Monitoring Employment Quality In Europe: European Employment Strategy Indicators And Beyond

Since 2002, in the framework of the European Employment Strategy, the European Union has defined a set of indicators to monitor employment quality. This paper discusses and implements these indicators. From a theoretical point of view, it shows that the concept of employment quality encompasses several dimensions, which are likely to be related to national institutions, in particular to industrial relations and welfare systems, or more generally regimes of capitalism. On the basis of European indicators and complementary variables, it proceeds to a comparative analysis of employment quality, which confirms the existence of several models in Europe.