Work In European Countries Research Articles

Wage Differences between Atypical and Standard Workers in European Countries: Moving beyond Average Effects

AbstractThis article provides a detailed picture of wage differences between atypical and standard workers across the wage distribution. It compares two distinct types of atypical employment, part-time and temporary employment, and examines seven European countries. Using 2016 EU-SILC data, the article presents quantile regression estimates of wage gaps associated with atypical employment across the wage distribution. The results show that wage patterns associated with different types of atypical employment are diverse and complex. Temporary employment is associated with significant wage penalties that decrease but largely remain significant towards the upper end of the wage distribution. In contrast, wage differences between part-time and full-time workers are smaller and range from part-time penalties at lower deciles of the wage distribution to non-significant differences or premiums at the top. These results suggest that different mechanisms may drive wage differences associated with different types of atypical employment. In particular, the article highlights the role of occupation in affecting atypical workers’ labour market position and, consequently, wages relative to standard workers. Overall, the significant heterogeneity in atypical employment and its wage consequences calls into question the usefulness of the concept as a unifying category for research.

Dark skin, hourglass figure: The sexualisation of Black women in the Dutch sex industry

Abstract This article explores racial performance and the hypersexualisation of Black women in the Dutch sex industry. In the global sex trade, racialised women are constantly regarded as victims of sex trafficking without any agency, particularly migrant sex workers in European countries. While there is plenty of literature on how racial hierarchy affects Black women in the U.S. sex industry, such relevant research is lacking in Europe. In this explorative research, I deconstruct the images of Black women and set its narrative in the Netherlands. With semi-directive and in-depth interviews, I intend to highlight how Black sex workers perform images of Blackness and racial stereotypes when seducing male clients. My theoretical framework includes Patricia Hill Collins’s ‘controlling images’, Gloria Wekker’s ‘cultural archive’, Philomena Essed’s ‘everyday racism’, and Sunita Patel’s ‘racial performance’.

Work-related mental health: current state of the art (literature review)

Introduction. Mental health is an integral part of health, and its disorders are fraught with social and economic costs for the individual and society. According to WHO, depression is the most common disease and the leading cause of disability globally; it affects 350 million people. The analysis of new data and concepts on these issues is relevant. The aim of the work is to study the problem of stress at work and mental health disorders with an analysis of the concept of allostasis and allostatic load as an integral indicator of stress. A literature search was conducted through September 2020 using the Scopus (https://www.scopus.com/home.uri) and MedLine/PubMed (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed) scientific literature databases. Key search terms included “mental health problems,” “mental health in the workplace,” “working condition,” “anxiety,” “burnout,” and “depression. Full-text articles published in English in journals with DOIs were reviewed. There are considered work-related stressors, also called psychosocial risks. Data on the types and amounts of medico-social damage from mental health disorders in European countries and the United States are presented. The Italian experience in limiting work-related stress is reviewed in detail. There are given examples of legislation to restrict psychosocial risks at work in European countries, as well as patterns of recognition of the connection between mental disorders and work. The biomedical paradigm shift - from homeostasis to allostasis - is analyzed, and allostasis and allostatic load is described as integral indicator of chronic work stress. Despite an abundance of work on anxiety and depression, there is no unity in the literature in understanding the mechanisms and stages of mental health disorders from stress at work. It is not clear what better reflects the effects of chronic work-related stress: allostatic stress or metabolic syndrome. Stress, depression and burnout - what is the relation between them? We can discuss a logical chain: occupational risk factors - fatigue, stress - depression, burnout, health disorder, and occupational deformity. The questions of ICD-11, expected to appear in 2021, and, in particular, burnout syndrome, are outlined. The possibilities of information technologies and the Internet in preventing and treating mental health disorders are considered. Conclusions. The increasing role of stress problems in the life of modern society is noted. The methods of psychosocial risk factors limitation and mental health disorders diagnostics need to be developed. Internet-based programs for the preservation and promotion of mental health (e-MentalHealth) are promising.

THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF TRAINING FUTURE SOCIAL WORKERS IN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

The article considers the experience of training future social workers in European countries. The role and significance of positive foreign experience of professional training in European countries – Germany, France, Poland, Britain are substantiated; Scandinavian countries – Sweden, Netherlands, Finland. The aim of the article is to analyze the theory and practice of training social workers in European countries. Research methods used: analysis − to study scientific sources on the research topic, comparison − to explain the scientific positions of various authors, interpretation − to make a scientific commentary on scientific sources. It is established that despite the commonality of individual European trends in the training of social workers, each European country has its own, unique experience of this training, and its own specifics of professional activities of social workers, given the priority social problems in society. The main priorities of professional training of social workers in European countries, which contribute to the formation of students' readiness for effective interaction in the professional sphere: variability of curricula, a wide range of specializations, a wide range of forms and methods of practical training, a large amount of training time for internships and etc. It is noted that the practice of pre-professional social work at the level of volunteering, participation in certain social projects, etc. is important for the training of social workers, which is a prerequisite for admission to the specialty «Social Work» in many European countries. It is concluded that in the practice of training future social workers in different countries, students receive the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to implement interaction in its various organizational and substantive aspects (primarily with different subjects of social protection), instead of the pedagogical content of such interaction not specifically distinguished.

Current state of innovative development of Russian wine

The article provides a retrospective study of the development of the innovative state of the country’s wine industry. The negative moments of the past and prospects for further development are indicated. The main southern regions of Russia, which are famous for the cultivation of grapes and the production of wine, are considered. A comparative assessment of the wine-making industry of the southern regions of Russia with neighboring regions is carried out. The characteristics of the largest wine-making enterprises of the Republic of Crimea, Krasnodar Territory and Rostov Region are given. The dynamics of wine production in the Republic of Crimea for the period 2013-2019 is given. The analysis of the results of the impact of scientific and technological progress, namely: the work of innovation centers aimed at training qualified personnel, winemakers, which will help improve the results of the economic activities of winemaking enterprises. Examples of such work in European countries are given.

Perceived Job Insecurity and Anxiety. A Multilevel Analysis on Male and Female Workers in European Countries.

A growing body of evidence has been produced on the adverse effects of job insecurity on health and well-being. Current research in the field conveys a few concerns, some of which are related to gender and cross-national differences in the experience of job insecurity. In order to fill these gaps this study draws on three waves (2005, 2010, 2015) of the European Working Conditions Survey and investigates, using mixed-effects logistic regression: (i) the relationship between anxiety and perceived job insecurity; and whether such relationship: (ii) is different for men and women; (iii) and varies across European countries. Results indicate that male and female workers perceiving the risk of involuntary job loss have similar odds of reporting anxiety. Furthermore, the variance in slopes across countries, relative to the general trend, is significant but modest, too, thus suggesting that the relationship under investigation is fairly similar across European countries. Implications of the findings for future research and practice are discussed.

Occupational safety and health of factory workers in European countries in the nineteenth century: historical and legal analysis

ABSTRACT Historical and legal analysis of factory workers’ occupational safety and health in Europe in the nineteenth century has been carried out. In particular, the main causes of industrial injury and occupational diseases among factory workers of those times were analyzed and classified. The main negative consequences of child labor in factories are determined. The distribution of industrial injury and occupational diseases by age group is shown. The influence of labor conditions at the factories on the health of the descendants of factory workers of those times was analyzed. The features of the organization of control over compliance with the safety requirements of workers’ health are highlighted. The issues of introduction of legal regulation of factory workers’ safety and health, as well as child labor regulation (i.e. working hours limits and working conditions regulation) in factories, are analyzed. The issues of implementation of legislation that established compensations for factory workers in the event of industrial injury and occupational diseases of those times are analyzed.

Underemployment and well-being in Europe

This article examines the consequences of underemployment for the well-being of workers in European countries. Previous studies of the impact of underemployment on well-being have tended to focus on a single country or occupational group and have examined single dimensions of underemployment. This article, by contrast, examines experiences across several European economies and explores two different dimensions of underemployment: the gap between hours of work and workers’ desired hours and the underutilisation of their skills and abilities. The article uses data from the 2015 European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) and explains the consequences of underemployment for well-being by drawing on the international comparative political economy literature, particularly the theorisation and analysis of comparative employment and welfare regimes. We find that while underemployment is generally associated with lower levels of well-being, the nature and strength of relationships between different dimensions of underemployment and well-being vary between employment regimes. The article also highlights the detrimental consequences of ‘overemployment’ for workers’ well-being, and shows that the well-being of women tends to be lower than that of men, regardless of employment regime.

Problems of Overcoming Poverty in the World and in Ukraine (on the Example of Volunteering and Voluntourism)

The article deals with the global problems of our time. One of them is poverty. The purpose of the article is to study the problem of poverty and determine the priority directions and forms of overcoming it in Ukraine based on the study of world experience. Poverty is a multifaceted socio-economic phenomenon inherent in any country in the world, regardless of the level of its economic development. The compulsory social insurance mechanism, which provides for high pensions, unemployment benefits, childcare and quality medical care (including volunteer), is widely used in the world to fight poverty. The problem of overcoming poverty requires further theoretical and methodological substantiation. It is important to take into account the peculiarities, interconnection and experience of economic, social and political solutions to the problem at the international and national levels. The study of the forms of overcoming poverty and the negative consequences of the impoverishment of the population and the influence of these processes on the development of the economy and social life requires special attention. In the course of the study, the essence of the category of poverty, its causes, concepts and indicators for the study of poverty, which are used in world practice, are considered. It is shown that the positive role of social integration in overcoming poverty is determined on the basis of identifying and analyzing the possibilities of introducing effective mechanisms of public administration in Ukraine to prevent the negative consequences of poverty on the basis of foreign experience. The level of poverty is considered and the ways of solving the problem of poverty in modern conditions are substantiated. Poverty indicators are assessed in the EU and Ukraine. The directions of poverty reduction, which Ukraine should achieve, are considered, namely: economic growth; updating the minimum wage and minimum wage, pensions to realistic values; GDP growth and an increase in the human development index; reduction of inflation, taxes, unemployment. It is shown that with the introduction of a visa-free regime, citizens of Ukraine have the opportunity to work in European countries. This increases the income of Ukrainian families and reduces the level of poverty in the country. Another area of overcoming poverty is non-traditional forms of employment, including online work, the performers of which, as a rule, spend less time on assigned tasks and earn more than the minimum income. It is shown that world experience demonstrates the possibility of overcoming poverty in society as a whole and its strata through the development of volunteering and voluntourism.

Sickness Benefit Rules and Work Absence: An Empirical Study Based on European Data

A partir des données de l’ European Working Conditions Survey de 2010, cette étude s’intéresse aux déterminants des absences au travail pour raisons de santé dans les pays européens. L’accent est mis sur l’impact des règles d’indemnisation des arrêts maladie. Cinq paramètres du système d’indemnisation sont pris en compte : l’obligation ou non de fournir un certificat médical dès le premier jour d’absence, la durée minimale d’affiliation au régime d’assurance sociale, l’existence ou non d’un délai de carence, le niveau d’indemnisation et la durée maximale de versement des indemnités maladie. Les comportements d’absence des salariés sont analysés à l’aide de régres sions logistiques multiniveaux. Les résultats montrent que les écarts entre pays dans la probabilité d’absence au travail peuvent en partie s’expliquer par les différences de législation en matière d’indemnisation des arrêts maladie. Le fait que le salaire soit intégralement maintenu par l’employeur en cas de maladie est l’élément le plus déterminant. Comme attendu, dans les pays où cette règle s’applique, la propension à s’absenter est significativement plus élevée.

ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ПРОФЕСІЙНОЇ ПІДГОТОВКИ СОЦІАЛЬНИХ ПРАЦІВНИКІВ ІЗ СОЦІАЛЬНОГО ЗАХИСТУ ПРАВ МОЛОДІ В КРАЇНАХ ЄВРОПИ

The analysis of the status of vocational training of social workers in European countries has shown that the training of specialists in the social sphere is based on social requirements and conceptual approaches, on the basis of which theoretical training of specialists is conducted taking into account the requirements of social practice. Social workers in European countries can work in a variety of institutions, regardless of their departmental affiliation, both in the field of social protection, in the healthcare, education, ministries for youth and sports, and other institutions. The activities of both social worker and social educator are oriented towards work with all categories of the population, children, adults, their families, the elderly; is aimed at activating socio-cultural and socio-pedagogical functions of society, family, community and individuals. Social workers in European countries face the same challenges and challenges in the process of their practical activity: — professionally advocate the interests of young people and citizens who can not do it on their own and need help; — show personal interest in organizing the control of the protection of a particular young person and to accompany the situation throughout the necessary period of life; — organize and support the stimulation of youth to develop constructive activity, own forces using personal reserves; — promote the emergence of a young man’s sympathy for other people who need help and intensify their activities in this direction; — take preventive measures in the social strata of young people and independently offer assistance; — pay attention to the authorities to factors that adversely affect certain social groups of the population and can have serious consequences, suggest ways of their prevention or mitigation; — influence local and central authorities in order to improve social protection of citizens. In order to successfully develop the system of vocational training of social workers in social protection of young people in Ukraine, it is necessary to study international experience, first of all European countries, as closer to certain factors of the mentality of societies and according to the state strategy of Ukraine for European integration. However, it is necessary to use the experience of European countries in the system of national higher education, taking into account political and socio-economic differences, including in cultural and historical traditions. The key goal of the social worker should be to create the greatest psychological comfort and protect the young person, and in the process of achieving this goal, it is necessary to unite the efforts of all specialists of the social-pedagogical and social sphere. The result of the work of social workers should be not only an effective system of social protection and assistance, but also ensuring the process of self-development of the individual.

Exploring the ‘new worlds’ of (late?) retirement in Europe

After a long period of promoting early retirement, European societies have recently started to implement various reforms aimed at fostering a longer working life. Yet cross-national variations in older workers' employment remain, as institutional path dependency, socio-economic climate and persistent retirement culture have not allowed all countries to implement reforms to the same degree. In our paper, we provide an up-to-date international overview of country-specific contexts that support or hinder the employment of older workers in European countries. To this end, we use information on labour market, pension, and welfare policies that affect older workers' employment opportunities and retirement decisions. Adding to previous research, we contrast these “structural” indicators with selected “cultural” evidence from the European Survey data (Eurobarometer, European Social Survey) reflecting recent trends in retirement-related attitudes, perceptions and preferences. The available data allow for an unusually broad geographical scope, encompassing both Western European and Eastern European societies. Using these data, we perform a hierarchical cluster analysis to identify the specific types of “retirement regimes”. Finally, we relate these “new worlds of retirement” to the differentiation of “early” versus “late” exit regimes suggested by earlier literature to identify the forerunners and laggards in the gradual transition towards later retirement in Europe.

Breastfeeding Duration, Social and Occupational Characteristics of Mothers in the French ‘EDEN Mother–Child’ Cohort

Socio-demographic characteristics of mothers have been associated with exclusive breastfeeding duration, but little is known about the association with maternal full- and part-time employment and return to work in European countries. To study the associations between breastfeeding, any and almost exclusive (infants receiving breast milk as their only milk) breastfeeding, at 4 months of infant's age and the socio-demographic and occupational characteristics of mothers. We used the EDEN mother-child cohort, a prospective study of 2002 singleton pregnant women in two French university hospitals. We selected all mothers (n = 1,339) who were breastfeeding at discharge from the maternity unit. Data on feeding practices were collected at the maternity unit and by postal questionnaires at 4, 8 and 12 months after the birth. Among infants breastfed at discharge, 93% were still receiving any breastfeeding (83% almost exclusive breastfeeding) at the 3rd completed week of life, 78% (63%) at the 1st completed month, and 42% (20%) at the 4th completed month. Time of return to work was a major predictor for stopping breastfeeding: the sooner the mothers returned to work, the less they breastfed their babies at 4 months of infant's age, independently of full-time or part-time employment. The association was stronger for almost exclusive breastfeeding mothers than for any breastfeeding ones. In a society where breastfeeding is not the norm, women may have difficulties combining work and breastfeeding. Specific actions need to be developed and assessed among mothers who return to work and among employers.

Housework and Gender Inequality in European Countries

The article focuses on the impact of religion and technological developments on the sharing of domestic work in European countries. Religious beliefs and practices have a significant impact on gender roles, as those who are more religious are more likely to support traditional gender work division. Some religions are more likely to encourage traditional family patterns, with the Christian Orthodox tradition having the most conservative views on gender roles, while Protestants are the most liberal. On the other hand, technological development has a direct impact on housework, by reducing the total amount of time dedicated to the domestic chores and by increasing the women's involvement in the formal labour market. Previous studies have provided explanations based either on relative resources theory, gender ideology or by combining them with some countries characteristics such as welfare regime or gender equality, when predicting a partner's contribution to chores. Using multi-level regression models, we will test the effect of country's level of technological development and of religious orientation on housework division in 24 European countries. The analysis reveals the importance of country's technological development, religious culture, and individual religious beliefs.

Need for Rehabilitation Teamwork Training in Europe

Teamwork is the cornerstone of rehabilitation medicine. Rehabilitation workers in European countries are well educated in their own disciplines and attain appropriate professional knowledge; however, they lack educational opportunities for acquiring skills and attitudes necessary for effective teamwork, mainly communication, cooperation, and leadership. Consequently, teamwork is compromised and rehabilitation effectiveness reduced. Therefore, training in these components of professional competence needs scaling up in order to increase their impact on rehabilitation care.

Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe — A Survey

programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance, and employment subsidies. The results are remarkably uniform across studies. We relate the results to the relevant level of female labor force participation. We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance, and employment subsidies. The results are remarkably uniform across studies. We relate the results to the relevant level of female labor force participation. Keywords: job search, female labor supply, wages, unemployment, schooling, training, monitoring, participation.

Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey

We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance, and employment subsidies. The results are remarkably uniform across studies. We relate the results to the relevant level of female labor force participation.

Tendances de la vulgarisation dans les pays européens

Trends of extension work in european countries - In most European countries the services responsible for extension-work have evolved in much the same way, though to varying degrees, since the end of the second World War. The nature of the knowledge required by farmers has gradually changed with the greater structurisation and organisation of farming. From being purely technical information it first became help in decision-making on the level of the individual farm and then, recently, it became help in decision-making on the level of a whole economic field {a production branch or agricultural region). At the same time the extension-worker became first an advisory expert {which is what he still is in many countries) and then « an expert in agricultural development ». This evolution, which poses many problems for extension-work, may have a profound influence on its organisation. Above all it leads to the need to establish new and closer contacts between agricultural research and extension- work. This new relationship is the result of two requirements: (a) Research ought to play a part in the perfectioning of the means of analysing and managing these complex socio-economic units that are the field of action of the new form of extension-work — (just as it helped extension- work to perfect the means of managing farm businesses). (b) In return, research programmes ought to be directly influenced by the technical problems that the development programmes, set up by farmers and extension-workers, bring to light. The present effort to define the new roles of research and extension-work in agricultural development, could benefit from the countries concerned exchanging views on their experiences. The writer then lists five wishes he describes as «naive». (1) Development, though often a necessity, is not an end in itself. But training in personal, individual thought and action in a « conditioning » world has its own intrinsic value and is an end in itself. (2) Complete, honest, objective information is the complement of this form of training. This kind of information and training would rid development of the need to direct and orientate, which is at present its role. The ANDA funds ought to be entirely devoted to these two primordial activities. (3) But the official bodies that are to organise these ac tivities are means and not ends ; they must therefore be constantly challenged and questioned. Nevertheless those working within these structures m ust not be the victims of. this mobility and adaptability. In this field everything has yet to be invented. (4) Research, the basis of development, must be a privileged activity. But that also means demanding more of it and challenging it. More should also be demanded of the Universities. Both must be linked to the real life of the country. (5) All the above-mentioned bodies must be obliged to obey Golden Rule of pragmatism and the observation of reality. True progress is a spiral : research-workers, advisors and those implementing their results or advice constantly check each others' work and are a source of intellectual stimulation for each other.