Title Identifying the Main Determinants of Part-Time Employment in EU Countries /
Authors Miežienė, Rasa ; Krutulienė, Sandra ; Gruževskis, Boguslavas
DOI 10.2478/revecp-2021-0007
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Is Part of Review of economic perspectives / Masaryk University.. „De Gruyter“ grupė. 2021, 21, 2, p. 151-171.. ISSN 1213-2446. eISSN 1804-1663
Keywords [eng] part-time employment ; part-time work ; cyclical factors ; political and institu-tional factors ; structural factors
Abstract [eng] The article analyses the prevalence of part-time employment in different EU countries with a focus on the factors affecting the rate of part-time employment across the EU. Based on the literature review, a distinction is made between three groups of factors that are relevant for the rate of part-time employment, in particular, cyclical fac-tors, political and institutional factors, and structural factors. The article analyses how these factors influence part-time employment rates in EU countries. The linear regression analysis based on EU-28 macroeconomic data for the period of 2007-2018 has shown that all three groups of determinants (i.e. cyclical, political and institutional as well as struc-tural factors) affect the rate of part-time employment in the EU-28. Part-time employment is a complex phenomenon which depends on a number of factors. However, the regres-sion analysis has found that the following political and institutional as well as structural independent variables are also significant predictors of part-time employment rates in EU Member States (EU-28): average annual wages, the tax rate on low wage earners, expend-itures on children and family benefits as a percentage of gross domestic product, trade union density, and the activity rate of people aged 15-24 and 55-64. Cyclical factors (the unemployment rate in Model (1) and real GDP per capita in Model (2)) have also been found to have a significant effect on part-time employment in EU-28 countries.
Published „De Gruyter“ grupė
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2021
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