Some characteristic of European (flexible) labour markets
Some characteristic of European (flexible) labour markets

Summary/Abstract: In this article, the author analyses the structure of the European labour market(s) and the correlation between the welfare state regimes and the types of labour markets in Europe. Using the data from the Labour Force Surveys and cluster analysis as a statistical tool, the author gets slightly different picture of European labour markets from those proposed by some other authors. The cluster analysis revealed 4 distinctive, regionally structured and coherent clusters (groups) of labour markets, which could be ranked from a more traditional, industrial type to the modern, flexible type of the labour market. Similar structure, with even greater regional coherence, is found regarding the characteristics of the labour market flexibility. It is argued that for such results cultural as well as economic factors, that are hidden behind the notion of welfare state regimes, are responsible.

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