Shifts in the job structure in Europe during the Great Recession
| Author: | Hurley, John; Storrie, Donald; Jungblut, Jean-Marie |
| Summary: | This report describes the impact of the ‘great recession’ on employment and the job structure in the EU27. It finds that despite a net loss of over five million jobs between 2008–2010, employment continued to grow in top-paying jobs, largely in knowledge-intensive services and business services. Meanwhile, sharp losses in medium-paying jobs in construction and manufacturing led to a shrinking of employment in the middle of the wage spectrum. More jobs were lost to men than to women and employment levels of older workers grew while those of core-age and, in particular, younger workers declined. Part-time work expanded across the wage spectrum while levels of temporary employment began to recover quickly from 2009 onwards after having borne the brunt of the early-recession job losses. An executive summary and an Annex 8 (Quintile charts) are available. |
| Pages: | 88 |
| Document type: | Report |
| Reference: | ef1141 |
| Published: | 05 October, 2011 |
| Download PDF: | EN ( 1913.97 Kb) |
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