Working papers
Working papers are published regularly and provide analysis on a series of labour market issues, the social dialogue, the europeanisation of worker participation and economic and social policies.
WP 2008.07
Job quality in Europe
By Janine Leschke and Andrew Watt
The ETUI has created a job quality index (JQI) in order to shed light on whether the goal of more jobs has been pursued at the cost of better jobs and how European countries compare with each other with regard to job quality. This Paper outlines some of the initial results of what will be a regular monitoring exercise.
WP 2008.06
Labour cooperation or labour conflict in the enlarged EU? Trade union responses to the rise of the automotive industry in Central-Eastern Europe
By Magdalena Bernaciak
This paper examines how Western and CEE trade unions are coping with intensifying cross-border competition. It asks what strategies they employ to increase or preserve employment levels and to improve working conditions in a transnationally competitive environment.
WP 2008.05
Wage differentials across sectors in Europe: an east-west comparison
By François Rycx, Ilan Tojerow and Daphné Valsamis
This working paper examines wage differentials across sectors in Eastern and Western European countries using harmonised data from the 2002 European structure of earnings survey.
WP 2008.04
Between innovation and ambiguity. The role of flexicurity in labour market analysis and policy making
By Maarten Keune
'Flexicurity’ has become a core concept in the European labour market debate. This working paper argues that the concept of flexicurity appears ill-defined and highly ambiguous concerning its role in informing policy.
WP 2008.03
Putting a number on job quality? Constructing a European job quality index
By Janine Leschke and Andrew Watt, with Mairead Finn
The ETUI has created a European Job Quality Index (JQI). This working paper outlines the choice of data and variables as well as the data processing.
WP 2008.02
How do trade unions interact with the European Parliament? A descriptive analysis
By Marton Kovacs
This working paper investigates the current relationship between the European Parliament and the European trade unions, and outlines the challenges from the trade union point of view.
WP 2008.01
EU enlargement and social standards: exporting the European Social Model?
By Maarten Keune
To what extent is the European Union actively disseminating a social model via enlargement? This working paper examines the social effects of the transposition and implementation of the acquis communautaire, taking account of the (hard and soft) social elements of the acquis as well as some of its economic elements.
WP 2007.04 EN
Bridging gaps - Strengthening social Europe
By Reiner Hoffmann and Otto Jacobi
This text was originally published in spring 2007 as an article in volume 95 of the “Edition de Hans Boeckler Stiftung” series.
WP 2007.03 EN
Relocation: challenges for European trade unions
By Béla Galgóczi, Maarten Keune and Andrew Watt
This working paper provides a contribution to the ongoing debate surrounding the issue of relocation. It provides a critical evaluation of the extent to which the fears and media attention are justified by the available facts.
WP 2007.02
Towards a European Social Model. Preconditions, difficulties and prospects of a European social policy
By Thomas Blanke and Jürgen Hoffmann
This working paper provides an analysis of some of the social policy responses to the process of European economic integration along with some the challenges facing the development of a European Social Model and its prospects at EU level.
