RT journal article
T1 The Mediterranean Variety of Capitalism, Flexibility of Work Schedules, and Labour Productivity in Southern Europe
A1 Vallejo Peña, Alberto
A1 Giachi, Sandro
A2 Economía General
K1 Economies of Southern Europe
K1 European crisis
K1 PIGS
K1 Varieties of capitalism
AB Sociology has long been used to highlight the existence of diverse institutionalmodels between geographical areas of Europe in terms of work organization. Based onthis, we propose to compare the situation of four representative countries of SouthernEurope (Spain, Italy, Greece and Portugal) with that of the rest of Europe, by addressingthe number of hours worked and the flexibility of working hours as key elements of theirinstitutional model of work organization, as well as their impact on levels of labourproductivity. Taking the model of the varieties of capitalism as a reference, this studycompares the behaviour of the Mediterranean (Southern) countries with other Europeanregions. Indicators have been obtained from the 2010 and 2015 iterations of the EuropeanWorking Conditions Survey (EWCS) that include the number of hours worked, theflexibility in the hours of entry and exit, and the tendency to work the same number ofhours per day. After comparing averages in both iterations and applying linear regressions,the following conclusions have been reached: (1) Productivity in Southern countries is ona par with the European average but far from the more corporatist and liberal (northern)areas; (2) the South maintains a high average of hours worked (above the Europeanaverage) to compensate for the poor productivity of its hours; and (3) the incorporationof flexible schedules is associated with elevated levels of productivity
SN 2409-5370
YR 2018
FD 2018-08-23
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35208
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/35208
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 11-nov-2026