Part Time Labour: A Way to Increase Employment?
| Thesis title in Czech: | Part Time Labour: A Way to Increase Employment? |
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| Thesis title in English: | Part Time Labour: A Way to Increase Employment? |
| Academic year of topic announcement: | 2017/2018 |
| Thesis type: | Bachelor's thesis |
| Thesis language: | angličtina |
| Department: | Institute of Economic Studies (23-IES) |
| Supervisor: | doc. Ing. Tomáš Cahlík, CSc. |
| Author: | hidden - assigned by the advisor |
| Date of registration: | 10.05.2018 |
| Date of assignment: | 10.05.2018 |
| References |
| [1]GARIBALDI, P. a P. MAURO. Anatomy of employment growth. Economic Policy [online]. 2002, 17(34), 67-114. DOI: 10.1111/1468-0327.00084. ISSN 0266-4658.Available at: https://academic.oup.com/economicpolicy/article-lookup/doi/10.1111/1468-0327.00084
[2]MOURRE, Gilles. Did the pattern of aggregate employment growth change in the euro area in the late 1990s?. Applied Economics [online]. 2006, 38(15), 1783-1807 DOI: 10.1080/00036840500427072. ISSN 0003-6846.Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00036840500427072 [3]O'REILLY, Jacqueline a Colette. FAGAN. Part-time prospects: an international comparison of part-time work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim. New York: Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0-415-156696. [4]TILLY, Chris. Half a job: bad and good part-time jobs in a changing labor market. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1996. ISBN 1-56639-381-7. [5]FIALOVÁ, Kamila. Part-time Employment and Business Cycle in Central and Eastern Europe. Review of Economic Perspectives [online]. 2017, 17(2), DOI: 10.1515/revecp-2017-0009. ISSN 1804-1663. Available at: http://content.sciendo.com/view/journals/revecp/17/2/article-p179.xml |
| Preliminary scope of work in English |
| Research question:
What is the effect of growth in part-time employment on the overall employment? Motivation: Unemployment rate in Czechia is currently around 2.4% which is the lowest in EU and thus many firms are struggling to find employees for their businesses. It also has one of the lowest part-time employment rates in EU, currently around 6%. Higher availability of part-time employment could encourage more women, students or elderly to join labor force and consequently increasing employment rate while also helping parents on parental leave to preserve key skills and simplifying their return to full-time employment. There, however, is not clear consensus about the effect of part-time employment on overall employment. Mourre (2006) and Smith, Fagan and Ruberry (1998) had claimed that there was a positive effect of growth in part-time employment while according to Garibaldi and Mauro (2002) part-time jobs had mostly only replaced full-time positions. It has been also argued that part-time employment tends to rise during economic downturns as mean to counter lower requirements of labor (for example Tilly, 1996; OECD, 1996). Contribution: The literature on the topic is sparse and mostly concerning development in 90s. I will focus on recent development taking into account crisis in 2009 and current growth in overall employment. It is likely that current growth in part-time employment in Czechia will continue. If government is to make decisions about part-time employment it needs to be sure how it will affect the overall employment. Methodology: Econometric analysis of panel data about Europe countries provided by Eurostat. I am going to use data about employment, wages, social security and other relevant factors for the analysis. Outline: 1. Introduction 2. Literature review 3. Development of labor markets in Europe 4. Data and Methodology – overview of used methods and data 5. Empirical model 6. Conclusion |