Abstract (may include machine translation)
The COVID-19 crisis highlights a growing precarity in employment and the importance of employment for workers' well-being. Existing studies primarily examine the consequences of employment precarity through non-standard employment arrangements or the perception of job insecurity as a one-dimensional measure. Recent scholars advocate a multidimensional construct with a wide range of objective and subjective characteristics of precariousness. Using data from Eurofound's Living, Working, and COVID-19 surveys, I define employment precarity as the objective form of employment instability, as well as subjective terms of job insecurity and emotional precariousness. I also investigate whether and how various facets of employment precarity along with COVID-19 risk are associated with workers' mental and subjective well-being across 27 European Union member states during the pandemic. This study sheds light on a comprehensive understanding of objective and subjective dimensions of employment precarity, as well as their effects on workers' well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 188-211 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Work and Occupations |
Volume | 50 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 19 Sep 2022 |
Keywords
- COVID-19
- employment precarity
- job insecurity
- mental well-being
- precarious employment
- precariousness
- subjective well-being