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Material deprivation and employment status in post-transition: Evidence from North Macedonia
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Abstract Poverty and social exclusion are often associated with unemployment, but being employed is not always sufficient to provide decent living conditions for workers and their families. In this context, the aim of this article, drawing on SILC micro data, is to assess the underlying causes of severe mate... view more
Poverty and social exclusion are often associated with unemployment, but being employed is not always sufficient to provide decent living conditions for workers and their families. In this context, the aim of this article, drawing on SILC micro data, is to assess the underlying causes of severe material deprivation in North Macedonia from the point of view of employment status, particularly the differences between employed and unemployed workers. The results show that employed workers face a much greater risk of severe material deprivation if they are positioned in the so-called secondary labour market; while the unemployed with low capital accumulation and those living in households with low work intensity face the highest risks of all. North Macedonia’s adjustment mechanisms do help cushion the consequences, but the article concludes with several policy recommendations for additional action to reduce severe material deprivation covering: education and training; active labour market policies; unionisation and collective bargaining; wage subsidies and taxation; and a statutory minimum wage.... view less
Keywords
Macedonia; deprivation; labor market; employment situation; unemployment; low wage; poverty; collective bargaining; living conditions
Classification
Labor Market Research
Social Problems
Free Keywords
material deprivation; in-work poverty; European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC)
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 135-152
Journal
SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe, 24 (2021) 1
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5771/1435-2869-2021-1-135
ISSN
1435-2869
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0