Dualization and subjective employment insecurity: Explaining the subjective employment insecurity divide between permanent and temporary workers across 23 European countries

Heejung Chung
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Heejung Chung: University of Kent, UK

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2019, vol. 40, issue 3, 700-729

Abstract: Dualization theory posits that certain institutions cause dualization in the labour market, yet how institutions deepen the subjective insecurity divide between insiders and outsiders has not been examined. This article examines this question using data from 23 European countries in 2008/2009. Results show that the subjective employment insecurity divide between permanent and temporary workers varies significantly across different countries. Corporatist countries, with stronger unions, have larger subjective insecurity divides between permanent and temporary workers. However, this is because permanent workers feel more secure in these countries rather than because temporary workers are more exposed to feelings of insecurity.

Keywords: Dualization; employment insecurity; industrial relations; institutions; multilevel modelling; permanent contracts (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X16656411

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