Precarious jobs: Where are they, and how do they affect well-being?

Abstract

By the end of the 20th century, there was general agreement that most labour markets were in transition and that employment was becoming less secure. However, official labour market data have not shown a dramatic increase in temporary or casual employment. This article takes a new look at the changing characteristics of employment and offers a new method to measure employment security: the Employment Precarity Index. We use the Employment Precarity Index to assess how insecure employment associated with a ‘gig’ economy might affect well-being and social relations, including health outcomes, household well-being and community involvement.

Neither precarious nor entrepreneur: The subjective experience of hybrid self-employed workers

“…However, not all non-standard work arrangements are necessarily precarious, while workers on standard employment contracts may also suffer from insecurity. Therefore, considering the standard employment relationship as a proxy to determine the degree of insecurity someone experiences may be limiting (Lewchuk, 2017;Pulignano and Doerflinger, 2013).…”

Decent Work as a Necessary Condition for Sustainable Well-Being. A Tale of Pi(i)gs and Farmers

“…The "indecencies" are perceived especially in conditions such as the pace of work, dealing with angry customers, unsocial work schedules, inflexibility, poor organizational participation, low access to training, insecurity, limited professional expectations and, finally (and importantly), notably lower earnings. Although some recent studies have partially revealed this fact (e.g., [41], related to happiness; [42], linked to employment security; and, among others, [43], connected to incomes), as far as our knowledge is concerned, there is no published study that has done so with the overall approach used in this work. The picture that these results draw is in line with what was stated in our second research purpose.…”

The Role of Precarious Employment in Emigration Flows from Croatia

“…Women and minority workers, such as immigrants tend to be precarious workers in both developed and developing countries (Fudge and Owens, 2006). Lewchuk, W. (2017) stated that young workers and the especially growing number of immigrants searching for better work opportunity and conditions in other regions and countries. But in most of the cases, these workers such as young people, women and migrants are excessively considered as the most precarious groups in society.…”