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Job Quality in OECD Countries – An improvement between 1997 and 2015 but both stressful work and hard work increased
The distribution of job quality across workers and the change in job quality over time can be measured by job-domain indices or single-index job-satisfaction. We have analysed the changes in job quality in OECD countries over a twenty-year period, where job quality is measured both via indices of a number of specific job characteristics and … Continue reading
Measuring Job Quality in UK – The final report of the Working Group
The UK current performs strongly on job creation, with each record low unemployment statistic celebrated in the national media. But why do we not have any similar measures for understanding quality of work and how we can make work better? The Carnegie UK Trust-RSA Working Group on Measuring Job Quality has brought together representatives from … Continue reading
Job Quality in Canada – About 30% of all workers were predicted to hold a high-quality job
This study assesses job quality in Canada using an internationally inspired multidimensional framework that covers six broad aspects: income and benefits, career prospects, work intensity, working-time quality, skills and discretion, and social environment. The analysis uses the 2016 General Social Survey, which collected a rich set of information on working conditions in Canada. A total … Continue reading
Unemployment benefits has a positive effect on the quality of jobs that recipients find research says
The generosity of unemployment insurance is often cited as a reason for long spells of joblessness. But this view neglects other important, and potentially positive, economic aspects of such programmes. Using Austrian data, this column presents evidence that unemployment insurance has a positive effect on the quality of jobs that recipients find. This can in … Continue reading
Canada – Job quality is now at a record low CIBC finds
Job quality in Canada is now at a record low and showing little sign it will turn around in the near future, finds CIBC’s latest Canadian Employment Quality Index. The index, which measures the quality of employment from a compensation perspective, shows declines in all measures and indicates the drop in Canadian job quality is … Continue reading
Job Quality in Europe – Groups with multiple disadvantages
This report, based on data from the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), aims at identifying occupations in Europe that have multiple disadvantages, thereby making it difficult for people to stay in these jobs. Occupations where job quality is consistently low are labelled ‘occupations with multiple disadvantages’. These occupations score relatively poorly on all four … Continue reading
US – Quality jobs outlook best in more than six years Gallup finds
More than one in three Americans (35%) say now is a good time to find a quality job. While not high on an absolute basis, this percentage is the highest since December 2007, the starting point of the Great Recession. The jobs measure has been improving in the past few months, and increased seven percentage … Continue reading
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