<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Flexicurity reflects the current basic trend of the EU in guaranteeing high employment levels and attainability of national fiscal systems. It was introduced in Denmark in the 1990s and significantly helped reduce unemployment levels. The Czech labour market, despite the transformation process, has still space for further improvement, especially in the time of economic slow-down. The best way is to try to apply elements and components which have been already successfully implemented in the other EU Member States. The aim of the paper is (based on the statistical indicators and official documents concerning labour markets topic) to describe the basic function of the model and find the components of the flexicurity model which could be used also in the Czech Republic and change labour market operation.</p></abstract>

Flexicurity reflects the current basic trend of the EU in guaranteeing high employment levels and attainability of national fiscal systems. It was introduced in Denmark in the 1990s and significantly helped reduce unemployment levels. The Czech labour market, despite the transformation process, has still space for further improvement, especially in the time of economic slow-down. The best way is to try to apply elements and components which have been already successfully implemented in the other EU Member States. The aim of the paper is (based on the statistical indicators and official documents concerning labour markets topic) to describe the basic function of the model and find the components of the flexicurity model which could be used also in the Czech Republic and change labour market operation.

Flexicurity - Challenge to Improve Czech Labour Market

Department of Economics, Metropolitan University Prague, Dubečská 900/10, 100 31, Prague

Review of Economic Perspectives

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Flexicurity reflects the current basic trend of the EU in guaranteeing high employment levels and attainability of national fiscal systems. It was introduced...

Flexicurity - Challenge to Improve Czech Labour Market

Online veröffentlicht: 15. März 2010

Seitenbereich: 227 - 241

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10135-009-0005-4

Schlüsselwörter
flexicurity, EU, Czech Republic, labour market

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Flexicurity - Challenge to Improve Czech Labour Market

Online veröffentlicht: 15. März 2010

Seitenbereich: 227 - 241

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10135-009-0005-4

Schlüsselwörterflexicurity, EU, Czech Republic, labour market

This content is open access.

Schlüsselwörter
flexicurity, EU, Czech Republic, labour market