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An Analysis of Subjective Views of Job Insecurity

Green, Francis and Dickerson, Andrew and Carruth, Alan and Campbell, David (2001) An Analysis of Subjective Views of Job Insecurity. [Preprint] (Unpublished) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:4866)

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Abstract

In the 1997 and 1998 waves of the British Household Panel Survey, workers are asked to assess their level of job security in terms of the probability of becoming unemployed within the next year. We examine whether these perceptions of insecurity are purely subjective or are systematically related to certain characteristics of the worker and their current job. The responses offered by workers suggest that around 10% are in fear of becoming unemployed, and this fear is not persistently confined to the same workers or to particular occupational groups. Individuals with a history of unemployment and those holding short-term employment contracts are found to report the greatest levels of insecurity. Finally, we find that workers' perceptions of unemployment are strong predictors of actual unemployment experiences occurring in the subsequent year. We therefore conclude that such subjective measures of insecurity do convey useful information that may be used in further analyses of the workings of the labour market.

Item Type: Preprint
Refereed: No
Other identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/68083
Name of pre-print platform: EconStor
Uncontrolled keywords: unemployment expectations; job satisfaction; cross-section models; panel data
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Economics
Depositing User: G.F. Green
Date Deposited: 17 Mar 2009 13:16 UTC
Last Modified: 03 Oct 2023 14:33 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/4866 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Green, Francis.

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Dickerson, Andrew.

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Carruth, Alan.

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