Cross-National Variations in the Security Gap: Perceived Job Insecurity among Temporary and Permanent Employees and Employment Protection Legislation
Cross-National Variations in the Security Gap: Perceived Job Insecurity among Temporary and Permanent Employees and Employment Protection Legislation
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DOI：
10.1093/esr/jcx067
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发表时间：
2017-10-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Balz, Anne
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作者：
Balz, Anne
经常显示，临时雇员普遍认为他们的工作不安全感高于长期雇员。然而，各国在这一职业保障差距方面存在很大差异。本文涉及这方面的知识，并通过关注这些国家的差异，并询问就业保护立法（EPL）的强度对工作保障差距的大小和解释国家差异的作用。发达的假设表明，两个组成部分的就业保障条款，表明长期和临时雇员之间的“保护差距”，以及使用临时合同的具体规定，将增加就业保障差距。使用2004年和2010年欧洲社会调查的数据以及经济合作与发展组织的就业法规数据对这些假设进行了测试。与现有的研究相比，本文提供了一个更详细的看工作保障条款和临时就业法规的可操作性，提出了一个替代的测量，这是更密切相关的理论论据。通过使用这种更详细的操作，多层次模型表明，差距在感知的工作保障之间的临时和永久雇员系统的EPL的两个组成部分增加。
It is often shown that temporary employees generally perceive their job insecurity to be higher than permanent employees. However, substantial variations in this perceived job security gap exist between countries. This article engages with this knowledge and adds to it by focusing on these country variations and asking what role the strength of employment protection legislation (EPL) has both on the size of the job security gap and in explaining country differences. The developed hypotheses suggest that the two components of EPL-job security provisions, indicating the 'protection gap' between permanent and temporary employees as well as specific regulations on the use of temporary contracts-will increase the job security gap. These hypotheses are tested using data from the European Social Survey for 2004 and 2010 and data on employment regulations from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Compared to existing studies, this article offers a more detailed look at the operationalization of job security provisions and regulations on temporary employment-proposing an alternative measurement which is more closely related to the theoretical arguments. By using this more elaborate operationalization, the multilevel model shows that the gap in perceived job security between temporary and permanent employees systematically increases with respect to the two components of EPL.