The Impact of Unemployment and Non-Standard Forms of Employment on the Housing Autonomy of Young Adults

Bibliographic Data

ID2374439
AuthorsKaterina Gousia (0000-0002-2494-786X, University of Kent, corresponding author), Anna Baranowska-Rataj (0000-0003-1260-5077, Umeå University), Thomas Middleton (University of Kent), Olena Nizalova (0000-0002-1704-2632, University of Kent, UK; Global Labor Organization, Germany)
Year2021
Volume35
Issue1
Pages157-177
Publication date2021-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWork Employment and Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-0170 • E-ISSN: 1469-8722
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0950017020936875
OpenAlexW3046996197
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited46

Young people are facing challenges in transitioning to housing autonomy because of changes in labour market conditions in recent years. This article explores the effects of youth unemployment and non-standard employment on the likelihood of leaving the parental home. We adopt a dynamic modelling approach, and use data from a large longitudinal British survey covering the years 2009-2014. We find that unemployment and part-time work, but not the duration of the contract, have a negative effect on the likelihood of obtaining housing autonomy. We also find that past as well as anticipated unemployment have significant negative effects, which suggests that the decision about whether to move out depends on the individual's longer-term labour market trajectory. The analysis also reveals gender differences in part-time work, but not in unemployment once we take into account unobserved time-invariant heterogeneity

Autonomy · Demographic economics · Duration (music · Economic growth · Economics · Labour economics · Longitudinal data · Political science · Sociology · Unemployment · Work (physics · Youth unemployment · Demography · Housing Market and Economics · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies