The Impact of Losing Your Job: Unemployment and Influences from Market, Family, and State on Economic Well-Being in the Us and Germany

0. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-90-8964-805-1
Verlag: AMSTERDAM UNIV PR

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 567 g

Reihe: Changing Welfare States

Losing a job has always been understood as one of the most important causes of downward social mobility in modern societies. And it's only gotten worse in recent years, as the weakening position of workers has made re-entering the labour market even tougher. The Impact of Losing Your Job builds on findings from life course sociology to show clearly just what effects job loss has on income, family life, and future prospects. Key to Ehlert's analysis is a comparative look at the United States and Germany that enables him to show how different approaches to welfare state policies can ameliorate the effects of job loss-but can at the same time make labour insecurity more common.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ehlert, Martin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction 2 Life Courses and Trigger Events: Theoretical Considerations 3 Welfare State Institutions and Labor Market Trends 4 Data and Methods 5 The Incidence of Job Loss and Unemployment 6 Income Trajectories After Job Loss 7 Household Strategies to Buffer Job Loss 8 Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Ehlert, Martin
Martin Ehlert is a researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. He has recently published journal articles in Social Science Research, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, and Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie.

" http://www.mundus-urbano.eu/lecturers-per-year/martin-ehlert/ " target="_blank"> Martin Ehlert is a researcher at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. He has recently published journal articles in Social Science Research, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, and Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie.