Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/333385 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Family and Economic Issues [ISSN:] 1573-3475 [Volume:] 46 [Issue:] 4 [Publisher:] Springer US [Place:] New York [Year:] 2025 [Pages:] 985-1001
Publisher: 
Springer US, New York
Abstract: 
Abstract To adequately examine the impact of job insecurity and unemployment on life satisfaction in the context of increasing de-standardisation of work arrangements, this study distinguishes nuanced forms of perceived job insecurity and unemployment and integrates them into a single scale for employment instability. These forms comprise (1) no perceived job insecurity, (2) some or (3) severe job insecurity, (4) voluntary unemployment, (5) involuntary unemployment, and (6) other reasons for unemployment. Using dyadic data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) for working-age individuals and their partners, both perceived job insecurity and unemployment lead to decreased life satisfaction, with unemployment having a more pronounced impact on life satisfaction. Involuntary reasons for unemployment are more detrimental to life satisfaction than voluntary reasons. Overall, men suffer more from employment instability than women and their employment instability has a stronger impact on their female spouses’ life satisfaction than vice versa. The results are interpreted through the lens of ‘doing gender’ and ‘gender deviation’ theory.
Subjects: 
Germany
Unemployment
Job insecurity
Job loss
Life satisfaction
Employment instability
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