 Instability, Precariousness, Insecurity: What Do We Mean when We Talk About «Job Insecurity»?Giovanni Abbiati Stato e mercato, 2012, issue 2, 323-356 Abstract: In scientific literature there is a great conceptual confusion about thedefinition of «job insecurity». In fact, jobs can be insecure for three main reasons:because they are subjectively felt insecure; because they are short-term by contract; or,finally, because of short tenure. Following recent research on Italian labour market,we show how useful is to keep these dimensions separate to track and understandthe evolution of labour market dynamics. For each insecurity dimension an overviewof the literature as well as original analytical insights over the topics considered areprovided. The analysis is addressed to stimulate further research, presenting and usingindicators for the study of job insecurity that are rarely used in Italian literature.Finally, all along the article we compare our results with mainstream sociologicaltheories about job insecurity, showing how the use of empirical data allow us torender a more realistic and many-sided image of western countries labour market. Keywords: JEL Classification: J21 - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure; J41: Labor Contracts; A14 - Sociology of Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:mul:jl9ury:doi:10.1425/37884:y:2012:i:2:p:323-356 Access Statistics for this article Stato e mercato is currently edited by Michele Salvati More articles in Stato e mercato from Società editrice il Mulino |
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