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Constructing the composite indicator "quality of work" from the third European survey on working conditions
Zur Konstruktion des zusammengesetzten Indikators "Arbeitsqualität" aus der dritten europäischen Studie über Arbeitsbedingungen
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Abstract "The composite indicator 'Quality of work' for comparing European countries is constructed from data of the Third European Survey on Working Conditions. The main findings are as follows: (a) European countries differ with respect to working conditions statistically more significantly than with respe... view more
"The composite indicator 'Quality of work' for comparing European countries is constructed from data of the Third European Survey on Working Conditions. The main findings are as follows: (a) European countries differ with respect to working conditions statistically more significantly than with respect to earnings; it implies a quite accurate discrimination threshold in ranking countries with respect to quality of work, (b) working conditions and earnings positively depend over the whole of Europe but little correlate within single countries; it indicates at the prevailing role of national determinants over professional or social specificities as contributing to the average quality of work, (c) earnings play no role in subjective satisfaction from work which exclusively depends on working conditions; consequently, more attention should be paid to improving the latter, (d) working conditions of women are significantly better than that of men, which is explained by their inclination to service occupations. Processing ordinal rather than metrical data requires an addendum to the methodology of composite indicators. The corresponding mathematical model is proposed." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
quality; EU; income; international comparison; work satisfaction; working conditions; construction of indicators; labor; gender-specific factors
Classification
Methods and Techniques of Data Collection and Data Analysis, Statistical Methods, Computer Methods
Labor Market Research
Document language
English
Publication Year
2004
City
Düsseldorf
Page/Pages
73 p.
Series
WSI-Diskussionspapier, 132
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/10419/21573
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Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
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