The European Participation Index (EPI) and inequality : a multi-dimensional cross-national comparative measure of worker participation
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- Stan De Spiegelaere (UGent) and Sigurt Vitols
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- Is worker participation becoming more prominent or less? Furthermore, what is the impact of worker participation on economic performance? This article introduces a tool designed by researchers at the ETUI to help answer these questions: the European Participation Index (EPI), a country-level summary measure of the strength of workers’ voice in companies. The EPI is based on (i) union density and collective bargaining coverage, (ii) workplace representation and (iii) board-level representation. This multi-level index provides an alternative to existing cross-national measures by taking into consideration two levels at which worker participation can take place: the workplace and the board. The article shows first that worker participation has become less prevalent in the EU over the past decade; and second that the EPI is robust and has superior explanatory power in relation to income inequality compared with traditional measures of collective bargaining.
- Keywords
- Economic democracy, worker participation, sustainability, co-determination, MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE, INDUSTRIAL-RELATIONS, EMPLOYEE, CODETERMINATION, REPRESENTATION, EFFICIENCY, POLITICS, UNIONS
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01HXRFPWYF3KRBTXCK04R5VXSZ
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- De Spiegelaere, Stan, and Sigurt Vitols. “The European Participation Index (EPI) and Inequality : A Multi-Dimensional Cross-National Comparative Measure of Worker Participation.” TRANSFER-EUROPEAN REVIEW OF LABOUR AND RESEARCH, vol. 30, no. 2, 2024, pp. 143–60, doi:10.1177/10242589241252412.
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- De Spiegelaere, S., & Vitols, S. (2024). The European Participation Index (EPI) and inequality : a multi-dimensional cross-national comparative measure of worker participation. TRANSFER-EUROPEAN REVIEW OF LABOUR AND RESEARCH, 30(2), 143–160. https://doi.org/10.1177/10242589241252412
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- De Spiegelaere, Stan, and Sigurt Vitols. 2024. “The European Participation Index (EPI) and Inequality : A Multi-Dimensional Cross-National Comparative Measure of Worker Participation.” TRANSFER-EUROPEAN REVIEW OF LABOUR AND RESEARCH 30 (2): 143–60. https://doi.org/10.1177/10242589241252412.
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- De Spiegelaere, Stan, and Sigurt Vitols. 2024. “The European Participation Index (EPI) and Inequality : A Multi-Dimensional Cross-National Comparative Measure of Worker Participation.” TRANSFER-EUROPEAN REVIEW OF LABOUR AND RESEARCH 30 (2): 143–160. doi:10.1177/10242589241252412.
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- 1.De Spiegelaere S, Vitols S. The European Participation Index (EPI) and inequality : a multi-dimensional cross-national comparative measure of worker participation. TRANSFER-EUROPEAN REVIEW OF LABOUR AND RESEARCH. 2024;30(2):143–60.
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- [1]S. De Spiegelaere and S. Vitols, “The European Participation Index (EPI) and inequality : a multi-dimensional cross-national comparative measure of worker participation,” TRANSFER-EUROPEAN REVIEW OF LABOUR AND RESEARCH, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 143–160, 2024.
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