Precariousness in Norway and Sweden: a comparative register-based study of longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market 1996–2015

Gauffin, Karl; Heggebø, Kristian; Elstad, Jon Ivar

doi:10.1080/14616696.2021.1882685

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“…These studies also demonstrated that the configuration of the labor market, gender, and welfare policies made work less precarious (Gauffin et al, 2021;Rasmussen et al, 2019). Such policies were built on strong social democratic politics shaped by organized labor and working-class movements confronting both states and capital.…”

Section: Confronting Precarious Work: Collective Actionmentioning

confidence: 94%

“…For example, studies of Norway and Sweden indicated that women could move from part‐time to full‐time work and that immigrant workers showed stronger attachments to work with appropriate policies. These studies also demonstrated that the configuration of the labor market, gender, and welfare policies made work less precarious (Gauffin et al., 2021; Rasmussen et al., 2019). Such policies were built on strong social democratic politics shaped by organized labor and working‐class movements confronting both states and capital.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Precarious work: A global perspective

Shin,

Kalleberg,

Hewison

2023

Sociology Compass

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Precarious work is universal, though its forms and consequences vary across countries due to institutional, cultural, and historical differences. This article reviews recent research on precarious work from a global perspective, emphasizing the comparative and interdisciplinary research needed for a comprehensive understanding of the structural transformations in contemporary capitalism that promote precarious work. The article has three foci. First, research that details the diverse forms of precarious work, which have become increasingly heterogeneous as national labor markets have been interwoven with global production networks. Second, research on precarious work that emphasizes its disparate impacts for women, youth, the elderly, racial and ethnic minority groups, and migrants, revealing an articulation of precarity and social cleavages. Third, research on the politics associated with precarious work and how some precarious workers have successfully organized and mobilized their interests, such as by unionizing and becoming involved in electoral politics. Still, questions remain regarding precarious work: how precarious workers differ from regular workers in representing their interests and demands and whether precarious workers are a new, independent social class or remain part of a changing working class. Finally, topics for future research on the global dimensions of precarious work are discussed.

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Section: Confronting Precarious Work: Collective Actionmentioning

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Section: Confronting Precarious Work: Collective Actionmentioning

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Precarious work: A global perspective

Shin,

Kalleberg,

Hewison

2023

Sociology Compass

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“…This can be seen as a broader concept that can be divided into more distinctive dimensions of precarious employment or one's life situation. At the individual level, precarity can be economic in terms of income, organisational in terms of working conditions, temporal (referring to uncertain employment periods and employment protections), and social (involving the social security available for individuals) (Rodgers and Rodgers, 1989;Kalleberg, 2014;Gauffin et al, 2021). Part-time work can be related to several of these dimensions.…”

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“…As an overall phenomenon, Gauffin et al (2021) found that precarity, in terms of low income and unstable employment, declined in Norway from 2008 to 2015. However, Rasmussen et al (2019) concluded that precarity is associated with non-standard work in Norway as well as the other Nordic countries.…”

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The Association Between Part-time Employment and Social Assistance Recipiency in Norway

Smedsvik

2023

NJWLS

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This article argues that part-time employment has several features of precarity tied to both institutional and individual factors. The consequences can be increased inequality, insecurity, and instability. It studies the relationship between part-time employment for individuals with weak labor market attachment, with periods of social assistance reception in Norway. The article used Norwegian register data to analyze this relationship. Findings show that individuals with a low employment percentage have significantly longer social assistance recipiency compared to those who work full-time, prior to social assistance reception. The empirical evidence supports an individual risk from part-time employment in this group, as well as the claim that non-standard employment is associated with increased vulnerability for individuals with weak labor market attachment. The findings relate to theoretical framework regarding the precarity and mechanisms of the labor market on several aspects, especially how institutional and individual elements link part-time employment to economic and social insecurity.

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Predicting stable employment trajectories among young people with disabilities

Ballo,

Alecu

2023

Journal of Education and Work

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Precariousness in Norway and Sweden: a comparative register-based study of longstanding precarious attachment to the labour market 1996–2015

Cited by 6 publications

References 31 publications

Precarious work: A global perspective

Precarious work: A global perspective

The Association Between Part-time Employment and Social Assistance Recipiency in Norway

Predicting stable employment trajectories among young people with disabilities

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