Are there optimal global configurations of labour market flexibility and security?: Tackling the "flexicurity" oxymoron

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Miriam Abu Sharkh

Employment working paper, no. 15, ILO

2008

Abstract

labour flexibility

employment security

social security

definition

labour law

workers rights

developing countries

OECD countries

Analyses which types of labour market flexibility and security combinations - "flexicurity" - are advantageous and who benefits.

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Title: Are there optimal global configurations of labour market flexibility and security?; Tackling the "flexicurity" oxymoron
Creators: Miriam Abu Sharkh
Contributors: International Labour Organization. Employment Sector.
Publisher: ILO; Geneva
Date published: 2008
Series: Employment working paper; no. 15
Number of pages: 41 p. :statistics
ISBN: 9789221215363; 9789221215370
ISSN: 1999-2939.
Language: English
Asset Type: working paper
Record Identifier: 995218836202676
Table of contents: Introduction -- Literature discussion -- Hypotheses, definitions, indicators -- Data -- Sample: worldwide -- Methods: cluster analyses -- Results -- Conclusion.