Women’s Vulnerability to the Economic Crisis through the Lens of Part-time Work in Spain

Insarauto, Valeria

doi:10.1177/09500170211001271

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“…Third, we restrict our sample to either men or women. There are various studies showing that (involuntary) part-time employment is especially relevant regarding women’s labour market position (Insarauto, 2021). Although our results confirm that women are more affected by the changing labour market structure, the coefficient for the estimation only including men is also highly significant.…”

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Wishing for More: Technological Change, the Rise of Involuntary Part-Time Employment and the Role of Active Labour Market Policies

DOORN

Vliet

2022

J. Soc. Pol.

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Technological change has squeezed the demand for middle-skill jobs, which typically involve routine-intense tasks. This squeeze has coincided with an increase in the number of part-time working individuals who wish to work more hours. We argue that these two trends are linked. Due to the decline of middle-skill employment, medium-educated workers shift into low-skill employment, increasing the supply of labour for jobs in this segment of the labour market. This pushes those dependent on these jobs to accept part-time jobs, even if these involve fewer hours than they prefer. To empirically assess this claim, we analyse involuntary part-time employment across 16 European countries between 1999 and 2010. Our analysis confirms that a decline in middle-skill employment is associated with an increase in involuntary part-time employment at the bottom end of the labour market. This finding implies that the automation of routine-intense labour worsens employment possibilities in this segment of the labour market. However, we show that training and job creation schemes mitigate this effect. These programmes cushion competition either by providing medium-educated workers with the necessary skills to shift into high-skill jobs or by increasing employment possibilities. Thus, governments have the tools to support workers facing challenges in the knowledge economy.

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Wishing for More: Technological Change, the Rise of Involuntary Part-Time Employment and the Role of Active Labour Market Policies

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Vliet

2022

J. Soc. Pol.

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“…Importantly, adolescents and young adults were the hardest hit demographic group, with 2012 unemployment rates of 71.4% and 47.7% for individuals aged 16–19 and 20–24 years respectively. While the gender gap in unemployment is reduced during crises, overall increases in part-time and precarious work ultimately re-establish women as a family dependent and flexible labor supply, increasing their socioeconomic vulnerability [ 48 ]. Accordingly, the combination of high and long-lasting unemployment rates among young women with other medium- and long-term gendered effects of the 2008 economic recession may partially explain these period and birth cohort effects.…”

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Role of Foreign-Born Status on Suicide Mortality in Spain Between 2000 and 2019: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis

Martínez-Alés

Gimbrone²,

Rutherford³

et al. 2022

Int J Public Health

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Objectives: To examine recent age-period-cohort effects on suicide among foreign-born individuals, a particularly vulnerable sociodemographic group in Spain.Methods: Using 2000–2019 mortality data from Spain’s National Institute of Statistics, we estimated age-period-cohort effects on suicide mortality, stratified by foreign-born status (native- vs. foreign-born) and, among the foreign-born, by Spanish citizenship status, a proxy for greater socioeconomic stability.Results: Annual suicide mortality rates were lower among foreign- than native-born individuals. There was heterogeneity in age-period-cohort effects between study groups. After 2010, suicide mortality increased markedly among the foreign-born—especially for female cohorts born around 1950, and slightly among native-born women—especially among female cohorts born after the 1960s. Among native-born men, suicide increased linearly with age and remained stable over time. Increases in suicide among the foreign-born were driven by increases among individuals without Spanish citizenship—especially among cohorts born after 1975.Conclusion: After 2010, suicide in Spain increased markedly among foreign-born individuals and slightly among native-born women, suggesting an association between the downstream effects of the 2008 economic recession and increases in suicide mortality among socioeconomically vulnerable populations.

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“…Along with the loss or absence of employment, there are multiple and diverse factors that can put the individual in an unfavourable social position and, therefore, making them vulnerable to crisis situations and at risk of labour and social exclusion (Tezanos, 2004;Insarauto, 2021). The economic, educational, residential, and social spheres, among others suggest a variety of exclusion factors that can move the individual to the margins of the inte-gration zone defined by Castel (1997) and push them to areas of greater vulnerability and even of social exclusion.…”

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Why now? Causal Attributions for Unemployment in Older People in Spain, Based on Their Life Experiences

Amber Montes,

Domingo Segovia

2023

RSP

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In a society marked by commerce and competitiveness, age has become an exclusion factor in employment, which affects people aged over 45 years. Based on the voices of the affected individuals in the Spanish context, this study explores the perceived causal attributions for their unemployment situation along with their experiences of job success. We conducted a multi-case study from an autobiographical perspective with ten participants, using in-depth interviews and reflective dialogue around life experiences. The results reveal, from a relational approach, the main attributions that emerged during the discourse. In spite of their singularities, the results indicate that the discourses generate shared identity traits, although there is an agreement in indicating age discrimination as one of the main determinants.

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Women’s Vulnerability to the Economic Crisis through the Lens of Part-time Work in Spain

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

Wishing for More: Technological Change, the Rise of Involuntary Part-Time Employment and the Role of Active Labour Market Policies

Wishing for More: Technological Change, the Rise of Involuntary Part-Time Employment and the Role of Active Labour Market Policies

Role of Foreign-Born Status on Suicide Mortality in Spain Between 2000 and 2019: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis

Why now? Causal Attributions for Unemployment in Older People in Spain, Based on Their Life Experiences

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