Labour market flexibility, economic crisis and youth unemployment in Italy

Liotti, Giorgio

doi:10.1016/j.strueco.2020.04.011

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“…The recent economic crisis and the present Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic-related economic lockdowns have had worrying effects on jobs and working lives (Doran & Fingleton, 2016;Spurk & Straub, 2020). Such situations in addition to the surge in youth populations in some parts of the world have facilitated an increase not only in the number of people in unemployment (Ackah-Baidoo, 2016;Awad, 2019;Bruhn, 2020;Liotti, 2020;Wilkinson et al, 2017) but also those in insecure and precarious employment (Gutiérrez-Barbarrusa, 2016;Kottwitz et al, 2017;Ståhl & MacEachen, 2020).…”

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Maintaining High Eudaimonic Wellbeing Despite Ambiguity Intolerance Among Three Employment Status Groups: Examining the Buffering Effects of Positive Psychological Attributes

Baluku

Bantu

Namale

et al. 2021

Int J Appl Posit Psychol

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The unemployed, as well as individuals in self and salaried employment, face several work-related risks and uncertainties which can result in diminished psychological wellbeing especially for individuals with high ambiguity intolerance. However, positive psychology literature suggests that individuals with strong psychological resources can be resilient in difficult circumstances. Using a sample of 922 individuals (including 240 unemployed, 391 salary-employed, and 291 self-employed) from Uganda and Kenya, we investigated the moderating effects of locus of control and psychological capital on the association between ambiguity intolerance and eudaimonic wellbeing, comparing the unemployed with individuals in salaried and self-employment. Our findings indicated that ambiguity intolerance and external locus of control are negatively associated with eudaimonic wellbeing. Conversely, internal locus of control and psychological capital were positively associated with eudaimonic wellbeing. The moderation analysis revealed that whereas an external locus of control boosts the negative effects of ambiguity intolerance on eudaimonic wellbeing, internal locus of control and psychological capital buffer against the negative effects of ambiguity intolerance on eudaimonic wellbeing. Differences between employment status groups and implications are discussed.

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Maintaining High Eudaimonic Wellbeing Despite Ambiguity Intolerance Among Three Employment Status Groups: Examining the Buffering Effects of Positive Psychological Attributes

Baluku

Bantu

Namale

et al. 2021

Int J Appl Posit Psychol

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“…During the 1980s, the Italian labour market has witnessed a strong deregulation, characterized by increasing forms of flexible and unstable employment usually consisting in jobs with limited duration and low income (Emmenegger et al 2012). These kinds of jobs are usually associated with lower occupational prospects and careers (Barbieri & Scherer, 2009), higher risk of entering poverty (Barbieri and Bozzon, 2016) and of turning into unemployment during recession periods (Liotti 2020). Women and young individuals have been the groups of workers mostly affected by these changes in the Italian labour market (Brandolini et al 2007, Barbieri andScherer 2005).…”

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Changes in fertility plans during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: the role of occupation and income vulnerability

Arpino¹,

Luppi²,

Rosina³

2021

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The health and economic crisis generated by the COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented in recent human history. We investigate the role of objective and subjective indicators of economic uncertainty due to the COVID-19 crisis in young Italians’ fertility plans during the year 2020. We use unique repeated cross-sectional data, collected at different time points during the pandemic (March and October/November 2020) together with pre-COVID data (2016). The data offer a standard fertility intention question pre- and during-COVID, and also a direct question on whether pre-COVID fertility plans have been confirmed, postponed or abandoned. We find that individuals with more vulnerable occupations show a lower probability of definitely intending to have a(nother) child in the short-term and a higher probability of having abandoned their pre-COVID fertility plan in March 2020, while in October 2020 changes in fertility plans did not vary by occupation. Instead, those who suffered from a negative income shock and those with negative expectations on their future income and occupation are more likely to abandon their pre-pandemic fertility plan compared to their better off counterparts, and these differences hold both in March and October. Overall, economic uncertainty generated by the pandemic seems to have similarly affected men and women’s fertility intentions. Our findings point to the fact that the unequal economic consequences of the pandemic also produced and will produce heterogeneous effects on fertility intentions.

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“…The COVID-19 pandemic outbreak has not only affected the health care sector and the population's health but is also influencing employment and the movement of the labor market. The rise in unemployment in Europe is the most obvious consequence of the economic slowdown associated with the COVID-19 crisis (p. 150, [4]). Some authors comment on labor market development in terms of the COVID-19 pandemic as a gigantic crisis and predict its growing polarization to high-paid work and a group of jobs that disappear because they are uninteresting or poorly valued (pp.…”

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The Impact of the Industry 4.0 Concept on Slovak Business Sustainability within the Issue of the Pandemic Outbreak

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Many studies have found that the most significant job structure changes in the Slovak business environment can be expected in production and logistics. The biggest manpower shortages are in the fields of mechanical engineering, production, construction, information sciences and communication technologies, and medical sciences. The smallest manpower shortage can be found in the humanities and social science areas. The main objective of this research was to assess the trends within the Slovak labor market from the perspective of the companies that participated in a survey focused on their assumptions on job structure changes in the context of the implementation of the elements of Industry 4.0. The estimation was based on a questionnaire conducted during the spring months of 2020 with the participation of 175 companies and institutions. The results showed that one third of companies anticipate job cuts in the implementation of smart industry. Along with the job position disposal and the qualified staffs’ need for new jobs, the demands of employers regarding the level of education are growing. On the other hand, three quarters of companies are not only willing but also ready to participate in human resource vocational training and requalification focused mainly on technical skills.

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Labour market flexibility, economic crisis and youth unemployment in Italy

Cited by 64 publications

References 41 publications

Maintaining High Eudaimonic Wellbeing Despite Ambiguity Intolerance Among Three Employment Status Groups: Examining the Buffering Effects of Positive Psychological Attributes

Maintaining High Eudaimonic Wellbeing Despite Ambiguity Intolerance Among Three Employment Status Groups: Examining the Buffering Effects of Positive Psychological Attributes

Changes in fertility plans during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy: the role of occupation and income vulnerability

The Impact of the Industry 4.0 Concept on Slovak Business Sustainability within the Issue of the Pandemic Outbreak

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