Gendering Insiders and Outsiders : Labour Market Status and Preferences for Job Security
Journal
Economics, Management and Financial Markets
ISSN
1842-3191
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2010-09-01
Author(s)
Abstract
This paper examines the role of gender in the relationship between labour market status and preferences for job security. We hypothesize that the insider/outsider theory of employment and unemployment suffers from a gender bias. It neither takes the possibility of family-related labour market transitions nor the role of the household situation (division of labour, presence of children, dual-earner households etc.) into account. We adapt the insider/outsider theory of employment and unemployment by incorporating the, on average, higher number of labour market transitions experienced by women into the model using interaction effects and by conceptualising the household situation as mobility and responsibility effects. Contrary to our expectations, we find no significant effect of gender on preferences for job security, neither in interaction with labour market status nor as an independent effect. In contrast, we observe that individuals living together with their partners and main contributors to the household income consider job security to be particularly important. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SEPS - Global Democratic Governance
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Addleton Academic Publishers
Publisher place
New York, NY
Volume
5
Number
3
Start page
88
End page
128
Pages
41
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
227280