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Precarious Jobs

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  • Dorina Niță

    (University of Petroşani, Romania)

Abstract

The manifestation of the global economic crisis has revealed that employers’ reaction to the new challenges was to lay off employees with other types of employment contracts different from those for an indefinite period of time, and in the case of those who had permanent employment agreements, but were made redundant, the response was to re-launch the economic activity which did not necessarily lead to their re-employment; however, in order to maintain the flexibility of the company in the aftermath, it was more suitable to place them in atypical employment programs. Although one cannot distinguish properly between decent jobs solely based on standard contracts of employment and in parallel with the classification of insecure jobs in the category of atypical forms of employment, the risk of uncertainty is estimated to be higher in the second case.

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  • Dorina Niță, 2017. "Precarious Jobs," Annals of the University of Petrosani, Economics, University of Petrosani, Romania, vol. 17(2), pages 165-174.
    • Handle: RePEc:pet:annals:v:17:y:2017:i:2:p:165-174
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    1. Vosko, Leah F., 2011. "Managing the Margins: Gender, Citizenship, and the International Regulation of Precarious Employment," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199575091.
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    Keywords

    employment; atypical forms of employment; decent work; insecure jobs; employment conditions; vulnerable workers; flexible labour market;
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    JEL classification:

    • J40 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Particular Labor Markets - - - General
    • J70 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - General

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