The Invisible Impact of Frozen Conflicts: A Case Study of Foreign Domestic Workers in Cyprus

Hadjigeorgiou, Nasia

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“…Migrant domestic workers find themselves trapped in conditions of 'hyper-precarity' with different vulnerabilities compared to those of other groups of workers (Hadjigeorgiou 2020;Lewis et al 2015). The empirical findings showed that the event of a break, whether by choice in order to find a new job or by unemployment, was heavily penalised in terms of lost income.…”

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Mapping and Measuring the Phenomenon of Precariousness in the Labour Market: Challenges and Implications

et al. 2023

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This research article presents an empirical model that takes economic vulnerability into consideration to measure and address the phenomenon of precarious work and precariousness. In order to achieve this, three satisfactory indicators were formulated, consisting of both individual and institutional levels and taking into account the country-specific relationships among the variables, depending on country-specific conditions. Based on this, the choice of homeownership is introduced instead of the eligibility for employment benefits. In this way, precarity has been examined as a condition in which precariousness and economic vulnerability intersect and interact. In Cyprus, 9.5% of the workers in Cyprus were classified as precarious, while 4.4% were classified as being in precarity (i.e., precarious and economically vulnerable). The empirical findings revealed that precariousness was related to gender, migration, and the employment sector, which is consistent with the well-known literature. One of the most noteworthy findings was the high number of female migrant domestic workers in Cyprus. In this study, new variables and novel empirical approaches were introduced into the discussion of precarious work and precariousness, which may eventually lead to new theoretical and policy avenues for reducing or eliminating this phenomenon.

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confidence: 97%