Gender and in-work poverty

Ponthieux, Sophie

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“…In particular, there is no consensus in the literature about a common definition of ‘worker’. Although most studies use information on labour market activity over the year to define work, the duration of activity over the year used to define a person as a ‘worker’ varies across studies (Ponthieux, 2010). At the EU-level, the working poor are defined as employed individuals living in households with equivalised disposable income below 60% of the national median (European Commission, 2015).…”

Section: In-work Poverty and Secondary Earners: Literature Reviewmentioning

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“…In addition, the EU definition is restrictive in measuring employment. It results in selecting individuals who are mostly in stable employment, and consequently emphasises the household situation of workers as the prominent factor of poverty risk, while the role of the individual labour market characteristics (such as precarious employment) is downplayed (Ponthieux, 2010).…”

Section: In-work Poverty and Secondary Earners: Literature Reviewmentioning

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“…Dual or multiple earnership is one of the most important factors that lifts families out of poverty (Marx and Nolan, 2012). If a precarious worker is the second earner in the household (which is typically the case for coupled women), their in-work poverty risk might drop to a very low level due to the contribution of the main earner to household income (Ponthieux, 2018). Hence, in this case precarious job characteristics may be the result of choices of activity made in the context of intra-household division of labour.…”

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Second Earners and In-Work Poverty in Europe

Tamayo

Popova

2020

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Dual or multiple earnership has been considered an important factor to prevent in-work poverty. The aim of this paper is to quantify the impact of second earnership on the risk of in-work poverty and the role of the tax-benefit system in moderating this risk. Our analysis refers to 2014 and employs EUROMOD, the tax-benefit microsimulation model for the European Union and the United Kingdom. In order to assess the role of second earners in preventing in-work poverty we simulate a counterfactual scenario where second earners become unemployed. Our results show that the effect of net replacement rates (i.e. the ratio of household income before and after the transition of second earners to unemployment) on the probability of in-work poverty is negative and statistically significant, but in relative terms it appears to be small compared to the effects of individual labour market characteristics, such as low pay and part-time employment.

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Section: In-work Poverty and Secondary Earners: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Section: In-work Poverty and Secondary Earners: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Second Earners and In-Work Poverty in Europe

Tamayo

Popova

2020

J. Soc. Pol.

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“…El Eurostat señala que el indicador "riesgo de pobreza en el trabajo" está construido en base a la combinación de las características de una actividad laboral, que son individuales, y la mediana de unos ingresos que se computan a escala del hogar (Ponthieux, 2010). En este sentido, se pone de manifiesto que las estadísticas sobre la pobreza en el trabajo tienen una difícil lectura puesto que la línea separatoria entre trabajo y pobreza puede quedar totalmente desdibujada por las características de cada hogar y por el nivel de endeudamiento de las familias.…”

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The new poverty in the labour market

Sanjuán

2015

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ResumenObjeto: El presente trabajo tiene por objeto analizar una nueva realidad laboral, distante de las propias de los años 80 y 90 del siglo pasado, que está configurando un nuevo modelo de pobreza dentro del mercado de trabajo.Diseño/metodología/enfoque: En la presente investigación se ha llevado a cabo un análisis comparado de informes, propuestas y planes para determinar las principales acciones desarrolladas por agentes gubernamentales cuyo objetivo sea reducir los índices de pobreza relacionados con el mercado de trabajo. Aportaciones y resultados:En la actualidad, un número cada vez mayor de trabajadores (asalariados y autónomos) se ve arrastrado a la pobreza como consecuencia del creciente deterioro de las condiciones laborales dentro del marco de la globalización económica. En la crisis de los años 80, encontrar trabajo era garantía de salir de la pobreza, en cambio, en la actualidad esto ya no es así. El paro ya no es el único sinónimo de pobreza, ni siquiera la exclusión social es propia de colectivos sociales marginales. Las nuevas condiciones laborales con bajos salarios, contratos temporales y jornadas extenuantes, configuran una nueva tipología de pobreza directamente relacionada con el mercado de trabajo que afecta a colectivos cada vez más amplios y más preparados intelectual y profesionalmente.Limitaciones: Esta investigación recoge diversos informes y planes de acción gubernamentales en todos los niveles. No obstante, pueden existir otros informes que no han sido recogidos en el presente artículo.-270-

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“…Eurostat – The Statistical Office of the European Union (EU) situated in Luxembourg. Eurostat gathers data from the National Statistical Institutes (NSIs) across Europe, and provides comparable and harmonized data for the EU to use in the definition, implementation and analysis of EU policies (Ponthieux, 2010).…”

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Cross-national research on female working poor in Belgium and China

Liu¹

2018

Chinese Sociological Dialogue

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In general, the gendered trends in working poor are reshaping a new relationship between a processing globalized market and numbers of women, both in developed and developing nations. In this research, we draw up a socio-demographic picture of female working poor between Belgium and China. And within such a cross-national profile examination, we focus on the common and different ways that working poor women were experiencing life. In short, we found that in-work poverty shows a gendered tendency that has been a chronic condition, particularly among women with low income in both nations. Otherwise, in-work poverty focuses on different specific female working groups under varied socioeconomic national contexts.

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Gender and in-work poverty

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Second Earners and In-Work Poverty in Europe

Second Earners and In-Work Poverty in Europe

The new poverty in the labour market

Cross-national research on female working poor in Belgium and China

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