2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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abstract: 'One of the core dilemmas of current welfare politics is the question of
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how to ensure social protection while providing incentives to seek
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employment at the same time. A way to address this dilemma is to base
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policies and policy models on the principle notion that `work must pay'';
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in other words, income from employment should be higher than the social
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support of the unemployed. However, how accurately do these approaches
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and models represent the reality of benefit recipients, particularly in
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the context of increased employment precariousness? In this article, we
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use the cases of two disadvantaged regions in Czech Republic in order to
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contrast the presumptions of `making work pay'' policies with the
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everyday experience of welfare recipients. As we show, their situations
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are strongly shaped by current changes in the labour market,
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particularly the precarious character of accessible employment and high
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levels of indebtedness. The modelling of financial employment incentives
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and the public policies based on these calculations often do not
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correspond with the reality of welfare recipients that are often cycling
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in and out of precarious forms of employment. However, the authors'' main
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claim is that the very idea of the `work must pay'' approach focuses on
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the wrong question. A truly functioning financial incentive would need
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to focus not solely on the difference in income between those who work
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and those who do not work, but rather should analyse what type of
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arrangements allow working households to rise permanently above the
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poverty line.'
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affiliation: 'Trlifajova, L (Corresponding Author), Charles Univ Prague, Fac Social
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Sci, Dept Publ \& Social Policy, U Krize 8, Prague 15800 5, Czech Republic.
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Trlifajova, Lucie, Charles Univ Prague, Fac Social Sci, Dept Publ \& Social Policy,
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U Krize 8, Prague 15800 5, Czech Republic.
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Hurrle, Jakob, Charles Univ Prague, Fac Sci, Geog Inst, Prague, Czech Republic.'
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author: Trlifajova, Lucie and Hurrle, Jakob
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author-email: lucie.trlifajova@gmail.com
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author_list:
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- family: Trlifajova
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given: Lucie
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- family: Hurrle
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given: Jakob
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1177/0958928718805870
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eissn: 1461-7269
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files: []
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issn: 0958-9287
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journal: JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY
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keywords: 'Activation; Czech Republic; dualization; in-work poverty; labour market;
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making work pay; unemployment; welfare'
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keywords-plus: 'POLITICAL-ECONOMY; SOCIAL-POLICY; WELFARE-STATE; UNEMPLOYMENT; REFORM;
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POVERTY'
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language: English
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month: JUL
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number: '3'
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number-of-cited-references: '75'
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orcid-numbers: Trlifajova, Lucie/0000-0002-9640-037X
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pages: 376-395
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papis_id: 837cbb1d8debef6c378350d6d1db93f8
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ref: Trlifajova2019workmust
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researcherid-numbers: Trlifajova, Lucie/J-6590-2017
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times-cited: '8'
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title: 'Work must pay: Does it? Precarious employment and employment motivation for
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low-income households'
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000470325500005
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usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
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usage-count-since-2013: '12'
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volume: '29'
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web-of-science-categories: Public Administration; Social Issues
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year: '2019'
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