Sustainability of EU Labour Markets During the Coronavirus Crisis

• Autorzy: Milanović Sandra , Stanković Jelena J. , Marjanović Ivana , Jovanović Vujatović Milica

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.35784/pe.2023.1.09

Warianty tytułu

PL

Zrównoważoność rynków pracy w UE podczas kryzysu pandemii koronawirusa

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The world’s labour markets were significantly affected by the coronavirus spread and lockdowns and deaths caused by it. Policy-makers tried to mitigate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labour market by imposing different measures and aid packages. Having in mind all activities for combating the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on the labour market in 2020 and 2021, the question arose how resilient are labour markets to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to the year before the pandemic? Therefore, this study attempts to answer this question by creating a composite index of ten labour market indicators using the MOORA ranking method. The research sample is made up of 27 European Union (EU) countries. In the first step, countries’ composite indexes were compared on a year-to-year basis (2019-2020, 2019-2021 and 2020-2021) and no significant discrepancies were observed. In the second step, differences in geographical clusters of countries were captured while comparing their composite indexes for 2020 and 2021. The study results indicate that aid packages restricted the COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on the EU labour markets and strengthened their sustainability. The downturn in EU labour market indicators was retained thus making divergence between geographical clusters inherited from the previous periods. The research results indicate the importance of joint EU policies in crisis periods for encouraging the sustainability of the EU labour markets and the need to make a balance among EU labour markets under normal conditions.

PL

Na światowe rynki pracy znaczący wpływ miało rozprzestrzenianie się koronawirusa oraz spowodowane przez niego lockdowny i zgony. Politycy starali się złagodzić skutki pandemii COVID-19 na rynku pracy, narzucając różne środki i pakiety pomocowe. Mając na uwadze wszelkie działania na rzecz zwalczania wpływu pandemii COVID-19 na rynek pracy w latach 2020 i 2021, pojawiło się pytanie, na ile rynki pracy są odporne na skutki pandemii COVID-19 w porównaniu z rokiem poprzedzającym pandemię? Dlatego w niniejszym opracowaniu podjęto próbę odpowiedzi na to pytanie poprzez stworzenie złożonego indeksu dziesięciu wskaźników rynku pracy z wykorzystaniem metody rankingowej MOORA. Próba badawcza składa się z 27 krajów Unii Europejskiej (UE). W pierwszym kroku porównano złożone indeksy krajów w ujęciu rok do roku (2019-2020, 2019-2021 oraz 2020-2021) i nie zaobserwowano znaczących rozbieżności. W drugim kroku uchwycono różnice w klastrach geograficznych krajów, porównując ich złożone wskaźniki na lata 2020 i 2021. Wyniki badania wskazują, że pakiety pomocowe ograniczyły skutki pandemii COVID-19 na rynkach pracy UE i wzmocniły ich zrównoważoność. Utrzymała się dekoniunktura wskaźników rynku pracy w UE, tworząc dywergencję między klastrami geograficznymi odziedziczoną po poprzednich okresach. Wyniki badań wskazują na znaczenie wspólnych polityk UE w okresach kryzysowych dla wspierania stabilności unijnych rynków pracy oraz na potrzebę zachowania równowagi między unijnymi rynkami pracy w normalnych warunkach.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

sustainability; labour market; EU members; coronavirus; MOORA method

PL

zrównoważoność; rynek pracy; państwa UE; koronawirus; metoda MOORA

• Wydawca: Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Problemy Ekorozwoju
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 18, nr 1
• Strony: 89--99
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 27 poz., fig., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Milanović Sandra

• University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Trg kralja Aleksandra Ujedinitelja 11, 18000 Niš, Serbia

autor

Stanković Jelena J.

• University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Trg kralja Aleksandra Ujedinitelja 11, 18000 Niš, Serbia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9875-9861

autor

Marjanović Ivana

• University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Trg kralja Aleksandra Ujedinitelja 11, 18000 Niš, Serbia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9526-0467

autor

Jovanović Vujatović Milica

• University of Niš, Faculty of Economics, Trg kralja Aleksandra Ujedinitelja 11, 18000 Niš, Serbia

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6410-0938

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