Identifying Resilient and Non-Resilient Labour Conditions in Europe Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Sandra Martínez Molina, Paula Sabater Pavía and Jorge Garcés Ferrer
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Sandra Martínez Molina: Department of Bussiness, Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Spain

European Journal of Marketing and Economics Articles, 2023, vol. 6

Abstract: Based on the concept of labour market resilience, this paper is aimed to determine the combination of initial conditions behind resilient and non-resilient labour markets after the financial crisis in 2008 in Europe. We start from the assumption that some initial conditions in 2007 are crucial to achieve a specific labour result when a shock appears. In this sense, the effect of temporary employment in cyclical sectors, labour market flexibility, the level of education among the workforce, and the expenditure on Labour Market Policies (LMP) have been tested using crisp-set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (csQCA) in 25 European countries. Whilst our results do not explain labour market resilience in its entirety, we have found a model explaining 85 percent of the non-resilient cases. These findings suggest that the different levels of initial conditions may have prompted dissimilar labour adjustments with varying success rates in dealing with the job losses.

Keywords: resilience; labour market; economic crisis; crisis effects; Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA); European Union. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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DOI: 10.26417/ejes.v6i1.p129-141

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