A Spatial Analysis of Precarious Forms of Employment in F rance

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ID10833785
AuthorsMarc Jacquemond (Department of Geography McGill University 805 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal QC H3A 0B9 Canada), Sébastien Breau (0000-0002-5594-2674, Department of Geography McGill University 805 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal QC H3A 0B9 Canada, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume106
Issue5
Pages536-555
Publication date2015-12-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0040-747X • E-ISSN: 1467-9663
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/tesg.12120
OpenAlexW2127733843
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited33

This paper provides the first detailed analysis of the spatial dimensions of precarious employment across the F rench territory. We find that different forms of precarious employment exhibit different spatial patterns. The most striking locational pattern is shown by fixed‐term contracts and part‐time work where we observe clusters of high levels of precarious employment primarily in southern regions. Northern regions, in contrast, are characterised by clusters of low levels of precarious employment. We also find that precarious employment is predominantly a rural phenomenon with the exception of temporary (interim) work which displays higher average levels in urban communes. Finally, modelling results suggest that the geographical distribution of precarious forms of employment is linked to factors such as the unemployment rate, the industrial composition of a region, gender and the structure of family households

Demographic economics · Distribution (mathematics · Economic geography · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Interim · Labour economics · Phenomenon · Precarious work · Spatial distribution · Unemployment · Work (physics · Regional Economic and Spatial Analysis · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis · Spatial and Panel Data Analysis

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