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Job precarity and economic prospects during the Covid‐19 public health crisis

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ID10763544
AuthorsWen‐jui Han (0000-0002-2054-2275, New York University New York USA, corresponding author), Jake Hart (The Mount Sinai Hospital Department of Psychiatry New York USA)
Year2021
Volume102
Issue5
Pages2394-2411
Publication date2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Science Quarterly (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-4941 • E-ISSN: 1540-6237
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/ssqu.13031
PMID34908614
OpenAlexW3198320079
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited24

OBJECTIVE: As labor markets in recent decades have become increasingly volatile and precarious, more workers are susceptible to working conditions threatening their economic security. COVID-19 has further laid bare such economic insecurity from holding a precarious job. We examined the association between precarious employment and the probability of losing income or a job during COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: A multivariate regression analysis was conducted using a cross-sectional data set collected in May 2020 in the United States. RESULTS: Our results confirm a strong positive association between precarious employment and losing work or income. Specifically, holding part-time work in the service sector, and feeling disempowered in the workplace, receiving low material rewards, having few benefits, and experiencing obstacles in exercising rights all significantly doubled the probability of losing income or jobs. CONCLUSION: Our analysis underscores the increasing vulnerability faced by our workforce and how a public health crisis magnifies the dire consequences of a precarious job

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Feeling · Job insecurity · Job security · Labour economics · Pandemic · Precarious work · Precarity · Vulnerability (computing) · Work (physics) · Workforce · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Digital Economy and Work Transformation · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citations per year3,4
Citation span2021 - 2025 (5)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
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