Università della Svizzera italiana

Perceptions of job insecurity in Switzerland : evidence using verbal and numerical descriptors

Baruffini, Moreno

In: International journal of environmental research and public health, 2019, vol. 16, no. 10, p. 1785

The purpose of this paper is to examine perceptions of job insecurity among employees, applying a panel model that allows us to account for the business cycle. In addition, the data will enable the comparison of two measures of job insecurity, one with a cardinal scale, and one with an ordinal scale. First of all, this paper carries out a descriptive analysis of job insecurity, taking into...

Università della Svizzera italiana

Regional labour market analysis and policy evaluation : Job insecurity, flexibility and complexity. Evidence from Switzerland

Baruffini, Moreno ; Maggi, Rico (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Università della Svizzera italiana, 2014 ; 2014ECO008.

The thesis focuses on labour market flexibility, security and complexity. The research is divided into three chapters: two of the chapters specifically relate to perceived security, flexibility and job satisfaction, using data from the longitudinal Swiss Household Panel (SHP), while the last investigates labour market programs and their impact on a regional labour market. The first essay...