Early and later life experiences of unemployment under different welfare regimes.

Autor/inn/en	Brandt, Martina; Hank, Karsten
Institution	Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging
Titel	Early and later life experiences of unemployment under different welfare regimes.
Quelle	Mannheim (2010), 10 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging. Discussion paper. 219-2010
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Älterer Arbeitnehmer; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Belgien; Beschäftigungspolitik; Dänemark; Deutschland; Frankreich; Griechenland; Italien; Niederlande; Österreich; Polen; Schweiz; Sozialpolitik; Spanien; Altern; Berufliche Qualifikation; Schweden; Internationaler Vergleich; Dauer; Europäische Union; Sozialpolitik; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Berufliche Qualifikation; Beschäftigungspolitik; Ausbildungsabschluss; Altersadäquater Arbeitsplatz; Altern; Internationaler Vergleich; Dauer; Geschlechtsspezifik; Europäische Union; Älterer Arbeitnehmer; Belgien; Deutschland; Dänemark; Frankreich; Griechenland; Italien; Niederlande; Polen; Schweden; Schweiz; Spanien; Tschechische Republik; Österreich
Abstract	"Involuntary job loss has been shown to be associated with a variety of adverse outcomes. such as lower wages. poorer health. or greater divorce risks (Arulampalam, 2001; Schröder chapter 17 in this volume; Hansen, 2005). It is thus considered as a serious life-disrupting event which may affect - in different ways - labour market entrants as well as older workers (Breen. 2005; Henkens et al.. 1996). A much discussed issue of high policy relevance is the degree to which the experience of unemployment inflicts longer term 'scars', such as an increased likelihood of Future unemployment (Gangl, 2004). Due to scarring effects. the total costs of unemployment might be higher than the immediate loss of earnings, thereby increasing lifetime inequality. To address this. one obviously needs to take a life course perspective - which is also important to account for the potential rote of childhood conditions (such as parental socio-economic status) in predicting involuntary job loss in adulthood (Caspi et al., 1998). Moreover. institutional factors which are often specific to particular welfare state regimes - matter greatly for our understanding of unemployment at various stages of the life course (Blossfeld et al., 2006; Breen, 2005). An issue of particular concern here is the extent to which welfare state interventions, such as active labour market policies, can mitigate longer term scars of previous unemployment experiences (Gangl. 2004; Strandh & Nordlund. 2008). Exploiting retrospective information collected in the SHARELIFE project, we track the unemployment experiences of today's elders in 13 Continental European countries from their labour market entry to retirement, addressing the following questions: How did levels of unemployment in the current SHARELIFE simple vary across different stages of individuals' life course? What does the cross-national pattern of unemployment levels in early-, mid- and later-life look like? How are childhood conditions associated with unemployment experiences across the adult life course'? Are potential associations stronger in the beginning of individuals' employment career, fading-out later on? To what extent do we observe scarring effects of unemployment - and variations therein across different welfare regimes - in Continental Europe's contemporaneous older population?" Die Untersuchung enthält quantitative Daten. Forschungsmethode: empirisch-quantitativ; empirisch; Befragung. Die Untersuchung bezieht sich auf den Zeitraum 2008 bis 2009. (author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2011/2