities.

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