Methodological Challenges in the Study of Scarring Effects of Early Job Insecurity

Helbling, Laura Alexandra; Imdorf, Christian; Ayllon, Sara; Sacchi, Stefan (28 January 2016). Methodological Challenges in the Study of Scarring Effects of Early Job Insecurity (WP6 - Causes and long term consequences of early job insecurity: Exploring the dynamics of scarring D6.1). Oslo, Norway: Negotiate HiOA

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Entering the labour market during recession and becoming exposed to unemployment in early career may not only affect the establishment of youth within the labour market temporarily and in a transitory manner, but may rather lead to long-lasting adverse consequences concerning future job prospects and labour market integration. Persisting consequences of employment instability and unemployment have come to be known in the literature as scarring effects. Explaining scarring, diverse demand- as well as supply-side mechanisms are thought to be at a play, which are not easily disentangled in their effects. In addition, the empirical investigation of scarring effects is complicated, as causal effects of unemployment on subsequent employment prospects cannot easily be identified. A cross-national comparative investigation of scarring effects is further limited by comparable data availability allowing for a separation of causal effects at an individual level.

This working paper considers the complexity concerning the explanation and investigation of scarring effects and sheds some light on the manifold mechanisms underlying scarring. It also deals with the methodological challenges in their investigation. A suggestion is made for a promising approach concerning an internationally comparative investigation of scarring effects of youth unemployment.

Item Type:

Working Paper

Division/Institute:

03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Sociology

UniBE Contributor:

Imdorf, Christian (A), Sacchi, Stefan (A)

Subjects:

300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology

Series:

WP6 - Causes and long term consequences of early job insecurity: Exploring the dynamics of scarring

Publisher:

Negotiate HiOA

Funders:

[UNSPECIFIED] European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme

Projects:

[UNSPECIFIED] Negotiate - Overcoming Early Job-Insecurity in Europe

Language:

English

Submitter:

Stefan Sacchi

Date Deposited:

11 Jul 2017 09:17

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 23:35

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Uncontrolled Keywords:

Unemployment Scarring; Research Methods

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.96455

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/96455

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