Housing and Employment Insecurity among the Working Poor
While social scientists have documented severe consequences of job loss, scant research investigates why workers lose their jobs. We explore the role of housing insecurity in actuating employment insecurity, investigating if workers who involuntarily lose their homes subsequently involuntarily lose...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Social Problems. - The University of California Press. - 63(2016), 1, Seite 46-67 |
|---|---|
| 1. Verfasser: | |
| Weitere Verfasser: | |
| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
2016
|
| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Social Problems |
| Schlagworte: | Social sciences Economics Law Applied sciences Mathematics |
| Zusammenfassung: | While social scientists have documented severe consequences of job loss, scant research investigates why workers lose their jobs. We explore the role of housing insecurity in actuating employment insecurity, investigating if workers who involuntarily lose their homes subsequently involuntarily lose their jobs. Analyzing novel survey data of predominately low-income working renters, we find the likelihood of being laid off to be between 11 and 22 percentage points higher for workers who experienced a preceding forced move, compared to observationally identical workers who did not. Our findings suggest that initiatives promoting housing stability could promote employment stability. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 15338533 |