1st Edition

Labour Market Institutions and Productivity Labour Utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe

338 Pages 52 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

338 Pages 52 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

338 Pages 52 B/W Illustrations

by Routledge

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Description

This book explains the role of formal labour market institutions in keeping the labour utilisation in Central and Eastern Europe above the level characteristic for Western European states. It provides an innovative and enriching take on labour utilisation at large and how various formal labour market institutions can affect the ongoing trend in labour utilisation in a way that is not covered by... Read more

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List of contributors

Foreword

Introduction

Beata Woźniak-Jęchorek & Michał Pilc

PART I

Labour market institutions and labour utilisation across the CEE region

Chapter 1. Labour Market Regulation and Labour Utilisation in CEE Countries

Beata Woźniak-Jęchorek & Sławomir Kuźmar

Chapter 2. Institutional Determinants of Firm-Sponsored Training of Young Employees

Dominik Buttler

Chapter 3. Skills Utilisation – Analysis across Countries and Occupations. Western European and Post-Socialist Countries Comparison.

Magdalena Andrałojć & Kea Tijdens

Chapter 4. Unemployment Benefits in CEE Countries. Does Their Limited Scope Match Societal Preferences?

Monika Banaszewska & Michał Pilc

Chapter 5. Part-Time Employment in Central and Eastern Europe: A Cross-Country Analysis

Kamila Fialová

PART II

Labour market reforms and utilisation: learning from countries’ experiences

Chapter 6. Structures, Institutions and Agency: the Drivers of the Expansion of Precarious Employment in Poland

Adam Mrozowicki

Chapter 7. Skills Utilisation and Gender: Estonian Case Study

Maryna Tverdostup

Chapter 8. Utilisation of Returning Migrants’ Skills and Labour: The Case of Lithuania

Egidijus Barcevičius, Luka Klimavičiūtė & Lukas Pukelis

Chapter 9. The Economic Effects of the Minimum Wage in Slovenia

Suzana Laporšek & Matija Vodopivec

Chapter 10. The Role of Old-age Pension Systems as Labour Market Institutions: the Czech Republic and Poland Compared

Paweł Łuczak & Michał Polakowski

Chapter 11. How Active Labour Market Policy Helps the Most Disadvantaged: Evidence from the Czech Republic

Ondřej Hora & Tomáš Sirovátka

Chapter 12. Eroding Collective Bargaining in CEE Countries as a Counterproductive Factor in the Process of Labour Utilisation: The Cases of Bulgaria and Poland

Jan Czarzasty & Vassil Kirov

Conclusions

Beata Woźniak-Jęchorek & Michał Pilc

Index