WHY DON’T EASTERN EUROPEANS WORK PART-TIME?

• Authors: Fialová Kamila
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article explores the development of part-time employment in Central and Eastern Europe compared to Western Europe. The analysis of panel data reveals the role of part-time work determinants on the macro level and their different effects on part-time employment in the two groups of countries. The large set of determinants includes business cycle, labour market institutions and structural factors. The results indicate that part-time employment in the East and the West is influenced by different, mostly structural, factors. In the East, the development of business cycle has a significant adverse effect. Further, rigorous EPL limits the use of part-time contracts by firms in the East while higher trade union density, greater share of temporary jobs and widespread shadow economy all have a positive effect on part-time employment in this region.

Keywords

EN

PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT; BUSINESS CYCLE; LABOUR MARKET; WORKING TIME; WESTERN EUROPE; EASTERN EUROPE

• Publisher: Institute of Slovak and World Economics and Institute for Forecasting, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Ekonomický časopis (Journal of Economics)
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 65
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 125 – 142

Contributors

author

Fialová Kamila

• Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Jilská 1, 110 00 Prague, Czech Republic