Innovating Works

ECO2012-30626

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VALORES Y COMPORTAMIENTO DE LAS PERSONAS QUE ACCEDEN AL MERCADO DE TRABAJO EN UN...
VALORES Y COMPORTAMIENTO DE LAS PERSONAS QUE ACCEDEN AL MERCADO DE TRABAJO EN UN CONTEXTO DE CRISIS ECONOMICA SCHOOL LEAVERS AND COLLEGE GRADUATES ENTERING THE SPANISH LABOUR MARKET DURING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS ARE FACING CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY WHEN SEEKING EMPLOYMENT. IN THIS RESPECT, CURRENT STUDIES SHOW THAT UNEMPLOYMENT AND INA... SCHOOL LEAVERS AND COLLEGE GRADUATES ENTERING THE SPANISH LABOUR MARKET DURING THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS ARE FACING CONSIDERABLE DIFFICULTY WHEN SEEKING EMPLOYMENT. IN THIS RESPECT, CURRENT STUDIES SHOW THAT UNEMPLOYMENT AND INACTIVITY ARE CAUSING THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF THE YOUTH IN SPAIN. MOREOVER, UNEMPLOYED AS WELL AS HAVING EXPERIENCED A RECESSION IN THE EARLY ADULTHOOD ARE GOOD PREDICTORS OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE IMPORTANCE OF WORK VERSUS LUCK AS A DRIVER OF SUCCESS IN LIFE. IN THIS PROJECT, WE FOCUS ON THE BELIEFS, VALUES AND ATTITUDES OF THOSE ENTERING THE LABOUR MARKET, AS WELL AS ON THE MUTABILITY OF THESE VALUES. THE VALUES WE ARE INTERESTED IN ARE RELATED TO THE NOTIONS OF FAIRNESS, DESERT AND INEQUALITY. WHILE THERE IS AN EXTENSIVE LITERATURE ON THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF UNEMPLOYMENT BOTH IN GENERAL AND IN YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THE WORKFORCE SPECIFICALLY, THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE QUANTITATIVE BEHAVIOURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL WORK ON WHETHER AND HOW EARLY EXPERIENCES OF UNEMPLOYMENT AFFECT INDIVIDUAL BEHAVIOURAL TENDENCIES, VALUES AND ATTITUDES. TO FILL THIS GAP IN THE LITERATURE, THIS PROJECT WILL INVOLVE ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS SIMILAR TO THOSE COMMONLY USED TO TEST FORMAL-MODEL PREDICTIONS. EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN TWO VERY DIFFERENT ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT CONTEXTS WITHIN SPAIN. THE FIRST EXPERIMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED IN CORDOBA, AND THE SECOND IN BILBAO. IN THIS SENSE, WE BUILD ON PREVIOUS RESEARCH UNDERTAKEN BY MEMBERS OF THE RESEARCH GROUP IN OTHER CONTEXTS –UK AND SOUTH AFRICA- BY PERFORMING COMPARISONS BETWEEN CONTEXTS -CORDOBA VS. BILBAO-, BUT ALSO WITHIN CONTEXTS -PEOPLE EXPERIENCING DIFFERENT LABOUR MARKET CONDITIONS WITHIN EACH LOCATION. THE SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF THIS PROJECT ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE FOLLOWING. FROM A METHODOLOGICAL VIEWPOINT, WE AIM TO DEMONSTRATE THE USEFULNESS OF A NEWLY DESIGNED SERIES OF BEHAVIOURAL EXPERIMENTS AS A DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS’ PRINCIPLES OF DISTRIBUTIVE JUSTICE. THE EXPERIMENTS WILL ALLOW US TO TEST HYPOTHESES ABOUT THE DETERMINANTS AND MUTABILITY OF THOSE PRINCIPLES. FROM AN APPLIED STANDPOINT, THE PROJECT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE EFFECT OF DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES IN THE LABOUR MARKET (FIND OR RETAIN A JOB) ON THE ADHERENCE TO MERITOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. FROM A COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC POLICY PERSPECTIVE, WE AIM TO COMPARE VALUES RELATED TO THE NOTIONS OF FAIRNESS, DESERT AND INEQUALITY IN TWO REGIONS WHICH SHOW VERY DIFFERENT ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT INDICATORS. FINALLY, WE WILL STUDY THE EFFECT OF POLITICAL INTERVENTIONS TO TACKLE YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT ON THE VALUES AND ATTITUDES OF THE YOUTH. THE RESULTS OF THIS PROJECT COULD SIGNIFICANTLY BENEFIT YOUNG PEOPLE CURRENTLY ENTERING THE SPANISH LABOUR MARKET, AS WELL AS FUTURE COHORTS, AS THEY COULD FEED INTO PROGRAMMES DESIGNED TO PREVENT THEM BECOMING LONG-TERM CASUALTIES OF THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION. THE PROPOSED RESEARCH PROGRAMME CAN BE ALSO OF THE INTEREST OF SPANISH FIRMS RECRUITING PEOPLE ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, AS THEY MAY ENCOUNTER VERY DIFFERENT ATTITUDES TOWARDS WORK IN DIFFERENT REGIONS. ver más
01/01/2012
UPV
30K€
Perfil tecnológico estimado

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo AGENCIA ESTATAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2012-01-01
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 30K€
Líder del proyecto
UNIVERSIDAD DEL PAIS VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNI... No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.
Total investigadores 45