Measuring more than money: the social economics of job quality
"Mainstream economics traditionally restricts the analysis of the labor market to purely monetary factors, such as earnings, leaving aside many other characteristics which might affect the desirability of certain jobs. By contrast, this original book aims to explore the alternatives and problem...
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| Institution: | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham
2011
Edward Elgar |
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| author | Fernández Macías, Enrique Antón, José-Ignacio Esteve, Fernando Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael |
| author_facet | Fernández Macías, Enrique Antón, José-Ignacio Esteve, Fernando Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael |
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| description | "Mainstream economics traditionally restricts the analysis of the labor market to purely monetary factors, such as earnings, leaving aside many other characteristics which might affect the desirability of certain jobs. By contrast, this original book aims to explore the alternatives and problems faced by researchers in quantifying and measuring a broader notion of job quality. The main objective is to analyze the different approaches to measurement and to analyze both the advantages and disadvantages of the various methods within a European context. Specifically, the book presents a unique new index of job quality and applies it to the EU Member States. The index proves particularly useful to measure the differences in job quality by country, occupation, gender and age.
Based on solid theory and data, this book will prove essential for postgraduate students, researchers and academics of labor economics, sociology, industrial relations, and European studies as it presents a coherent discussion of the concept and components of job quality, and of the difficulties of measuring it. The book also proposes a new aggregate index of job quality that can contribute to the evaluation of European employment policies and performance that will appeal to European policy circles." |
| format | TEXT |
| geographic | developed countries EU countries |
| id | 19134697124919528799_c1ffec954f014024a8a3b6bb4f21bf93 |
| institution | ETUI-European Trade Union Institute |
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| is_hierarchy_title | Measuring more than money: the social economics of job quality |
| language | English |
| physical | VI, 281 p. Paper |
| publishDate | 2011 |
| publisher | Cheltenham Edward Elgar |
| spellingShingle | Fernández Macías, Enrique Antón, José-Ignacio Esteve, Fernando Muñoz de Bustillo, Rafael job satisfaction measurement quality of working life working conditions Measuring more than money: the social economics of job quality |
| title | Measuring more than money: the social economics of job quality |
| topic | job satisfaction measurement quality of working life working conditions |
| url | https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19134697124919528799-Measuring-more-than-money-the-.htm |