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108 lines
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abstract: 'Theories of precarious employment based on the constructs of job quality
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and job stability have highlighted the issue of transitions, linked to
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gender and age, from long-duration employment in bad-quality jobs, into
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good-quality stable employment. This article uses Markov chain analysis
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to study the labour market transitions of South Korean women in
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different age groups. It shows the importance of differentiating the
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effects of contemporary labour market conditions, shaped by the forces
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of the moment, from conditions created by the institutional legacy of
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the past. Women''s traditional position in the labour market has resulted
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in age-linked gendered precariousness, while the conditions of the
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moment are generating a tendency towards less precarious employment.
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Transition matrices are developed for types of precarious employment
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defined by the combination of job stability and job quality, taking into
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account duration by age group, time period, and covariates. These
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matrices yield distributions of asymptotic prevalence, reflecting labour
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market conditions of the moment. The forces of the moment favour the
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predominance of stable good-quality employment, whereas observed
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prevalence at a given date is characterised by the polarisation of the
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labour market between stable good-quality and unstable bad-quality
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employment. Asymptotic prevalence reveals a steady increase in stable
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but bad-quality employment. Older women are observed mostly in unstable
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bad-quality employment, but labour market conditions are tending to
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attenuate this age cleavage over time, as the conditions of the moment
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are reducing the proportions of older women in stable bad-quality and
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unstable good-quality employment. The conclusion is an age-based
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polarisation, in which older women are faring badly, but where
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possibilities are now opening up to younger South Korean women,
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reflected in the sharp break between the situation inherited from the
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past and the conditions of the moment. But possibilities for younger
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women will be realised only through a reinforcement of government
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policies to support career breaks and work-family balance through decent
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part-time jobs. JEL Codes: J08, J28, J44'
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affiliation: 'Kim, Y (Corresponding Author), Catholic Univ Louvain, Ctr Rech Demog,
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1 Pl Montesquieu Bte L2-08-03, B-1348 Louvain La Neuve, Belgium.
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Bonneuil, Noel, Sch Adv Studies Social Sci, Paris, France.
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Bonneuil, Noel, French Natl Inst Demog Studies, Paris, France.
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Kim, Younga, Catholic Univ Louvain, Louvain La Neuve, Belgium.'
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author: Bonneuil, Noel and Kim, Younga
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author-email: youngakim@ymail.com
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author_list:
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- family: Bonneuil
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given: Noel
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- family: Kim
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given: Younga
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1177/1035304617690482
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eissn: 1838-2673
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files: []
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issn: 1035-3046
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journal: ECONOMIC AND LABOUR RELATIONS REVIEW
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keywords: 'Asymptotic prevalence; employment stability; inequality;
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intergenerational polarisation; job quality; labour market polarisation;
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Markov chain; precarious employment; quality of employment'
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keywords-plus: NONSTANDARD EMPLOYMENT; ECONOMIC-CRISIS; BAD JOBS; WORK; GENDER; MODELS
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language: English
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month: MAR
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number: '1'
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number-of-cited-references: '56'
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orcid-numbers: Kim, Younga/0000-0001-8108-4880
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pages: 20-40
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papis_id: adda39f476f290bce44128646cea54da
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ref: Bonneuil2017precariousemployment
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times-cited: '7'
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title: 'Precarious employment among South Korean women: Is inequality changing with
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time?'
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type: Article
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unique-id: WOS:000395351400002
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usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
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usage-count-since-2013: '26'
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volume: '28'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics; Industrial Relations \& Labor
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year: '2017'
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