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Disability and Precarious Work
2021Abstract This chapter examines the prevalence, causes, and consequences of precarious work among people with disabilities. New US evidence from the government’s Current Population Survey, and reviews of prior studies, show that workers with disabilities are more likely than those without disabilities to be in precarious jobs.
Lisa Schur, Douglas L. Kruse
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Flexible working and precariousness
2018This concluding chapter discusses work flexibility and security for young people. The balance of flexibility and security for labour market participants is a perennial challenge for policy-makers. Young people tend to accumulate negative flexibility outcomes in that they have more limited contractual security, and a greater risk of working on non ...
Raul Eamets +7 more
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Employment relations and precarious work
2018n.a.
Chiara Benassi, Milena Tekeste
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American Behavioral Scientist, 2012
This article examines the causes and consequences of the dramatic growth of precarious employment in Japan since the 1990s. In response to heightened competition associated with globalization, Japanese firms adopted cost-cutting policies to remain competitive, especially in terms of reducing wage outlays.
Machiko Osawa +2 more
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This article examines the causes and consequences of the dramatic growth of precarious employment in Japan since the 1990s. In response to heightened competition associated with globalization, Japanese firms adopted cost-cutting policies to remain competitive, especially in terms of reducing wage outlays.
Machiko Osawa +2 more
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Sweden: Precarious work and precarious unemployment
2009The aim of this chapter is to describe and analyse the prevalence and the forms of precarious work, and what we call ‘precarious unemployment’, in Sweden, calling attention to differences between women and men. It considers developments mainly from the beginning of the 1990s until today. We concentrate on two main forms, namely temporary employment and
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American Behavioral Scientist, 2013
Precarious work, characterized by the uncertainty and unpredictability of employment, is well established in Thailand. This article examines the expansion of new forms of precarious work in Thailand with particular attention to the post–Asian economic crisis period. This is done through an examination of the currently available data.
Kevin Hewison, Woradul Tularak
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Precarious work, characterized by the uncertainty and unpredictability of employment, is well established in Thailand. This article examines the expansion of new forms of precarious work in Thailand with particular attention to the post–Asian economic crisis period. This is done through an examination of the currently available data.
Kevin Hewison, Woradul Tularak
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Refugees’ Vulnerability towards Precarious Work
Despite the central role of employment for integration, refugees are particularly vulnerable to under- and unemployment, and are more likely to find themselves in precarious working conditions compared to host country residents. Frequently discussed reasons for this are for example legal restrictions, health issues, and non-recognition of ...Knappert, Lena +3 more
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American Behavioral Scientist, 2012
This article examines nonstandard or precarious workers in Taiwan since 2000. It traces the origin of nonstandard work back to increasing pressures faced by business in global competition and financial crises. Its emergence was also accompanied by the decline of the traditional informal labor sector and the increase of unemployment.
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This article examines nonstandard or precarious workers in Taiwan since 2000. It traces the origin of nonstandard work back to increasing pressures faced by business in global competition and financial crises. Its emergence was also accompanied by the decline of the traditional informal labor sector and the increase of unemployment.
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Temporary Agency Work and Work Precariousness
2020This chapter analyses the ‘work experience’ dimension of the interviewees in order to highlight the types of disadvantages they experienced at the workplace and how these were perceived in relation to those of standard workers. In line with the previous chapter, the chapter begins with a description of the institutional framework associated with work ...
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American Behavioral Scientist, 2012
Workers in India are becoming increasingly precarious in spite of its significant economic growth during the past two decades. The extent of informalization and casualization, used as proxies for precariousness, can be deduced from government sources and shows that the size of the informal sector not only constitutes almost 90% of the working ...
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Workers in India are becoming increasingly precarious in spite of its significant economic growth during the past two decades. The extent of informalization and casualization, used as proxies for precariousness, can be deduced from government sources and shows that the size of the informal sector not only constitutes almost 90% of the working ...
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