Job insecurity and the unemployment rate: Micro- and macro-level predictors of perceived job insecurity among Finnish employees 1984–2008

Noora Ellonen and Jouko Nätti
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Noora Ellonen: Police College of Finland, Finland
Jouko Nätti: University of Tampere, Finland

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2015, vol. 36, issue 1, 51-71

Abstract: In this article several micro-level determinants and the unemployment rate as macro-level determinant of perceived job insecurity are studied among Finnish employees from 1984 to 2008. The main questions are: Is the unemployment rate a significant macro-level determinant in different times, what is the most relevant unit for measuring unemployment – region or industry –, and does the effect of the micro- and macro-level determinants vary over time? The findings suggest that industry-related characteristics are more important than regional characteristics in explaining job insecurity. Perceived job insecurity is explained by micro-level determinants as well as unemployment rate as macro-level determinant. The effects, however, vary over time: the meaning of industry-related characteristics decreases and the meaning of individual-level characteristics increases.

Keywords: Economic change; job insecurity; unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X13495720

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