Cross-country comparison: does social democratic party power increase an employee's perceived employability?

ABSTRACT: Individuals strive to be highly employable, yet, we lack a uniform definition of 'employability'. Within the labour market, employability can be seen as a product of individual human capital resources. However, this study argues that employability is also affected by the structure of the labour market and therefore also considers a country's economic situation and political power to quantify employees' perceived employability. Using data from the International Social Survey Programme, the Manifesto Project Dataset, and the International Labour Organization, this study uses a multilevel regression model with data from 30 countries. This paper disentangles the impact of individual careers and country policies (micro-macro linkage) on the perceived employability of their employees. At the ind

SUBMITTER: Habicht IM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10579600 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature