2004
DOI: 10.1177/0730888404263900
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Bad Jobs in Britain

Abstract: The rapid growth in nonstandard forms of employment toward the end of the 20th century has fuelled claims about the spread of “bad jobs” within Anglo-American capitalism. Research from the United States indicates that such jobs have more bad characteristics than do permanent jobs after controlling for workers’ personal characteristics, family status, and occupation. We apply a version of the bad characteristics approach to British data and find that despite some institutional differences with the United States… Show more

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“…Most of the research on the topic establishes temporary work to be of inferior quality, with temporary workers found to have lower wages (Mertens and McGinnity 2004;Gash and McGinnity 2007) fewer benefits (McGovern Smeaton and Hill 2004;Houseman 2001) and to have reduced access to employer-provided training (OECD 2002). From the employee's perspective, temporary work is, nonetheless, thought to have some redeeming characteristics.…”
Section: Theory and Expectationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Most of the research on the topic establishes temporary work to be of inferior quality, with temporary workers found to have lower wages (Mertens and McGinnity 2004;Gash and McGinnity 2007) fewer benefits (McGovern Smeaton and Hill 2004;Houseman 2001) and to have reduced access to employer-provided training (OECD 2002). From the employee's perspective, temporary work is, nonetheless, thought to have some redeeming characteristics.…”
Section: Theory and Expectationsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…De façon générale toutefois, les recherches retiennent au moins trois dimensions fondamentales : la rémunération, la stabilité de l'emploi et les heures de travail (UNECE, 2010;Lowe, 2007;McGovern, Smeaton et Hill, 2004;Eurofound, 2002;European Commission, 2001;Anker et al, 2003;Kalleberg, Reskin et Hudson, 2000). Ces trois dimensions apparaissent ainsi incontournables dans toute étude portant sur la qualité de l'emploi.…”
Section: Définition Et Mesure De La Qualité De L'emploiunclassified
“…Empirical results from European, Dutch, and Canadian studies consistently show that, in general, temporary workers earn less than permanent workers do (see for example Schellenberg and Clark, 1996;Brown and Sessions, 2003;de Vries and Wolbers, 2005). In addition, many temporary workers are excluded from supplemental pension plans, health insurance, and other fringe benefits (McGovern, Smeaton and Hill, 2004;Zeytinoglu and Cooke, 2005). Temporary agency workers are particularly likely not to receive these benefits; they also receive fewer opportunities for personal and professional development (e.g., training, education, and promotion).…”
Section: The Contemporary Position Of Temporary Employmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In general, temporary workers have fewer internal (McGovern, Smeaton and Hill, 2004) and external (Remery, Van Doorne-Huiskes and Schippers, 2002) career opportunities than permanent workers do. Temporary workers are usually the first to be dismissed when an organization must downsize (GarciaSerrano, 1998).…”
Section: The Contemporary Position Of Temporary Employmentmentioning
confidence: 99%