The impact of losing your job : unemployment and Influences from market, family, and state on economic well-being in the US and Germany /
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 returning to the labor market even tougher. The Impact of Losing Your Job builds on f...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
[2016]
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| Series: | Changing welfare states.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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 returning to the labor 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 Martin 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 labor insecurity more common. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-262) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789048526352 9048526353 |