Examining policy configurations as conditions for long-term unemployment and non-standard employment in OECD countries using fuzzy-set analysis
This paper investigates how particular configurations of institutional conditions cause high rate of long-term unemployment and non-standard employment rate for 18 OECD countries during the period of 2001–2008. The paper aims to investigate how employment protection legislation (EPL), unemployment benefit and statutory minimum wages are associated with long-term unemployment and non-standard employment. Using the fuzzy-set analysis, the paper examines how the combination of policies matters in causing long-term unemployment and/or non-standard employment. The result suggests that a low level of statutory minimum wage can lead to high levels of non-standard employment in combination with either strict EPL for permanent workers or weak EPLs for temporary workers. The long-term unemployment rate is suggested to be high when there is strict EPL for temporary workers in combination with high levels of statutory minimum wage. This paper highlights the importance of examining multiple policies as configuration. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2013
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Volume (Year): 47 (2013)
Issue (Month): 6 (October)
Pages: 3521-3536
| Handle: | RePEc:spr:qualqt:v:47:y:2013:i:6:p:3521-3536 |
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