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Measuring precarious employment in times of crisis: the revised Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES) in Spain

Gaceta Sanitaria, 2015
This study examines the psychometric properties of the revised Employment Precariousness Scale (EPRES-2010) in a context of economic crisis and growing unemployment.Data correspond to salaried workers with a contract (n=4,750) from the second Psychosocial Work Environment Survey (Spain, 2010). Analyses included acceptability, scale score distributions,
Vives, Alejandra, González, Francisca, Moncada, Salvador, Llorens, Clara, Benach, Joan   +4 more
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
wiley   +1 more source

Women workers and precarious employment in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, China

, 2004
In spite of the increase in transnational codes of conduct and legal mobilisation of labour, despotic labour regimes in China are still prevalent. Globalisation and 'race to the bottom' production strategies adopted by transnational corporations militate
Ngai, Pun, Ngai, P.
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B/ordering and healthcare access for migrants with precarious status: The role of healthcare workers in counteracting restrictive policies

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract In Canada, precarious migration is largely invisibilized. Nonetheless, b/ordering greatly affects people's realities by limiting access to social rights. In Quebec, migrants with precarious status (MPS) do not have access to healthcare, although Quebec has a “universal” healthcare coverage.
Émilie Pigeon‐Gagné, Jill Hanley, Élise Bourgeois‐Guérin, Pénélope Boudreault   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Theoretical and Conceptual Basis of Precarious Employment [PDF]

, 2021
The growth of informal employment in the world significantly changes the traditional models of employment on permanent working places, and the number of precarious workers is growing.
O. A., PhD, Nabiev
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Is any job better than no job at all? Studying the relations between employment types, unemployment and subjective health in Belgium

Archives of Public Health, 2017
Background This study focuses on the health impact of the labour market position, since recent research indicates that exposure to both unemployment and precarious employment causes serious harm to people’s health and well-being.
Karen Van Aerden, Sylvie Gadeyne, Christophe Vanroelen   +2 more
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Changes in precarious employment in the United States: A longitudinal analysis

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2021
OBJECTIVE: This longitudinal study aimed to measure precarious employment in the US using a multidimensional indicator. METHODS: We used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1988–2016) and the Occupational Information Network database to ...
Vanessa M Oddo, Castiel Chen Zhuang, Sarah B Andrea, Jerzy Eisenberg-Guyot, Trevor Peckham, Daniel Jacoby, Anjum Hajat   +6 more
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Immigrant mental health, safe work, discrimination, and state policies: From racism and xenophobia to health equity

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract An ecological model was developed to examine the pathways linking immigration state policies to physically safe work conditions and work volition, interpersonal discrimination, and mental health distress. The ecological framework was tested among two subsamples totaling 529 Latinx immigrant participants: (1) immigrants who resided in states ...
Germán A. Cadenas, Thanharat Silamongkol, H. Kenny Nienhusser, Fiorella L. Carlos Chavez, Cristalís Capielo Rosario, Lucas Torres, Oswaldo Moreno   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Multiple-job holding is not a type of precarious employment

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment & Health, 2019
We are writing in regards to the review by Koranyi et al (1) on precarious employment and occupational accidents and injuries. In the review, multiple-job holding was classified as a type of precarious employment.
Stef Bouwhuis, Goedele A Geuskens, Allard J van der Beek, Cécile RL Boot   +3 more
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The Gender of Precarious Employment in Canada [PDF]

Relations industrielles, 2004
This article examines the relationship between gender, forms of employment and dimensions of precarious employment in Canada, using data from the Labour Force Survey and the General Social Survey. Full-time permanent wage work decreased for both women and men between 1989 and 2001, but women remain more likely to be employed in part-time and temporary ...
Cranford, Cynthia J., Vosko, Leah F., Zukewich, Nancy   +2 more
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