Job Market Polarization and Employment Protection in Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://www.vsfs.cz/periodika/acta-2014-02.pdf" target="_blank" >http://www.vsfs.cz/periodika/acta-2014-02.pdf</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Job Market Polarization and Employment Protection in Europe
Original language description
There is increasing evidence about polarization of national labor markets with employment and wage growth occurring in low- and high-skill occupations, but not in middle-skill occupations. As polarization has been documented mainly for Anglo-Saxon countries, there is little evidence and discussion on cross-country differences in this process. I fill this gap by analyzing job polarization in 12 European countries using an occupational skill-intensity measure. Findings suggest large cross-country differences in the extent of polarization, which rrespond to variation in educational attainment growth, industrial structure, and dissimilarities in employment protection legislation. The latter is particular important, as employment protection limits the possibility to adjust workforce in response to technological change and thus dampens the polarization effect. This finding indirectly confirms existing theories explaining polarization: routinization and off-shoring. Finally, it provides predi
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AH - Economics
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2014
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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