Labor market flexibility and poverty dynamics

Amuedo‐Dorantes, Catalina; Serrano-Padial, Ricardo

doi:10.1016/j.labeco.2010.01.004

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“…Their results on feedback effects show how both processes are affected by a noteworthy degree of state dependence, and also how both phenomena reinforce each other. Amuedo‐Dorantes and Serrano‐Padial () examine the poverty implications of past and current temporary employment in Spain. They find that holding a temporary contract increases not only the probability of current poverty but also of future poverty via an indirect effect that in turn increases the probability of holding a type of contract in the future with a higher poverty risk.…”

Section: The Econometric Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

Youth Poverty, Employment, and Leaving the Parental Home in Europe

Ayllón

2014

Review of Income and Wealth

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This paper studies the nature of youth poverty dynamics in Europe. First, it analyzes to what extent experiencing poverty in a given period is in itself positively related to the probability of living below the poverty line again in the future. That is, we assess the degree of poverty genuine state dependence among young people. Second, we study the interrelationships between poverty, employment, and residential emancipation. The results show that youth poverty genuine state dependence is positive and highly significant, but this scarring effect is short-lived in Scandinavia compared to Southern or Continental Europe. Moreover, although we find a strong association between poverty and leaving home in Nordic countries, time spent in economic hardship does not last long. On the contrary, in Spain and Italy, young adults tend to leave their parental home much later in order to avoid falling into a poverty state that is more persistent.JEL Codes: C33, I32, J13

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Section: The Econometric Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

Youth Poverty, Employment, and Leaving the Parental Home in Europe

Ayllón

2014

Review of Income and Wealth

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“…associated with precarious positions, workers may find it very difficult to upgrade their skills and develop new contacts (Benach et al 2000;Virtanen 2002;Guadalupe 2003;Menendez et al 2006;Kim et al 2008;Amudeo-Dorantes et al 2010). The progressive erosion of the individual stock of human and social capital may gradually worsen the chances of making the transition into stable employment (Sabatini, 2009).…”

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I would if I could: precarious employment and childbearing intentions in Italy

Modena

Sabatini

2011

Rev Econ Household

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This paper carries out an investigation into the socio-economic determinants of childbearing decisions made by couples in Italy. The analysis accounts for the characteristics of both possible parents. Our results do not support established theoretical predictions according to which the increase in the opportunity cost of motherhood connected to higher female labour participation is responsible for the fall in fertility. On the contrary, the instability of women's work status (i.e. having occasional, precarious, and low-paid positions) is revealed as a significant dissuasive factor in the decision to have children. Couples in which there is an unemployed woman are less likely to plan childbearing as well. Other relevant explanatory variables are women's age, men's work status and education, women's citizenship, marital status and perceived economic wellbeing. JEL Codes: C25, J13

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“…1) The deprivation of a quality job, as indicated by the fact of being precariously employed. According to the labour economics and sociology literature (see for example Guadalupe 2003;Menendez et al 2006;Brandolini et al 2007;Barbieri2009;Scherer 2009;Amudeo-Dorantes et al 2010) This study contributes to the literature in two substantive ways. To our knowledge, this is the first empirical assessment of the role that different aspects of economic disadvantage in a householdwith regard to the lack of a quality job and of acceptable levels of household income and wealthmay play on couples' fertility intentions in Europe 5 .…”

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“…Moreover, temporary contracts may represent a trap into instability and social exclusion, rather than a port of entry to stable positions. Due to the lack of training and the higher flexibility (both in terms of time and mobility) workers may find it very difficult to upgrade their skills and develop new contacts (Guadalupe 2003;Routledge and von Ambsberg 2003;Menendez et al 2006;Amudeo-Dorantes et al 2010). In addition, as argued by Barbieri and Scherer (2009), there might be a stigma associated with precarious or second rate jobs:…”

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Economic Insecurity and Fertility Intentions: The Case of Italy

2013

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in AbstractWe aim to provide an explanation for the combination of the relatively low female participation rates and lowest-low fertility levels in Italy. Starting from the assumption that childbearing decisions also depend on uncertainty about future employment, income, and wealth, we empirically assess how fertility intentions are affected by: 1) the deprivation of a quality job, which may severely compromise the employability of workers and is likely to provoke feelings of insecurity about future employment; 2) conditions of economic disadvantage in terms of household income and wealth, which may imply insufficient means to deal with potential adverse future events, thereby generating in the household feelings of anxiety and economic insecurity. We show that the instability of women's work status (i.e. the holding of occasional and precarious employment positions) significantly discourages the decision to have a first child. Low levels of household wealth significantly and positively influence the decision to postpone, or even decide against, having a first child. The chances of further childbirth are significantly and negatively influenced by household income insecurity.JEL Codes: C25, J13.

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Labor market flexibility and poverty dynamics

Cited by 33 publications

References 28 publications

Youth Poverty, Employment, and Leaving the Parental Home in Europe

Youth Poverty, Employment, and Leaving the Parental Home in Europe

I would if I could: precarious employment and childbearing intentions in Italy

Economic Insecurity and Fertility Intentions: The Case of Italy

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