The standard of living among the poor across Europe. Does employment make a difference?

IF 2.3 1区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

European Societies Pub Date : 2022-05-24 DOI:10.1080/14616696.2022.2076892

Fridolin Wolf, Henning Lohmann, Petra Böhnke

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Employment does not always guarantee sufficient income and a decent standard of living anymore. In this paper, we analyze the relationship between income poverty and material deprivation for employed and unemployed individuals across Europe. To do so, we focus on relevant mechanisms at the individual and institutional levels. We examine how economic, structural and institutional factors shape the relationship between employment, poverty and deprivation. We explore our subject using EU-SILC data from 2015 and cross-national macro-level data from the OECD, Eurostat and UNECE. According to our findings, employment is associated with a higher standard of living even among the poor and when controlling for savings and income level, which may point to the non-monetary benefits of employment. At the macro level, we show that the impact of employment on the living standard of the poor varies according to economic conditions and institutional settings. Our results suggest that policies that promote integration into the labour market without taking into account the quality of jobs and working conditions devalue gainful employment in terms of maintaining a decent standard of living.

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整个欧洲穷人的生活水平。就业有影响吗?

就业不再总是保证足够的收入和体面的生活水平。在本文中，我们分析了整个欧洲就业和失业个人的收入贫困和物质剥夺之间的关系。为此，我们注重个人和机构层面的相关机制。我们研究了经济、结构和制度因素如何塑造就业、贫困和剥夺之间的关系。我们使用2015年欧盟- silc数据以及经合组织、欧盟统计局和联合国欧洲经济委员会的跨国宏观数据来探讨我们的主题。根据我们的研究结果，即使在穷人中，当控制储蓄和收入水平时，就业也与较高的生活水平有关，这可能指向就业的非货币利益。在宏观层面上，我们表明就业对穷人生活水平的影响因经济条件和制度环境而异。我们的研究结果表明，在不考虑工作质量和工作条件的情况下促进融入劳动力市场的政策，会使维持体面生活水平的有酬就业贬值。

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European Societies SOCIOLOGY-

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