Social Insurance as a Collective Resource: Unemployment Benefits, Job Insecurity and Subjective Well-being in a Comparative Perspective

Job Preferences in Comparative Perspective 1989–2015: A Multidimensional Evaluation of Individual and Contextual Influences

“…Supportive of this argument is also the understanding of social protection as collective resources that benefit not only those in direct need of social protection, but all individuals who are qualified to access (extensive) social protection if need be. In this way, all individuals benefit from a sense of security that lowers the potential stress around temporary loss of income, either in relation to unemployment (Sjöberg 2010) or sickness (Esser 2017).…”

A Job and a Sufficient Income Is Not Enough: The Needs of the Dutch Precariat

“…Research conducted over the last two decades leaves little doubt about the effect of subjective insecurity on social, economic, physical, and psychological well-being (see, for example, Breen, 1997;Rodgers, 2004;Sjöberg, 2010;Vulkan, 2012). The most important latent aspects related to precarity are the higher risk of unemployment, obtaining precarious contracts, low wages (Schmid, 2010), economized social services, poverty, and alienation (Standing, 2011).…”

“…Research (Sjöberg, 2010;Vulkan, 2012) has shown that expected unemployment (job insecurity) is likely to be as distressing as actual unemployment. Research has also shown that unemployment has a destructive effect on the social, economic, and psychological well-being of workers.…”

Reducing Poverty in Estonia Through Activation and Better Targeting

“…In recent years, a large body of theoretical and empirical research has examined the determinants of household satisfaction (Flèche et al, 2011). According to some studies, economic insecurity and greater unemployment volatility significantly undermines perceived well-being (Wolfers, 2003;Sjöberg, 2010). This aversion to volatility can arise from several sources, although they are all based on convexity in individual preferences which induces an aversion to business cycle volatility.…”