Rapport 106. Codes de conduite et accords-cadres internationaux: de nouvelles formes de gouvernance au niveau de l'entreprise

By Isabelle Schömann, André Sobczak, Eckhard Voss and Peter Wilke

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.

Report 105. Better defending and promoting trade union rights in the public sector

Part I: Summary of available tools and action points

Edited by Stefan Clauwaert and Wiebke Warneck

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 2008.01

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.

Rapport 103. La réglementation des grèves dans l’Union des 27 et au-delà

Synthèse comparative

WP 2007.04 DE

Brücken bauen - Soziales Europa stärken

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.