Dynamics of national employment models (DYNAMO) Aims, structure and planned outcomes of the project J

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Dynamics of national employment models
(DYNAMO)Aims, structure and planned outcomes
of the projectJörg Flecker (FORBA)
WORKS Policy Pillar Lisbon-Meeting, 28/29
November 2005

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Dynamics of national employment models
(DYNAMO) Coordinated by Institute Work and
Technology / IAT Gelsenkirchen, Germany Prof.
Dr. Gerhard Bosch / Dr. Steffen
Lehndorff Institut Arbeit und Technik Munscheidstr
. 14, D - 45886 Gelsenkirchen email
lehndorff_at_iatge.de
Institut Arbeit und Technik
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DYNAMO team Country
Institut Arbeit und Technik Gelsenkirchen Germany
University of Manchester United Kingdom
Växjö Universitet Sweden
Trinity College Dublin Ireland
Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille France
Conservatoire Nationale des Arts et Métiers Paris France
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Spain
Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini Rome Italy
Panteion University Athens Greece
Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt Vienna Austria
Hungarian Academy of Sciences Budapest Hungary
WORKS-Countries missing Belgium, Bulgaria,
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal
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National employment models in Europe ...

• Employment protection / industrial relations
• Production regime /work organisation
• Welfare regime
• Gender regime
• Training and education system
• Corporate governance

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Typologies of national models
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Pressures on societal systems and employment
models
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DYNAMO - Key questions

• How are these models responding to these
  challenges, as compared to each other and to
  North America and Japan ?
• Do they develop new specific solutions or will
  there be a convergence either towards a European
  Social or a European Market Model?
• How far are these developments making it more or
  less difficult to obtain the goals of the Lisbon
  strategy?

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Ways of adaptation and response

1. National specific responses continuation of
   path dependent development
2. Learning and adapation drawing on elements of
   other institutional models (within Europe or
   beyond)
3. Acceptance of a universal market model
   deregulation of markets, adaptation at the level
   of organisations

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Main elements of the DYNAMO project

• Analysis of national models in 10 EU countries
  main directions of change within the national
  models
• Specific studies of how the different national
  models are responding to changes at the level of
  particular sectors
• Conclusions with respect to the effectiveness of
  the European employment and Lisbon strategies.

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DYNAMO Sector studies
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DYNAMO Workplan
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Example The end of the Austrian model?

• Main changes
• Corporate ownership and governance
• Social Partnership state-led coordination
• Employment policy and labour market flexibility

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Ownership and governance
State-owned enterprises Share of total sector
employment Manufacturing Banking 1978
33 47 1989 20 24 2005
- -
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Ownership and governance
Privatisation of the nationalised companies from
employment policy to shareholder
value Internationalisation from passive to
active direct investment Liberalisation and
privatisation of public services job loss and
worsening of conditions
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Traditional features of the employment system

• Full employment policy
• Strong labour market regulation
• Competitive conditions, wage moderation
• Highly segmented labour market

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Unemployment rates 1980 - 2004
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Social Partnership
Coordination between government, employers and
unions Double proportionalism capital labour
and socialdemocratic conservative State support
for interest organisations Challenges stronger
private capital non-incorporates parties and
movements 2000 conservative/right wing populist
government
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Development of strikes
Source AK 2005.
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What is left of the Austrian model?

• Full employment policy gone
• Social partnership suspended
• Social security cuts, restrictions
• Labour law no deregulation
• Stable collective bargaining system, cooperation
  between employers and trade unions
• Wage disparity, growing differences between
  sectors
• Trade union influence (working time regulation,
  active labour market policy)

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Position in international capitalism

• Successful catching-up of backward economy
• Closely linked German economy
• EU-membership and single market
• Transformation of CEE economies and
  EU-enlargement

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DYNAMO for WORKS

• Perspective Institutional change, dynamics of
  institutions
• Heterogeneity and change of national models
• Sector studies challenges and responses
• Automobile Commodity chains and concession
  bargaining
• IT Global IT-service providers
• Public transport Liberalisation, Outsourcing
• WORKS Workplace level and individual/household
  level analysing institutions at work ? need
  for (teoretical) dynamisation of
  institutions/models, need for research findings
  at sector and national level