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- Edlund, Jonas, 1963-, et al.
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Protection of mutual interests? : employment protection and skill formation in different Labour Market regimes
- 2008
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In: European journal of industrial relations. - : SAGE Publications. - 0959-6801 .- 1461-7129. ; 14:3, s. 245-264
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The ‘varieties of capitalism’ school argues that firm-specific skills are more common in coordinated than in liberal economies and that appropriate training is facilitated by employment protection legislation. We compare the level of firm-specific skills across 21 countries with different capacities for labour market coordination. The data provide very limited support for the thesis, showing large variation among the coordinated countries. The results indicate ‘varieties of coordination’, which have different implications for the incidence and consequences of firm-specific skill. Improved operationalization of the skill concept seems urgent.
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- Edlund, Jonas, 1963-
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The work-family time squeeze : conflicting demands of paid and unpaid work among working couples in 29 countries
- 2007
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In: International Journal of Comparative Sociology. - Leiden : Brill. - 0020-7152 .- 1745-2554. ; 48:6, s. 451-480
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The article analyzes work—family balance among working couples in 29 countries using data from ISSP 2002. Arguments derived from theories on family regimes and modernization are tested. The results indicate that respondents can be categorized into three clusters. The first comprises those having a work—family balance; the second, those having an occupational work-overload; and the third, those having a dual work-overload (i.e. those experiencing too strong demands from both work and family responsibilities). Across countries, cluster sizes vary tremendously. The results indicate that the wealth of a country is strongly associated with the likelihood of achieving a balanced work—family situation. Although the overall probability increases with economic wealth, the relative disadvantage for women compared to men persists. The female disadvantage is mainly a higher risk of occupational overload in the rich countries, whereas in poorer countries there is a higher risk of being in a dual work-overload situation. Among the wealthy industrialized democracies, a balanced work—family situation is more common in the familialist German-linguistic country grouping, followed by the Nordic countries characterized by de-familialization. Market-oriented countries perform less well. Within the perspective of the theory on family regimes, the similarity between the familialist and the de-familialist regimes is an unexpected result.
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- Hult, Carl, 1953-, et al.
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Age and labour market commitment in West Germany, Denmark, Norway and Sweden
- 2008
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In: Work, Employment and Society. - : BSA Publications Ltd.. - 0950-0170 .- 1469-8722. ; 22:1, s. 109-128
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- This study examines age differences in non-financial employment commitment in two types of `exit cultures'. Germany and Denmark represent the `early'-exit culture where early retirement has become the norm. Sweden and Norway represent the `late'-exit culture where labour market activity until advanced age is more common. The categorization of countries corresponds to the time for data collection (1997). The main question is whether suggested differences in exit culture are manifested in age differences in non-financial employment commitment. The claim that age differences in commitment relate to exit culture received some support. In the two early-exit countries, the probability for men to display low employment commitment was found to increase at the age of 43—54. Also women in these countries dropped in commitment but first at 55+. In the two late-exit countries there was no important loss in commitment related to the middle or old age groups.
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