Dualization and the access to occupational family-friendly working-time arrangements across Europe
Dualization and the access to occupational family-friendly working-time arrangements across Europe
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DOI：
10.1111/spol.12379
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发表时间：
2018-03-01
影响因子：
3.2
通讯作者：
Chung, Heejung
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作者：
Chung, Heejung
This article examines outsiders' relative access to occupational level family-friendly policies.我使用了 2015 年欧洲工作条件调查中 30 个欧洲国家的数据，该调查调查了工人获得两种家庭友好型工作时间安排 (WTA) 的情况：弹性工作时间和因个人原因休假。本文重点关注有照顾责任的女性，因为事实证明，她们对家庭友好政策的需求及其结果与其他劳动人口有所不同。除了劳动力市场二元化和职业细分文献中使用的局外人定义，即低技能工人和没有永久合同的人外，本文还将局外人定义为那些认为自己的工作没有保障的人。分析结果显示，工人在享受家庭友好政策方面存在分化。与法定政策不同，职业政策似乎主要是有选择性地提供给雇主拥有既得利益的工人，即内部人，导致大多数国家实行二元化制度。 However, rather than their contract status, the skill-level of the job/workers, and their perceived insecurity were found to be important.结果进一步表明，尽管北欧和一些欧洲大陆国家更容易获得适合家庭的 WTA，但正是在这些国家，内部人员和外部人员之间的分歧最大。文章的结果对文献做出了贡献，表明在审查家庭友好政策时需要超越国家层面，并在审查工作条件二元化时审查对局外人的更多样化的定义。
This article examines outsiders' relative access to occupational level family-friendly policies. I use data from the European Working Conditions Survey of 2015 across 30 European countries examining workers' access to two types of family-friendly working-time arrangements (WTAs): flexitime, and time off work for personal reasons. The article focuses on women with care responsibilities given that their demands for family-friendly policies, as well as their outcomes, have been shown to be distinct from the rest of the working population. In addition to the outsider definition used in the labor market dualization and occupational segmentation literature, i.e., low-skilled workers and those without a permanent contract, this article also defines outsiders as those perceiving their job as insecure. The results of the analysis show a segmentation between workers in their access to family-friendly policies. Unlike statutory policies, occupational policies seem to be selectively provided mostly to workers where employers have a vested interest, i.e., insiders, resulting in a dualized system for most countries. However, rather than their contract status, the skill-level of the job/workers, and their perceived insecurity were found to be important. The results further show that although Northern European and some continental European countries are those where family-friendly WTAs are more readily available, it is in these countries where the division between insiders and outsiders is the greatest. The results of the article contribute to the literature by showing a need to move beyond the national level when examining family-friendly policies, and to examine a more diverse definition of outsiders when examining dualization of working conditions.