Journal articles: 'Flexibility in the labor market'

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Franklin, Simon, and Julien Labonne. "Economic Shocks and Labor Market Flexibility." Journal of Human Resources 54, no. 1 (October 3, 2017): 171–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.3368/jhr.54.1.0616.8012r1.

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Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina, and Ricardo Serrano-Padial. "Labor market flexibility and poverty dynamics." Labour Economics 17, no. 4 (August 2010): 632–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2010.01.004.

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Caraway, Teri L. "Labor Standards and Labor Market Flexibility in East Asia." Studies in Comparative International Development 45, no. 2 (May 13, 2010): 225–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12116-010-9061-0.

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Mussida, Chiara, and Dario Sciulli. "Flexibility Policies and Re-employment Probabilities in Italy." B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy 15, no. 2 (April 1, 2015): 621–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bejeap-2013-0180.

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Abstract We analyze the effects of Italian labor market reforms “at the margin” on the probability of exiting from non-employment and entering permanent and temporary contracts, using WHIP data for the period 1985–2004. We find that the reforms have strengthened the duration dependence parameter, meaning a stronger labor market gap in employment opportunities between the short- and long-term non-employed. We suggest that in a flexible labor market, long-term unemployment is used by firms as a screening device to detect less productive workers. We also find evidence of greater differences in employment opportunities according to gender, and of reduced differences between regional labor markets.

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Cabrales, Antonio, and Hugo A. Hopenhayn. "Labor-market flexibility and aggregate employment volatility." Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy 46 (June 1997): 189–228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0167-2231(97)00008-0.

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Blanchard, Olivier Jean. "Labor-market flexibility and aggregate employment volatility." Carnegie-Rochester Conference Series on Public Policy 46 (June 1997): 229–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0167-2231(97)00009-2.

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Ganßmann, Heiner. "LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY, SOCIAL PROTECTION AND UNEMPLOYMENT." European Societies 2, no. 3 (January 2000): 243–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/146166900750036277.

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Nelson, Joan M. "ORGANIZED LABOR, POLITICS, AND LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES." World Bank Research Observer 6, no. 1 (1991): 37–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/wbro/6.1.37.

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Fuxia, Gao, Xu Xinpeng, Huang Yunning, and Luo Lina. "Extraterritorial Reference of China’s Labor Market Flexibility Adjustment." Economics, Law and Policy 4, no. 1 (April 15, 2021): p21. http://dx.doi.org/10.22158/elp.v4n1p21.

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China’s labor market is facing a policy and legal dilemma of balanced flexibility and security adjustment. Under the condition of the continuous development of new economic conditions such as sharing economy and platform economy, the new employment pattern of the labor market presents new challenges to the current legal system. It is of great significance to optimize and perfect China’s existing labor policies and regulations by studying the experience of representative countries such as the United States, Japan, and Germany in labor market regulation and drawing on their scientific adjustment model.

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Nugroho, Alih Aji. "Labor Market Flexibility: Advantages for Workforce or Threat?" Policy & Governance Review 2, no. 2 (November 27, 2018): 132. http://dx.doi.org/10.30589/pgr.v2i2.87.

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Labor Market Flexibility (LMF) which is supported by the law of supply and demand are considered capable of creating an eﬃcient labor market. As well as apprenticeship programs were considered to improve the quality of the labor force which can suppress the number of unemployed. Whether the application of LMF can be a positive impact like as imagined by its proponents? This is the result of research that seeks to see the dynamics of industrial relations faced by the workforce under the LMF system and dismantle the neoliberal project of the apprenticeship system. The study was conducted during September-November 2016 in the industrial area of Bekasi. The study used a descriptive qualitative approach. Collecting data through participatory research or live in. Searchable data sources using methods of a snowball eﬀect. In the end, this study involved seven trade unions, six companies, two foundations labor brokers, three government agencies, 35 workers (10 contract workers, 10 workers outsourcing, and 15 workers apprenticeship) and three labor activists. The result is the implementation of contract system and outsourcing many violate the rules. In the industrial area of Bekasi composition flexible workforce of more than 50% of the total workforce. And under the LMF system occurs bureaucratization in industrial relations. In addition, LMF policy does not reduce unemployment but only rotate unemployment. and the apprenticeship system is expected to increase human resources in the labor force application only used by the owners of capital to get cheap labor.

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Gawrońska-Nowak, Bogna, and Katarzyna Skorupińska. "Labor Market Flexibility and Institutions in European Countries." Gospodarka Narodowa 206, no. 3 (March 31, 2006): 23–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.33119/gn/101442.

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Saint-Paul, Gilles. "On the Political Economy of Labor Market Flexibility." NBER Macroeconomics Annual 8 (January 1993): 151–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/654215.

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Rong, Shu, Kai Liu, Si Huang, and Qi Zhang. "FDI, labor market flexibility and employment in China." China Economic Review 61 (June 2020): 101449. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chieco.2020.101449.

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Du, Qingyuan, and Qing Liu. "Labor market flexibility and the real exchange rate." Economics Letters 136 (November 2015): 13–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2015.08.012.

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Sahnoun, Marwa, and Chokri Abdennadher. "Labor Market Institutions and Performance Economic Within Trial Labor Market Models: Flexibility, Rigidity, and Flexicurity." Review of Black Political Economy 46, no. 2 (May 28, 2019): 99–129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0034644619850179.

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The purpose of this article is to identify economic performance through three labor market models (flexibility, rigidity, and flexicurity) that result from the effect of the labor market regulation. After conducting a comparative analysis of the flexibility, rigidity, and flexicurity models of the labor market using a feasible generalized least squares (FGLS) applied to 18 organisation for economic co-operation and development (OECD) countries for the period between 2005 and 2013, we reached the following results. First, the effect of the labor market regulation on the unemployment rate appears to be particularly important for demographic groups (women and young people) on the flexible labor market. The union density and bargaining coverage seem to have the best results in the unemployment rate on the flexible market. More coordinated collective bargaining appears to reduce unemployment on the rigid labor market compared with the flexible one. However, our results are opposed to the neoclassical assertions which suggest that women are excluded from the permanent employment when a strict employment protection legislation (EPL) is excised. We also show that the replacement rate, the duration of unemployment benefits, the active labor market policies, permanent immigration inflows, and the tax wedge seem to have the best results on the flexible labor market, while the other variables have mixed effects on the different models of the labor market. These findings can provide policy makers and regulators with a better understanding of the performance of the flexible labor market and its behavior in the face of labor market institutions and adverse economic shocks. In fact, the government should liberalize strict labor laws.

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Kahn, Lawrence M. "Labor market policy: A comparative view on the costs and benefits of labor market flexibility." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 31, no. 1 (July 13, 2011): 94–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pam.20602.

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Kapelushnikov, R. "Russia's Labor Market Model: What's Ahead?" Voprosy Ekonomiki, no. 4 (April 20, 2003): 83–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2003-4-83-100.

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The paper outlines a specific model of the labor marker shaped in Russia in the "shock" 1990-s. Analysis reveals a striking contrast between its normative and positive characteristics. Though in terms of labor legislation this model seems rigid and sclerotic its actual functioning demonstrates surprisingly high degree of flexibility. This paradox is accounted for by prevalence of informal institutions, norms and practices and by inefficiency of enforcement mechanisms operating in the Russian labor market.

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Savkovic, Marina, and Jelena Gajic. "Youth in the contemporary labour markets: A comparison of European Union and Serbia." Sociologija 58, no. 3 (2016): 450–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2298/soc1603450s.

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Youth unemployment in Serbia is almost twice as higher than it is the average of European Union member states. Assuming how certain similarity exists between Serbia?s and EU?s labour market, our objective is to identify these similarities and differences related to labour maket conditions. In this context, we are discussing following topics: unemployment indicators, labor market flexibility, qualitative labour market mismatch, work migrations of the youth, family legacy influence on employment outcomes and labor market policies. Based on comparative analysis of relevant researches and current statistical data, increasing similarity of European Union member states and Serbian labour markets is evident, especially in the aftermath of the economic crisis. The reasons for similarity can not be simply considered as convergence due to Serbia?s accession to the European Union. We also highlighted considerable differences of the labour market conditions in analysed cases that can permanently affect the socio-economic situation of young people.

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Lee, Hongshik, and Minseok Park. "Aid for trade, labor market flexibility with implication for Korea." Journal of Korea Trade 22, no. 2 (June 4, 2018): 121–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jkt-01-2018-0002.

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PurposeThe existing literature on aid for trade (AfT) tends to support the effectiveness of AfT in improving trade capacities and enhancing the export performance of recipient countries. While aid directed at trade-related infrastructure (e.g. ports and roads) is reported to drive the overall effect of AfT, the increasing importance of labor market flexibility and informal labor in export environment has been largely overlooked. The purpose of this paper is to test two hypotheses regarding the relationship between labor market flexibility, exports and AfT. First, flexible labor regulation promotes exports by reducing adjustment costs related to the export process. Second, for informal labor-intensive export sectors, AfT effectiveness may be compromised by the contraction of the informal sector due to labor deregulation as it deteriorates comparative advantage that supports recipients’ export competitiveness.Design/methodology/approachSince first introduced by Tinbergen (1962), the gravity model has been widely used to analyze bilateral trade, and its usefulness has been verified in several prominent empirical studies (e.g. Anderson and van Wincoop, 2003; Helpman et al., 2008). However, despite the empirically successful framework of the gravity model, the standard gravity equation may not be appropriate for estimating the effect of AfT in the paper. The main interest lies in whether aggregate AfT flows enhance the export “performance” of individual recipients, that is, whether they improve the recipients’ total exports rather than their bilateral exports. For this purpose, the authors took aggregated approach to the gravity model from Anderson and van Wincoop (2003).FindingsThe findings suggest that while both AfT and labor market flexibility are positively associated with higher export levels, the export-promoting effect of AfT is marginally reduced by the contraction of informal workforce. These findings, however, only hold for export sectors that heavily rely on informal labor force, that is, primary commodities and resource/labor-intensive goods. The authors also find that these effects are stronger in low-income countries, indicating that the AfT initiative has been effective where it is needed the most.Originality/valueThis paper is the first attempt to analyze the relationship between AfT and exports with consideration of labor market flexibility. Using the data for 85 recipient countries, the authors test the following hypotheses. First, labor market flexibility promotes exports by reducing adjustment costs related to the exporting process. Second, the contraction of the informal sector due to labor deregulation deteriorates developing countries’ comparative advantage in certain export sectors. Hence, while both AfT and labor market flexibility are expected to enhance the export volume of developing countries, the loss from weaker comparative advantage in a form of smaller informal labor force can exceed the gains from AfT in certain sectors.

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허익수. "The Labor Market Flexibility and the Changes in Labor Law since 1987." Democratic Legal Studies ll, no. 35 (December 2007): 81–112. http://dx.doi.org/10.15756/dls.2007..35.81.

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AGUIRREGABIRIA, VICTOR, and CESAR ALONSO-BORREGO. "LABOR CONTRACTS AND FLEXIBILITY: EVIDENCE FROM A LABOR MARKET REFORM IN SPAIN." Economic Inquiry 52, no. 2 (February 25, 2014): 930–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ecin.12077.

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Yang, Jae-jin. "Corporate Unionism and Labor Market Flexibility in South Korea." Journal of East Asian Studies 6, no. 2 (August 2006): 205–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1598240800002307.

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There is significant variance in the strategies of labor market flexibility under the same pressure of globalization. This article attempts to explain that variance by examining closely the Korean case, with particular attention to the response of labor, one of the most intractable actors in the reform process. After theorizing the nature of social welfare as a quasi-collective good and hypothesizing labor's responses based on Olson's theory of collective action, the study seeks to explain Korea's low commitment to flexicurity and the resultant dualism in the labor market. The core argument here is that the collective action problem among atomized corporate unions has led to high employment protection for regular workers in big business at the expense of marginal workers without appropriate social protection.

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Jones, Derek C., and Guy Standing. "In Search of Flexibility: The New Soviet Labor Market." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47, no. 1 (October 1993): 144. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2524251.

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Houseman, Susan, and Kazutoshi Koshiro. "Employment Security and Labor Market Flexibility: An International Perspective." Industrial and Labor Relations Review 47, no. 2 (January 1994): 347. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2524442.

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Cho, Joonmo. "Flexibility, instability and institutional insecurity in Korean labor market." Journal of Policy Modeling 26, no. 3 (April 2004): 315–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2004.03.006.

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van der Meulen Rodgers, Yana, and Sita Nataraj. "Labor Market Flexibility in East Asia: Lessons from Taiwan." Economic Development and Cultural Change 48, no. 1 (October 1999): 51–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/452446.

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Atkeson, Andrew. "[On the Political Economy of Labor Market Flexibility]: Comment." NBER Macroeconomics Annual 8 (January 1993): 187–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/654216.

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Solow, Robert M. "[On the Political Economy of Labor Market Flexibility]: Comment." NBER Macroeconomics Annual 8 (January 1993): 192–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/654217.

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Détang-Dessendre, Cécile, Mark D. Partridge, and Virginie Piguet. "Local labor market flexibility in a perceived low migration country: The case of French labor markets." Regional Science and Urban Economics 58 (May 2016): 89–103. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regsciurbeco.2016.03.003.

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Schalk, Ruben, Patrick Wallis, Clare Crowston, and Claire Lemercier. "Failure or Flexibility? Apprenticeship Training in Premodern Europe." Journal of Interdisciplinary History 48, no. 2 (August 2017): 131–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/jinh_a_01123.

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Pre-industrial apprenticeship is often considered more stable than its nineteenth- and twentieth-century counterparts, apparently because of the more durable relationships between masters and apprentices. Nevertheless, recent studies have suggested that many of those who started apprenticeships did not finish them. New evidence about more than 7,000 contracts across several cities in three countries finds that, for a number of reasons, a substantial minority of youths entering apprenticeship contracts failed to complete them. By allowing premature exits, cities and guilds sustained labor markets by lowering the risks of entering long training contracts. Training flexibility was a pragmatic response to labor-market tensions.

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Jones, Derek C. "Book Review: Labor Economics: In Search of Flexibility: The New Soviet Labor Market." ILR Review 47, no. 1 (October 1993): 144–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/001979399304700124.

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JAGUSIAK, Bogusław. "Związki zawodowe a rynek pracy w Unii Europejskiej." Przegląd Politologiczny, no. 4 (November 2, 2018): 149–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/pp.2010.15.4.12.

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The aim of this study is to present the opportunities for trade unions to influence the labor market in the EU. The economic crisis in the EU has affected its labor markets to varying degrees. In the analysis of selected examples it can be clearly seen that the countries that have survived the crisis in the labor market better are those where the labor market is flexible, i.e. where, although people can easily lose one job, they are relatively likely to find another. EU states undertake to make labor relations more flexible, to further diversify employment forms, or to move salary negotiations to lower levels, thus eliminating state intervention in labor markets. Local EU labor markets have become a part of a supranational system of free flow of workers. European integration has generated common problems in the labor market, where trade unions need to undertake joint efforts to increase the flexibility, mobility and efficiency of the labor force, to improve labor market programs and provide for more efficient collaboration of social partners. This also follows from the protective function trade unions are supposed to play in the unified European market, and from an attempt to solve the issue of whether the expansion of trade union activity to the European level is effective in looking for compromise on the labor market.

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Amirov, Lochinbek Faizullaevich, Nargiza Turgunovna Shayusupova, Mavluda Turabovna Askarova, and Shahnoza Khamidovna Rahmatullayeva. "Priority Areas For The Development Of A Flexible Labor Market In Uzbekistan." American Journal of Applied sciences 3, no. 05 (May 7, 2021): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.37547/tajas/volume03issue05-01.

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The article discusses the main tasks of a flexible labor market and employment of the population in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The analysis of the dynamics of the structure of labor resources, the level of participation of the population of the Republic of Uzbekistan in the labor resources by sex, the dynamics of the level of employment and unemployed in the Republic of Uzbekistan. The main conclusion of the authors is that solving the problems of increasing the flexibility of the labor market and stimulating the reduction of illegal employment, growth of employment and efficiency of labor use, including by increasing the territorial mobility of labor resources.

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Viajar, Verna Dinah Q. "Implications of Economic Globalization on Labor Market Policies: A Comparative study of the Philippines and Indonesia." Philippine Political Science Journal 30, no. 1 (December 16, 2009): 89–122. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2165025x-03001004.

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This essay examines the implications of economic globalization on the labor markets in the Philippines and Indonesia. Today’s economic globalization characterized by liberalization of the market, privatization of state-owned enterprises, and minimal government intervention in the economy, results in job losses, retrenchments and irregular employment and rising wage differentials among workers. Both countries follow liberal economic policies that have constrained the state’s response in terms of labor market policies to mitigate the negative impact of economic globalization. Free market proponents consider as labor rigidities the state’s policy interventions in the labor market and the participation of trade unions. Labor flexibility and the free interplay of labor supply and demand are the ones valued in the liberalized labor market. Though constrained and weakened to address the economic restructuring brought about by globalization, the labor movements in the Philippines and Indonesia continue to find ways to develop new unionisms and strategies to organize themselves as social movements.

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Colombi, Ana Paula Fregnani, and José Dari Krein. "Labor Market and Labor Relations under the PT Governments." Latin American Perspectives 47, no. 2 (September 6, 2019): 47–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0094582x19875713.

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In its 12 years in government, Brazil’s Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers’ Party—PT) promoted inclusion through the labor market and through consumption with an increase in labor flexibility. Despite an increase in employment and incomes, the increase in the heterogeneity of the labor market and in flexibilization has resulted in a deepening of the insecurity and vulnerability of workers in line with the new trends that contemporary capitalism imposes on labor. These trends are being deepened in the postimpeachment situation. Em 12 anos de governo o PT promoveu um importante movimento de inclusão pelo mercado de trabalho e pelo consumo com avanço da flexibilidade laboral. Apesar do crescimento do emprego e da renda, o alargamento da heterogeneidade do mercado de trabalho e o avanço da flexibilização resultaram no aprofundamento da condição de insegurança e vulnerabilidade dos trabalhadores em linha com as novas tendências que o capitalismo contemporâneo impõe ao trabalho. Essas tendências estão sendo aprofundadas no cenário pós-impeachment.

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Houseman, Susan N. "Job Security v. Labor Market Flexibility: Is There a Tradeoff?" Employment Research 1, no. 1 (1994): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.17848/1075-8445.1(1)-1.

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Artha, I. Kadek Dian Sutrisna, and Jakob de Haan. "Labor Market Flexibility and the Impact of the Financial Crisis." Kyklos 64, no. 2 (April 13, 2011): 213–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-6435.2011.00503.x.

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Cuñat, Alejandro, and Marc J. Melitz. "VOLATILITY, LABOR MARKET FLEXIBILITY, AND THE PATTERN OF COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE." Journal of the European Economic Association 10, no. 2 (August 24, 2011): 225–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1542-4774.2011.01038.x.

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Livanos, Ilias, and Alexandros Zangelidis. "Unemployment, Labor Market Flexibility, and Absenteeism: A Pan-European Study." Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society 52, no. 2 (March 18, 2013): 492–515. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/irel.12021.

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Lawson, Robert A., and Edward Bierhanzl. "Labor market flexibility: An index approach to cross-country comparisons." Journal of Labor Research 25, no. 1 (March 2004): 117–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12122-004-1007-8.

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Rittich, Kerry. "Making natural markets: flexibility as labour market truth." Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 65, no. 3 (February 12, 2019): 323–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.53386/nilq.v65i3.219.

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Surdykowska, Barbara. "ZATRUDNIENIE W NIEPEŁNYM WYMIARZE CZASU PRACY." Zeszyty Prawnicze 8, no. 1 (June 23, 2017): 271. http://dx.doi.org/10.21697/zp.2008.8.1.13.

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Time-part Employment – Chances and ThreatsSummaryOver the last twenty years, an increasing share of employment across the EU countries has been made up of part time jobs. That is why the growth in part-time employment stands out as a prominent feature of modern labor markets. However, there are still remarkable differences in the relative volumes of the part-time employment share in different countries within the European Union.In recent years, the issue of labor market flexibility has become prominent in the debate over the labor market policy in Europe. The lack of dynamism in the flexibility of the labor markets within the EU countries, often characterized by a height share of long- term unemployment and stringent employment protection legislation, has frequently been blamed for the poor employment performance of the 80s and 90s.An increase in the rate of part-time work has been generally perceived as a positive development as it enables the employers to adjust work hours to the cyclical conditions more easily, facilitates an adjustment of production and labor costs as well as attracts people, who were previously unwilling or unable to work, towards the labor market. But one has to notice that some studies have found that part-time workers earn less than their full time colleagues, my be less likely to receive some benefits and face reduced chances for promotion.

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Cook, Peter. "The Labor Government's Industrial Relations Policy: Flexibility with Equity." Economic and Labour Relations Review 3, no. 1 (June 1992): 112–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/103530469200300108.

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The fundamental objective of the Government's industrial relations policy is to encourage and assist Australian companies and their employees to adopt work and management practices that will strengthen their capacity to compete successfully both in domestic and international markets. To this end we support co-operative and equitable workplace bargaining, with wage increases being linked to the reform of work practices and attitudes. Our support for decentralised bargaining is aimed at improving productivity by fostering a new workplace culture of striving for continuous improvement. We emphatically reject the view that such an outcome will be achieved by wholesale deregulation and reliance on unfettered market forces. The Government is committed, for both equity and efficiency reasons, to maintaining the Accord approach to wages policy. We are also committed to an independent Australian Industrial Relations Commission playing the vital role of protecting lower paid employees through the safety net of minimum award wages and conditions.

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Furaker, Bengt. "Towards Increasing Labour Market Flexibility." Acta Sociologica 29, no. 4 (October 1986): 349–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/000169938602900406.

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Cörvers, Frank, Rob Euwals, and Andries de Grip. "Flexibility of the Labour Market." De Economist 160, no. 2 (January 4, 2012): 83–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10645-011-9184-3.

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Grigorescu, Adriana, and Arina Mihaela Niculescu Diaconu. "Impact of Flexicurity Policies on the Romanian Labor Market." ECONOMICS 7, no. 1 (June 1, 2019): 7–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/eoik-2019-0003.

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Abstract Along with joining the EU and with the desire to be compatible with the European labor market, flexicurity begins to penetrate gradually the Romanian labor market, becoming a topical concept, an economic and social recovery tool. In the simplest possible way, flexicurity can be defined as the compromise between flexibility and work safety. The flexicurity principle was born as a solution to the European dilemma: how to increase the competitiveness of European enterprises in global competition without sacrificing the European social model. Although a gradual passage is attempted, the tradition of a profession inherited from one generation to another or a stable job still exists in the human resource mentality, but it no longer exists in the present society. The concept of flexicurity is relatively new, introduced in Europe in 2006, when the principles of flexicurity were developed, but they were implemented according to the economic specificity of each EU member state. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the effects that EU accession has had on the Romanian labor market and the subsequent steps to harmonize Romania with the European Union requirements from the point of view of human resources management, flexicurity at the labor market. In Romania, the flexicurity balance is balanced, in the sense that the trade unions support a broader level of security, and the employers tend to a greater degree of flexibility. In conclusion, the Romanian labor market to develop a high degree of flexicurity must aim at increasing employment and reducing long-term unemployment, promoting workplace security and reducing the rigidity of labor law, especially in case of voluntary dissolution of firms, or of collective redundancies. In addition, the flexibility of collective and individual work contracts is also sought.

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Hull, Clyde Eiríkur. "The Financial Impact of High-Performance Work Practices: The Moderating Effects of Labor Market Flexibility and Labor Market Efficiency." Contemporary Management Research 15, no. 4 (December 2019): 247–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.7903/cmr.19623.

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Song, Jiyeoun. "The Diverging Political Pathways of Labor Market Reform in Japan and Korea." Journal of East Asian Studies 12, no. 2 (May 2012): 161–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1598240800007827.

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In this article, I analyze diverging political pathways of labor market reform with an empirical focus on the cases of Japan and Korea. Despite similar trends of regulatory reform toward the increase of labor market flexibility, the patterns of labor market reform differed in the two countries. Japan adopted labor market liberalization for nonregular workers with the persistence of employment protection for regular workers. In contrast, Korea opted for regulatory reform for all workers while simultaneously strengthening workers' basic rights and improving protections for nonregular workers. I argue that the institutional features of the employment protection system determine the diverging patterns of labor market reform in Japan and Korea.

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Saez, Lawrence, and Zaad Mahmood. "Business and labor market flexibility in India: the importance of caste." Business and Politics 18, no. 2 (August 2016): 171–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/bap-2014-0045.

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Since the enactment of economic liberalization in India in the early 1990s, variation in investment climate and labor market reforms across sub-national states has been linked to the increasing relevance of business in policy making. This article argues that the influence of business on policy is conditioned by wider political dynamics. We argue that the reform orientation of states correspond to the position of business classes and caste-based groups within the support base of political parties. We show that caste identification plays an important role on the position of political parties towards business liberalization policies. Thus, we conclude that the relative power of business across the states appears to vary due to the relation between business and government, which in turn is structured by the salience of business castes as an electorally relevant group.

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Clement, Wallace, Axel van den Berg, Bengt Furaker, and Leif Johansson. "Labor Market Regimes and Patterns of Flexibility: A Sweden-Canada Comparison." Contemporary Sociology 28, no. 2 (March 1999): 189. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2654870.

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