Journal article
Non-Standard Employment and Partnership Dissolution: A Comparison of Nonmarital Cohabitations and Marriages
I Laß
Journal of Family Issues | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Published : 2023
Abstract
This paper investigates the link between non-standard employment (NSE) and the risk of partnership dissolution, applying event history analysis to data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey for the period 2001–2016. It moves beyond previous studies by (a) considering a broader range of employment types, including fixed-term and casual contracts, temporary agency work and part-time work, and (b) by comparing the effect of NSE in nonmarital cohabitations and marriages. The results show that the effect differs by employment type, gender and partnership type. For example, among women, part-time work is associated wit..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Parts of the study were conducted within the project "Atypische Beschaftigung und zentrale Lebensbereiche" at the Forschungszentrum Familienbewusste Personalpolitik, University of Munster, funded by the Hans-Bockler-Stiftung (project #2013-633-3). Another part was conducted at the University of Melbourne and supported under the Australian Research Council's Discovery Projects funding scheme (project #DP160103171).