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Employment structure

11 tammikuu 2021

The employment structure reflects the change in employment across occupations and sectors, using various proxies of job quality.Read more

The employment structure reflects the change in employment across occupations and sectors, using various proxies of job quality. The current debate about shifts in the employment structure is focused on the extent to which observed patterns of job polarisation and upgrading have contributed to wage inequality trends and on Europe's shrinking middle class. Eurofound’s European Jobs Monitor analyses shifts in the employment structure in the EU.

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Core employment (%), by age, 2018

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Publications & data

The sections below provide access to a range of publications, data and ongoing work on this topic.

Publications (108)
Ongoing work (2)

Eurofound publications come in a variety of formats, including reports, policy briefs, blogs, articles and presentations.

Energy scenario: Employment implications of the Paris Climate Agreement

Publication 12 helmikuu 2019

Wage and task profiles of employment in Europe in 2030

Publication 17 joulukuu 2018

Are blue-collar jobs turning white?

Blogi 27 syyskuu 2018

New tasks in old jobs: Drivers of change and implications for job quality

Publication 6 syyskuu 2018

The tide is rising, are all boats lifting?

News 3 heinäkuu 2018

Automation, digitisation and platforms: Implications for work and employment

Publication 24 toukokuu 2018

Labour mobility in Europe during the Great Recession

Blogi 3 elokuu 2017

Employment shifts in Europe during the recovery: three little noticed trends

Blogi 26 heinäkuu 2017

Employment transitions and occupational mobility in Europe: The impact of the Great Recession

Publication 4 heinäkuu 2017

Europe’s shrinking middle class

Blogi 23 kesäkuu 2017

Ongoing work

Research continues in this topic on a variety of themes, which are outlined below with links to forthcoming titles.