When two (or more) do not equal one: an analysis of the changing nature of multiple and single jobholding in Europe

Wieteke Conen and Paul de Beer
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Wieteke Conen: 1234University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Paul de Beer: 1234University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2021, vol. 27, issue 2, 165-180

Abstract: The scope and structure of multiple jobholding and its consequences for multiple jobholders are changing in many Western economies. Only limited quantitative empirical knowledge is currently available on the changing features of multiple jobholding and whether the economic vulnerability of multiple jobholders has been changing over time. In this article we focus on the position and trends of multiple jobholders compared with single jobholders in Europe. We study this in terms of working hours, workers’ desire to work more hours, and in-work poverty. To that end, we analyse data since the early 2000s from the EU Labour Force Survey and from the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. Our findings show that multiple jobholding is a significant and increasing labour market phenomenon in many advanced economies, with changing characteristics, for example in terms of gender distribution and combinations of contracts. In-work poverty is relatively high among non-standard workers, but the findings do not indicate a deteriorating trend effect. In-work poverty seems to be on the rise among people who are single, for both single jobholders and multiple jobholders.

Keywords: Employment; in-work poverty; moonlighting; multiple jobholding; quality of work (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/10242589211002630

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