The Impact of Unemployment and Non-Standard Forms of Employment on the Housing Autonomy of Young Adults

Katerina Gousia, Anna Baranowska-Rataj (), Thomas Middleton and Olena Nizalova
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Thomas Middleton: University of Kent, UK

Work, Employment & Society, 2021, vol. 35, issue 1, 157-177

Abstract: Young people are facing challenges in transitioning to housing autonomy because of changes in labour market conditions in recent years. This article explores the effects of youth unemployment and non-standard employment on the likelihood of leaving the parental home. We adopt a dynamic modelling approach, and use data from a large longitudinal British survey covering the years 2009–2014. We find that unemployment and part-time work, but not the duration of the contract, have a negative effect on the likelihood of obtaining housing autonomy. We also find that past as well as anticipated unemployment have significant negative effects, which suggests that the decision about whether to move out depends on the individual’s longer-term labour market trajectory. The analysis also reveals gender differences in part-time work, but not in unemployment once we take into account unobserved time-invariant heterogeneity.

Keywords: housing autonomy; non-standard employment; youth unemployment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0950017020936875

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