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The Measurement of Precarious Work and Market Conditions: Insights from the COVID-19 Disruption on Sample Selection
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Abstract The precarious work construct combines employment instability and employment-contingent outcomes. Yet, I argue that confining the scope of the investigation to employed individuals creates a sample selection that disguises the heterogeneous nature of employment instability. The COVID-19 skyrocketing... view more
The precarious work construct combines employment instability and employment-contingent outcomes. Yet, I argue that confining the scope of the investigation to employed individuals creates a sample selection that disguises the heterogeneous nature of employment instability. The COVID-19 skyrocketing unemployment rate provides both a compelling motivation and a unique opportunity to revisit the construct of precarious work. Using pre-COVID and COVID-19 era data of the working-age population in Israel, the results demonstrate that by pushing less stable individuals out of employment, the COVID-19 recession strengthened the negative relationship between volatility and employment opportunities and accentuated sample selection. Because the selection into employment was not random, this introduces a bias into the measurement of precarious work, one that is more severe during a recession than in a full-employment market. The discussion highlights the broader significance of this lacuna and suggests a way to hone the conceptualization and operationalization of the precarious work construct.... view less
Keywords
contagious disease; epidemic; precarious employment; labor market; sample; heterogeneity; unemployment; Israel
Classification
Labor Market Research
Free Keywords
Corona; COVID-19; Corona-Virus; sample selection; ISSP 1998; ISSP 2005; ISSP 2016
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 22-59
Journal
Work and Occupations, 50 (2023) 1
Issue topic
Precarious Employment and Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic--Part I: Market Conditions, Employment Quality, and Workplace Politics
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/07308884221127636
ISSN
1552-8464
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed