Social class and the risk of unemployment: Trends, gender differences and the contribution of education

Lahtinen, Hannu; Sirniö, Outi; Martikainen, Pekka

doi:10.1177/0001699318817594

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“…It is important to note that those that I interacted more closely with-as much as most of the subculture's members at the time of my explorations-were either unemployed (with and without welfare benefits), high-school students, or only partly engaged in non-secure employment. This testifies to the working-class character of the subculture, and to the knowledge currently at our disposal regarding the relationship between class, education and employment levels [49][50][51]. Additionally, the older members of the subculture (30+) were well known for their past involvement within the hooligan scene of one of the two main football clubs of the city-again linked in literature with working-class groups and subcultures [52][53][54]-and as we will see in the commentaries below, openly advocated for a 'life-style' based on the rejection of the values of bourgeois sobriety and its working ethic of self-sacrifice.…”

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Between Pleasure and Resistance: The Role of Substance Consumption in an Italian Working-Class Subculture

Placido

2019

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In this article I discuss how illegal substance consumption can act as a tool of resistance and as an identity signifier for young people through a covert ethnographic case study of a working-class subculture in Genoa, North-Western Italy. I develop my argument through a coupled reading of the work of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) and more recent post-structural developments in the fields of youth studies and cultural critical criminology. I discuss how these apparently contrasting lines of inquiry, when jointly used, shed light on different aspects of the cultural practices of specific subcultures contributing to reflect on the study of youth cultures and subcultures in today’s society and overcoming some of the ‘dead ends’ of the opposition between the scholarly categories of subculture and post-subculture. In fact, through an analysis of the sites, socialization processes, and hedonistic ethos of the subculture, I show how within a single subculture there could be a coexistence of: resistance practices and subversive styles of expression as the CCCS research program posits; and signs of fragmentary and partial aesthetic engagements devoid of political contents and instead primarily oriented towards the affirmation of the individual, as argued by the adherents of the post-subcultural position.

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Between Pleasure and Resistance: The Role of Substance Consumption in an Italian Working-Class Subculture

Placido

2019

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“…Most people with a LLA -and by extension their families -become impoverished (below the Bangladesh poverty line) creating a risk for multigenerational poverty and downgrading of socioeconomic class [41]. This change in social status is often associated with shame and embarrassment which is compounded by their ongoing need for personal care and feeling like a burden to their family [42]. In Bangladesh, a lack of nancial support for healthcare means challenges arise in paying for acute care cost which impacts the whole family [13].…”

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“…Changes of traditional nancial roles within families post-LLA are culturally challenging [17,42]. Given that males are almost always the primary income earner, their disability affects the whole family.…”

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Disability, economic and work-role status of individuals and their families in Bangladesh, post-unilateral lower-limb amputation (LLA) and pre-rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study

Sayeed

Oakman

Dillon

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Background To quantify disability, occupation and socioeconomic status of individuals and their families in Bangladesh, post-unilateral lower-limb amputation (LLA) and pre-rehabilitation. Methods Between November 2017 and February 2018, people with unilateral LLA attending two XXX prosthetic rehabilitation centres were surveyed prior to rehabilitation, using the World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule (WHODAS-2.0) with additional socio-economic questions. Data was analysed descriptively, and cross-tabulation conducted with Chi-square test and Fisher’s exact tests. Results Seventy-six individuals participated. The majority had transtibial amputation (61.8%) from trauma (64.5%), were young adults (37.92 ± 12.35 years), in paid work prior to LLA (80%), married (63.2%), male (81.6%), from rural areas (78.9%), with primary/no education (72.4%). After LLA, mobility (WHODAS score 74.61 ± 13.19) was the most negatively affected domain. Most (60.5%) participants did not return to a paid or unpaid occupation. Acute healthcare costs negatively impacted most families (89.5%), and over 80% became impoverished. Nearly 70% of previous income-earners became economically dependent resulting in changes to traditional family roles. Conclusions Following LLA, most participants experienced significant mobility impairment, were unable to return to paid occupation and became economically dependent. The study population presents with many different characteristics from other people with LLA globally, which suggest with timely rehabilitation a return to paid employment is possible. The impact of LLA extends beyond the individual, including to families, many of whom face challenges with changes to traditional primary earner gendered roles. Improved access to timely and affordable rehabilitation is required to reduce the significant personal and societal costs of disability after LLA.

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“…Further analyses are needed to understand the vulnerability of the age groups spending longer time in LTU, such as capturing differences by educational level, or other socioeconomic characteristics like migration status or income levels. Previous research has shown that an advantaged social class position protects individuals from unemployment (Lahtinen, et al, 2018). However, this could be only added if we had life tables by level of education for each country.…”

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Trends in the length of long-term unemployment in Europe: an approach using working life tables, 2000-2018

Lozano¹,

Rentería²

2021

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Long-term unemployment has severe negative consequences. However, little is known about how long people could expect to be unemployed for more than one year during their lifespan, and which age groups are spending more time out of work while looking for jobs. We apply demographic techniques to enhance our understanding of long-term unemployment, and use the European Labour Force Survey and mortality data to calculate the time that a person could expect to be unemployed for more than a year in 25 European countries between 2000 and 2018. We identify four groups of countries that are characterised by different trends in the duration of long-term unemployment. Results show very different impact of the 2008 Recession on the length of long-term unemployment in Europe, and it was especially large in Southern and Eastern countries, as well as in Ireland. In addition, although younger workers record higher rates of long-term unemployment, older workers could expect to spend a larger proportion of their working lives unemployed. Finally, we show that, in some countries, the measure of long-term unemployment has been underestimated due to a discouraged worker effect.

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Social class and the risk of unemployment: Trends, gender differences and the contribution of education

Cited by 30 publications

References 34 publications

Between Pleasure and Resistance: The Role of Substance Consumption in an Italian Working-Class Subculture

Between Pleasure and Resistance: The Role of Substance Consumption in an Italian Working-Class Subculture

Disability, economic and work-role status of individuals and their families in Bangladesh, post-unilateral lower-limb amputation (LLA) and pre-rehabilitation: a cross-sectional study

Trends in the length of long-term unemployment in Europe: an approach using working life tables, 2000-2018

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