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Job Insecurity and Financial Distress

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  • Luigi Moretti,

    (Unipd - Università degli Studi di Padova = University of Padua)

  • Giannetti Caterina
  • Madia Marianna

Abstract

This article investigates the effects of different job categories on households' likelihood of experiencing financial distress. Given imperfect financial markets and the absence of unemployment subsidies, households with less secure jobs are likely to experience drops in income more frequently than households with well-protected jobs. Households' abilities to deal with financial decisions (i.e. financial literacy) can mitigate these problems. Our results suggest that – with respect to stable workers – greater job uncertainty for insecure workers increases the probability of being in financial distress similarly to other working statuses (e.g. unemployment), and in some cases even more (i.e. part-time workers). However, a high level of financial literacy can counterbalance this effect, especially for atypical workers.

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  • Luigi Moretti, & Giannetti Caterina & Madia Marianna, 2014. "Job Insecurity and Financial Distress," Post-Print hal-01411298, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01411298
    DOI: 10.1080/09603107.2013.872759
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    1. Wai Ming To & Jennifer H. Gao & Ernest Y. W. Leung, 2020. "The Effects of Job Insecurity on Employees’ Financial Well-Being and Work Satisfaction Among Chinese Pink-Collar Workers," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(4), pages 21582440209, December.
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    4. Marcos Álvarez-Espiño & Sara Fernández-López & Lucía Rey-Ares, 2024. "Job expectations and financial fragility: evidence from pre-COVID Spain," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 66(4), pages 1709-1733, April.
    5. Valerio Ghezzi & Valeria Ciampa & Tahira M. Probst & Laura Petitta & Ivan Marzocchi & Ilaria Olivo & Claudio Barbaranelli, 2022. "Integrated Patterns of Subjective Job Insecurity: A Multigroup Person-Centered Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(20), pages 1-20, October.
    6. Sara Fernández‐López & Marcos Álvarez‐Espiño & Lucía Rey‐Ares & Sandra Castro‐González, 2024. "Consumer financial vulnerability: Review, synthesis, and future research agenda," Journal of Economic Surveys, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(4), pages 1045-1084, September.
    7. Francesca Condino & Filippo Domma, 2025. "On Italian Families’ Inability to Meet Expected Expenses: A Possible Measure and Its Determinants," Italian Economic Journal: A Continuation of Rivista Italiana degli Economisti and Giornale degli Economisti, Springer;Società Italiana degli Economisti (Italian Economic Association), vol. 11(2), pages 745-772, July.

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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
    • D14 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Saving; Personal Finance

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