The Role of Monetary and Non-Monetary Job Quality Components in Determining Welfare Exit

Bibliographic Data

ID2116134
AuthorsNetta Achdut (0000-0003-3869-8101, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev), Haya Stier (0000-0002-5929-3691, Tel Aviv University)
Year2021
Volume50
Issue1
Pages79-103
Publication date2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-2794 • E-ISSN: 1469-7823
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047279419000977
OpenAlexW3010862025
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited64

Contemporary welfare policies in many Western countries limit means tested public assistance for the long-term unemployed and spur rapid movement into the labor market. Studies on welfare use determinants that traced these policy changes focused on individuals' characteristics, economic condition, and various policy components. Little attention was paid to welfare recipients' job quality or its role in determining welfare exit. The present study examined the contribution of various job quality aspects, beyond wages, to welfare exit among welfare recipients in Israel. We considered the use of workers' own skills and occupation, existence of standard employment contract (versus temporary), irregular work schedule, and application of mandatory and non-mandatory non-wage compensation attributes. The data derive from a national panel survey of 2,800 single-mother recipients of welfare in 2003. The results indicate the importance of these job components for welfare exit, above and beyond wages. Implications for policy are discussed

Compensation (psychology) · Economics · Labour economics · Market economy · Panel data · Quality (philosophy) · Schedule · Wage · Welfare · Work (physics) · Employment and Welfare Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Workplace Health and Well-being

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