Job insecurity

Sonia Bertolini

Chapter 32 in Elgar Encyclopedia of Business and Government, 2026, pp 180-184 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In the literature we can distinguish two dimensions of job insecurity: objective and subjective. The first refers to the objective conditions of workers at risk of losing their job and becoming unemployed—for example, having been employed with a fixed-term contract or working in a firm that is facing an economic crisis. The subjective dimension relates to the feeling of being in a position where there is a risk of losing one's job. Perhaps the most interesting result of studies on job insecurity is that there is not a single way for producing a low level of job insecurity, but rather it is the combination of institutional factors that can determine the magnitude of job insecurity. In fact, the literature shows that there are different institutional configurations that can decrease job insecurity. For this reason, the combinations of different factors must be taken into account when designing policies.

Keywords: Job; Insecurity; Welfare states; Labour market regulations; Policies; Youth; Decisions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
ISBN: 9781035307777
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