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Young Women, Employment and Precarity: The Face of Two Periods of Crisis in Spain (2008–2021)

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  • M. Àngels Cabasés

    (Department of Applied Economics, University of Lleida, 25003 Lleida, Spain)

  • Miquel Úbeda

    (Department of Geography and Sociology, University of Lleida, 25003 Lleida, Spain)

Abstract

Youth employment in Spain is characterised by temporary contracts, part-time jobs, and low wages, a long-standing situation that has been further accentuated since the 2008 crisis, placing young people, especially women, in a position of vulnerability at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through different data, this article argues that young women’s working conditions have deteriorated in comparison to those of previous generations and young men, in a period in which there have been two crises that have affected youth employment. Linking the results with the main youth employment policies allows us to observe why the precarisation of Spanish youth has not been stopped.

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  • M. Àngels Cabasés & Miquel Úbeda, 2022. "Young Women, Employment and Precarity: The Face of Two Periods of Crisis in Spain (2008–2021)," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 11(6), pages 1-19, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:11:y:2022:i:6:p:264-:d:841246
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    1. Maria Symeonaki & Dimitrios Parsanoglou & Glykeria Stamatopoulou, 2019. "The Evolution of Early Job Insecurity in Europe," SAGE Open, , vol. 9(2), pages 21582440198, May.
    2. Sergio Puente & Ana Regil, 2020. "Intergenerational employment trends in Spain in recent decades," Economic Bulletin, Banco de España, issue 2/2020.
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