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Part-time Employment and Business Cycle in Central and Eastern Europe

SYSNO ASEP	0478462
Document Type	J - Journal Article
R&D Document Type	Journal Article
Subsidiary J	Článek ve WOS
Title	Part-time Employment and Business Cycle in Central and Eastern Europe
Author(s)	Fialová, Kamila (SOU-Z)_{ORCID, SAI, RID}
Source Title	Národohospodářský obzor - ISSN 1213-2446 Roč. 17, č. 2 (2017), s. 179-203
Number of pages	25 s.
Publication form	Print - P
Language	eng - English
Country	CZ - Czech Republic
Keywords	business cycle ; part-time employment ; working time
Subject RIV	AH - Economics
OECD category	Applied Economics, Econometrics
R&D Projects	GA14-15008S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
Institutional support	SOU-Z - RVO:68378025
UT WOS	000406945900005
EID SCOPUS	85021352456
DOI	10.1515/revecp-2017-0009
Annotation	This article explores the development of part-time employment in Central and Eastern Europe and compares it to Western Europe. On the macro level it examines the role of the business cycle and its effect on part-time employment in the two groups of countries since 2001. The key result reveals that contrary to the West, the business cycle development exerts a significant negative effect on the part-time employment rate in Eastern Europe. When the economy operates below its potential, part-time employment tends to grow more than full-time employment. This finding is consistent with the labour demand effect and reflects the pursuit of flexibility by firms as well as the adjustment in composition of employment to changing economic conditions. The countercyclical effect is even stronger for involuntary part-time employment. Separate analyses of individual demographic groups of workers reveal a significant negative effect of the business cycle on part-time employment of older workers and male prime-age workers in Eastern Europe. In contrast, the effect is insignificant for young workers and unclear for prime-age women.
Workplace	Institute of Sociology
Contact	Eva Nechvátalová, eva.nechvatalova@soc.cas.cz, Tel.: 222 220 924 / linka 351
Year of Publishing	2018

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