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  • "This paper explores the reasons behind the differences in the use and provision of different types of working time flexibility options of companies across European labour markets with a special focus on the country differences. Competing theories on the cross-country variances of labour market flexibility are tested to examine whether labour market institutions are the driving forces of working time flexibility practices in comparison to other factors such as economic, labour market structures and cycles. It uses a multi-level model which enables examination of companies in the context of the country in which it is embedded, while including both company and country level characteristics in the explanatory model. In this paper, the issue of flexibility is addressed broadly, thus, it perceives labour market flexibility as a method used for the needs of employees as well as for those of employers. In addition, the 'flexible firm' approach is taken and various flexibility options are considered to be bundles of arrangements with similar latent characteristics and not as separate entities. Based on this, the paper explains the differences between countries where there are more worker-oriented working time flexibility options to those where flexibility practices are more company oriented. The data used here is the European Establishment Survey of Working-Time and Work-life Balance (ESWT) from the European Foundation of the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. This survey covers over 21,000 establishments in 21 EU member states for the years 2004/2005. The outcomes of the analyses show that indeed institutions, such as employment protection regulations or centralization of bargaining explain the differences across countries in their variance in working time practices. In addition, the strength of unions is associated to countries where companies use more worker friendly working time options and less company-oriented options. Labour market situations and structure of the economy such as deindustrialization or female labour market participation patterns also explain the country differences in working time practices. However, for the worker-oriented flexibility it seems that institutions are more important whereas for the company-oriented flexibility options, economic and labour market situations are the driving source." (author's abstract) (xsd:string)
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  • 2008 (xsd:gyear)
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  • Do institutions matter? Explaining the use of working time flexibility arrangements of companies across 21 European countries using a multi-level model focusing on country level determinants (xsd:string)
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  • urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-233977 ()
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  • 2008-107 (xsd:string)