Unemployment, Temporary Work, and Subjective Well-Being
The Gendered Effect of Spousal Labor Market Insecurity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4522690 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hande Inanc (0000-0002-2507-305X, Mathematica Policy Research, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 536-566 |
| Publication date | 2018-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0003122418772061 |
| OpenAlex | W2804260425 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 66 |
The negative impact of unemployment on individuals and its spillover to spouses is widely documented. However, we have a gap in our knowledge when it comes to the similar consequences of temporary employment. This is problematic, because although temporary jobs are often considered better alternatives to unemployment for endowing individuals with income and opportunities to connect to employers, they are also associated with stressors such as high levels of job insecurity and poor quality work, the effects of which might spill over to spouses. Using matched data from the British Household Panel Study, I show that temporary work is at least as detrimental as unemployment for spouses' subjective well-being, although there are differences. When experienced by husbands, temporary work, like unemployment, has a negative effect on wives' psychological well-being and life satisfaction. Yet, as opposed to unemployment, wives' temporary employment also spills over and negatively affects husbands' psychological well-being. Furthermore, coupled individuals' well-being is most affected when men are either unemployed or temporarily employed and their wives have permanent jobs, suggesting that the effect is related to gender deviation. The effects are robust after controlling for fixed individual characteristics that can influence both employment status and well-being outcomes
Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Job insecurity · Job security · Labour economics · Life satisfaction · Panel data · Spillover effect · Stressor · Unemployment · Work (physics · Work hours · Working hours · Employment and Welfare Studies · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges
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| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 48 |