Abstract
The research conducted within this paper focuses on the basic coordinates of flexicurity models for ten E.U. Member States in Central and Eastern Europe (C.E.E.), both through the efforts performed nationally within the framework of flexibility and security as well as by the flexicurity states, and effects on workers and the overall economic activity. The aim is to form clusters that will group the analysed countries according to their performances achieved under three basic flexicurity dimensions: external numerical flexibility, income security, and employment security. The results show that the C.E.E. countries have adopted different flexicurity models and associated measures, some focusing on improving flexibility by softening the employment protection legislation or designing flexible working arrangements, while others are concentrating more on employee protection with tight employment regulations (associated with relatively high degrees of income security) with different performances in terms of flexicurity output (states and effects) and labour market outcomes. The impact of various flexicurity measures upon labour productivity in C.E.E. countries is also extremely significant, being largely discussed within the paper.
Highlights
The world economy is significantly shaped by a complex and dynamic globalisation process that has decisively influenced the labour markets, inducing significant effects among various types of actors, mainly companies and individuals
The results show that the C.E.E. countries have adopted different flexicurity models and associated measures, some focusing on improving flexibility by softening the employment protection legislation or designing flexible working arrangements, while others are concentrating more on employee protection with tight employment regulations with different performances in terms of flexicurity output and labour market outcomes
The labour market performance under flexicurity strategies and policies represents a highly debated subject in literature, especially in terms of the effects induced upon socio-economic development and workers’ welfare within E.U
Summary
Cazes & Tonin, 2010; Heinz & Rusinova, 2011) From this perspective, the present research aims to identify and assess the basic coordinates of flexicurity models (external numerical flexibility, income and employment security) for ten E.U. Member States in Central and Eastern Europe and their interdependencies with labour productivity per person employed. The fourth section focuses on empirical results and discussions, being divided into two sub-sections according to the main objectives followed by the research performed: one sub-section identifies and evaluates flexicurity models for ten new E.U. Member States in Central and Eastern Europe based on cluster forming and analysis, while the other sub-section examines the effects induced by different measures of flexibility and security upon labour productivity per person employed. A large amount of information taking the form of tables and figures that justify the work undertaken are included in the Appendix
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