Work in Transition: Labour Market Life Expectancy and Years Spent in Precarious Employment in Spain 1986–2016

Mariona Lozano () and Elisenda Rentería
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Mariona Lozano: Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics
Elisenda Rentería: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2019, vol. 145, issue 1, No 8, 185-200

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we measure the number of years that men and women have been expected to spend in the labour market at age 16 and at age 50 during the period 1986–2016. The objective is twofold. First, we show the change in active years during these three decades, and calculate the gender gap in the time spent in different work statutes (active/inactive, employed/unemployed). Second, we examine the increased prevalence of precarious employment conditions over time. Precarious work is measured through a multidimensional indicator using the Spanish Labour Force Survey. We combined this dataset with registered population data to calculate life expectancy in the labour market, and found that the gender gap in employment has largely reduced due to women’s increased activity. Women have gained 13.6 years of employment during the period considered here, while men lost almost 5 years. In addition, precarious forms of working lives have been growing extensively, and have especially affected younger cohorts, drawing a clear trend towards a dual labour market. In addition, women have spent more time in precarious employment than men at all ages, indicating that most of the growth in females’ employment has been under precarious job conditions.

Keywords: Labour market; Life expectancy; Working-life trajectories; Gender gap; Precarious employment; Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/s11205-019-02091-2

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