Experiences of insecurity among non-standard workers across different welfare states: A qualitative cross-country study

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dc.article.number115970
dc.catalogadorgjm
dc.contributor.authorBosmans, Kim
dc.contributor.authorVignola, Emilia F.
dc.contributor.authorAlvarez-Lopez, Valentina
dc.contributor.authorJulia, Mireia
dc.contributor.authorAhonen, Emily Q.
dc.contributor.authorBolibar, Mireia
dc.contributor.authorGutierrez-Zamora, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorIvarsson, Lars
dc.contributor.authorKvart, Signild
dc.contributor.authorMuntaner, Carles
dc.contributor.authorO'Campo, Patricia
dc.contributor.authorRuiz, Marisol E.
dc.contributor.authorVanerhagen, Kristian
dc.contributor.authorCuervo, Isabel
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Letitia
dc.contributor.authorDiaz, Ignacio
dc.contributor.authorEscrig-Pinol, Astrid
dc.contributor.authorGunnj, Virginia
dc.contributor.authorLewchuk, Wayne
dc.contributor.authorOstergren, Per-Olof
dc.contributor.authorPadrosa, Eva
dc.contributor.authorVilchez, David
dc.contributor.authorVives Vergara, Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorVos, Mattias
dc.contributor.authorZaupa, Alessandro
dc.contributor.authorBodin, Theo
dc.contributor.authorBaron, Sherry L.
dc.contributor.otherCEDEUS (Chile)
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-25T16:15:39Z
dc.date.available2024-09-25T16:15:39Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractIn recent decades, economic crises and political reforms focused on employment flexibilization have increased the use of non-standard employment (NSE). National political and economic contexts determine how employers interact with labour and how the state interacts with labour markets and manages social welfare policies. These factors influence the prevalence of NSE and the level of employment insecurity it creates, but the extent to which a country's policy context mitigates the health influences of NSE is unclear. This study describes how workers experience insecurities created by NSE, and how this influences their health and well-being, in countries with different welfare states: Belgium, Canada, Chile, Spain, Sweden, and the United States. Interviews with 250 workers in NSE were analysed using a multiple-case study approach. Workers in all countries experienced multiple insecurities (e.g., income and employment insecurity) and relational tension with employers/clients, with negative health and well-being influences, in ways that were shaped by social inequalities (e.g., related to family support or immigration status). Welfare state differences were reflected in the level of workers' exclusion from social protections, the time scale of their insecurity (threatening daily survival or longer-term life planning), and their ability to derive a sense of control from NSE. Workers in Belgium, Sweden, and Spain, countries with more generous welfare states, navigated these insecurities with greater success and with less influence on health and well-being. Findings contribute to our understanding of the health and well-being influences of NSE across different welfare regimes and suggest the need in all six countries for stronger state responses to NSE. Increased investment in universal and more equal rights and benefits in NSE could reduce the widening gap between standard and NSE.
dc.description.funderFORTE-Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare
dc.fechaingreso.objetodigital2024-09-25
dc.format.extent9 páginas
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115970
dc.identifier.eissn1873-5347
dc.identifier.issn0277-9536
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115970
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/87959
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:001012665400001
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina; Vives Vergara, Alejandra; 0000-0001-5851-0693; 135637
dc.information.autorucEscuela de Medicina; Zaupa, Alessandro; S/I; 1072789
dc.language.isoen
dc.nota.accesocontenido completo
dc.revistaSocial Science & Medicine
dc.rightsacceso abierto
dc.rights.licenseCC BY-NC 4.0 Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International Deed
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectInsecurity
dc.subjectNon-standard employment
dc.subjectQualitative research
dc.subjectWelfare states
dc.subjectWell-being
dc.titleExperiences of insecurity among non-standard workers across different welfare states: A qualitative cross-country study
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen327
sipa.codpersvinculados135637
sipa.codpersvinculados1072789
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2023-07-30
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