Research Group

Labor Demography

At a Glance Projects Publications Team

Project

The Labor Market Experiences of Vulnerable Groups and Minorities

Zafer Büyükkeçeci, Pekka Martikainen, Mikko Myrskylä

Detailed Description

In many Western countries, employment relations are in transition, and precarious work, nonstandard employment, and working poverty are on the rise. These trends are accompanied by rising economic uncertainties and work-life conflicts. At the same time, labor market experiences have become increasingly heterogeneous, with vulnerable and disadvantaged groups and minorities being disproportionately affected. In this project, we assess how the labor market trajectories of these groups differ from those of more advantaged groups, and to what extent these differences contribute to inequalities in health and other outcomes.

Publications

Bedük, S.; Fasang, A. E.; Harkness, S.; Bastholm Andrade, S.; Büyükkeçeci, Z.; Helske, S.; Karhula, A.:

Insurance against risk? Cost and compensation of job loss in different welfare states

Socio-Economic Review 24:1, 505–527. (2026)    

Büyükkeçeci, Z.:

Temporal and cross-country (dis)similarities in transition to adulthood: a comparison of 23 European countries

Population, Space and Place 31:2, e70012–e70012. (2025)    

Büyükkeçeci, Z.:

Unemployment and parent-adult child relationships: how parental support evolves following job loss

Social Science Research 131:103227, 1–17. (2025)    

Büyükkeçeci, Z.; Levanon, A.; Fasang, A. E.; Kraus, V.; Saburov, E.:

Women’s work-family trajectories and earnings by ethno-religious groups in Israel: more equality in the public sector?

Advances in Life Course Research 63:100659, 1–16. (2025)    

Laine, R.; Aaltonen, M.; Martikainen, P.; Myrskylä, M.:

Industry-specific labour demand, post-prison employment and recidivism – evidence from Finland

Journal of Quantitative Criminology 41, 293–313. (2025)    

Laine, R.; Aaltonen, M.; Myrskylä, M.; Martikainen, P.:

Sociohistorical context and post-prison life course

Journal of Criminal Justice 95:102312, 1–14. (2024)    

Pitkänen, J.; Junna, L.; Martikainen, P.:

Adolescent psychiatric inpatient episodes and subsequent labor market trajectories

Journal of Adolescent Health 74:6, 1175–1183. (2024)    

Kühn, M.; Dudel, C.; Werding, M.:

Maternal health, well-being, and employment transitions: a longitudinal comparison of partnered and single mothers in Germany

Social Science Research 114:102906, 1–14. (2023)    

Laine, R.; Aaltonen, M.; Myrskylä, M.; Martikainen, P.:

Sociohistorical context and post-prison life course

MPIDR Working Paper WP-2023-037. (2023)    

Liu, C.; Castro Torres, A. F.; Batyra, E.:

A gender story of institutional disengagement of young adults in Latin America

Sociology Compass 17:12, e13138–e13138. (2023)