Research Group

Labor Demography

Project

Precarious Work, Life-Course Outcomes, and Health

Conducted by Mikko Myrskylä; Christian Dudel, Angelo Lorenti, Jo Mhairi Hale (MPIDR / University of St Andrews, United Kingdom)

We unravel the mechanisms and trajectories through which individuals find themselves in precarious work, non-standard employment, and working poverty. Moreover, we assess how these employment arrangements give rise to, shape, and affect inequalities, particularly inequalities in health. Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Economics, Employment, Retirement, Health Care, Public Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Life Course, Policies, Politics, Administration, Welfare State

Publications

Finnigan, R.; Hale, J. M.:

Working 9 to 5? Union membership and work hours and schedules

Social Forces 96:4, 1541–1568. (2018)

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Research

Department Myrskylä
Fertility and Well-Being
Population Health
Research Group: Labor Demography
Department Zagheni
Digital and Computational Demography [Migration, Aging, the Environment]
Joint Research Labs
Demographic Data
Statistical Demography
Independent Research Groups
Research Group: Lifespan Inequalities
Research Group: Kinship Inequalities
Research Group: Gender Inequalities and Fertility