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Identifying the Main Determinants of Part-Time Employment in EU Countries
- Source :
- Review of Economic Perspectives, Vol 21, Iss 2, Pp 151-171 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Sciendo, 2021.
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Abstract
- The article analyses the prevalence of part-time employment in different EU countries with a focus on the factors affecting the rate of part-time employment across the EU. Based on the literature review, a distinction is made between three groups of factors that are relevant for the rate of part-time employment, in particular, cyclical factors, political and institutional factors, and structural factors. The article analyses how these factors influence part-time employment rates in EU countries. The linear regression analysis based on EU-28 macroeconomic data for the period of 2007-2018 has shown that all three groups of determinants (i.e. cyclical, political and institutional as well as structural factors) affect the rate of part-time employment in the EU-28. Part-time employment is a complex phenomenon which depends on a number of factors. However, the regression analysis has found that the following political and institutional as well as structural independent variables are also significant predictors of part-time employment rates in EU Member States (EU-28): average annual wages, the tax rate on low wage earners, expenditures on children and family benefits as a percentage of gross domestic product, trade union density, and the activity rate of people aged 15-24 and 55-64. Cyclical factors (the unemployment rate in Model (1) and real GDP per capita in Model (2)) have also been found to have a significant effect on part-time employment in EU-28 countries.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 18041663
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Review of Economic Perspectives
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.ff0626bf698a4bd6946c4e3c19f3b807
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2478/revecp-2021-0007