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The impact of losing your job : unemployment and Influences from market, family, and state on economic well-being in the US and Germany / Martin Ehlert

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Ehlert, Martin
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Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2016]
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1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Life Courses and Trigger Events: Theoretical Considerations; 2.1 Institutional influences on the life course; 2.2 Family influences on the life course; 2.3 Unemployment dynamics over the life course; 2.4 Embedding the trigger events approach in the life course; 2.5 Expectations about differences in economic insecurity due to job loss; 3. Welfare State Institutions and Labor Market Trends; 3.1 Social policy; 3.2 Family policy and tax policy; 3.3 Labor market regulation and labor market structure; 3.4 Labor market trends., 4. Data and Methods4.1 Empirical strategy to estimate the consequences of job loss; 4.2 Data sets; 4.3 Operationalization; 5. The Incidence of Job Loss and Unemployment; 5.1 Descriptive statistics on the incidence of job loss; 5.2 What causes higher rates of job loss among singles and single mothers?; 5.3 Summary: Market, family, and state influences on job loss and unemployment; 6. Income Trajectories After Job Loss; 6.1 Theoretical expectations and hypotheses; 6.2 Comparing individuals with and without job loss; 6.3 Country specific income trajectories; 6.4 Differences between households., 6.5 Differences between social strata6.6 Trends over time; 6.7 Summary: The impact of job loss embedded in the life course; 7. Household Strategies to Buffer Job Loss; 7.1 Hypotheses; 7.2 Partner's labor force participation before job loss; 7.3 Incidence of the AWE; 7.4 Magnitude of the AWE; 7.5 Summary: The added worker effect in linked life courses; 8. Conclusion; 8.1 Key findings; 8.2 Significance of the findings for current debates; Appendix; List of Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index; List of Figures and Tables; Figures; Figure 1.1 -- The trigger events approach., Figure 1.2 -- The trigger events approach embedded in the life courseFigure 3.1 -- Unemployment rates in the United States and Germany 1980 to 2011; Figure 3.2 -- Employment protection legislation strictness in the United States and Germany 1985 to 2008; Figure 3.3 -- Labor force participation rate of women and men aged 15-64 in the United States and Germany 1980-2011; Figure 5.1 -- Incidence of job loss and subsequent unemployment over time in the United States and Germany., Figure 5.2 -- Incidence of job loss and subsequent unemployment over time in the United States and Germany by gender and region in GermanyFigure 5.3 -- Incidence of job loss and subsequent unemployment over time in the United States and West Germany by post-government household income quartile in previous year; Figure 5.4 -- Incidence of re-employment after job loss over time in the United States and Germany; Figure 5.5 -- Incidence of re-employment after job loss by previous post-government household income quartiles in the United States and West Germany., and Figure 5.6 -- Incidence of re-employment after job loss in different household types in the United States and West Germany.
Summary
Losing a job has always been understood as one of the most important causes of downward social mobility in modern societies. And it's only gotten worse in recent years, as the weakening position of workers has made returning to the labor market even tougher. The Impact of Losing Your Job builds on findings from life course sociology to show clearly just what effects job loss has on income, family life, and future prospects. Key to Martin Ehlert's analysis is a comparative look at the United States and Germany that enables him to show how different approaches to welfare state policies can ameliorate the effects of job loss-but can at the same time make labor insecurity more common.
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9789048526352 (electronic bk.)
9048526353 (electronic bk.)
9789089648051
9089648054
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-262) and index.
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