Employment status

An online survey in 2013 gathered information in the Czech Republic on professional career paths, aspirations and ‘career restarts’. The survey was carried out by marketing agency STEM/MARK [1]. The 500 questionnaires collected produced a research sample of 324 people all in employment, both

The work environment in Latvia has been examined in a survey, Work practices and people’s understanding of job security in Latvia (in Latvian, 1.62 MB PDF) [1], commissioned by the Free Trade Union Confederation of Latvia (LBAS [2]). It was carried out by leading independent sociological research

In common with the rest of Europe, the workforce in the Netherlands is ageing. The formal retirement age in the Netherlands recently increased from 65 to 67. Surveys based on the earlier retirement age showed that an increasing percentage of employees were willing to work until the official

In April 2013, the Spanish Self-Employed Federation (ATA [1]) published a report on the Spanish labour market focusing on the effects of the economic crisis on self-employment from a gender perspective. It compared the proportions of men and women registered as self-employed. [1] http://www.ata.es/

Spain’s General Workers’ Union (UGT [1]) has published a short report, The aggravation of the discouragement effect in the economy and society [2] (in Spanish, 596KB PDF), that shows there has been a reduction in the proportion of the population recorded as economically active in official statistics

The State Employment Agency (NVA [1]) in Latvia has released the results of its study Flexicurity in the Labour Market and The State Employment Agency’s Role in Implementing the Concept of Flexicurity in Latvia’s Labour Market (1.38MB PDF, in Latvian) [2]. [1] http://www.nva.gov.lv/ [2] http://www

A new report, /Young people in precarious transitions: Work, everyday life and future/ examines the problems young people face when they move into the labour market in Portugal. One of its chapters, ‘Occupational structure, labour relations and precariousness’, analyses the difficulties experienced

A longitudinal study, The structure and dynamics of unemployment, atypical employment and low-wage jobs’ (in German, 2.49 KB PDF) [1], was carried out by the Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO [2]). It is based on the statistical analysis of social security data (provided by the Main