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The feminisation of precarity Poland compared to other countries

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Polkowska D.

Annales. Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym

2017

vol. 20

issue 8

119-135

Precarity applies to people who, in order to survive, need to work in a low-quality job, which is uncertain, temporary, low-paid, with no prospect of promotion, no security and no contract. In this sense, the precariat is a category related mostly to the secondary segments of the labour market according to the concept of the dual labour market. It is also the universal feature of Post-Fordism and the modern working conditions in which women, more often than men are located in the “worst” segment of the labour market. In this context, it is worth noting that since the beginning of the era of globalisation, women have mostly worked in the sectors more uncertain and unstable e.g., in the service industries and trade. It has been feminisation in a double sense of the word: there have been more and more working women, on the one hand, and on the other hand, women have usually taken the flexible jobs. Most of these jobs are precarious work. Precarity combined with job insecurity and low wages leaves the workforce in this group unable to plan for their future or afford a decent life. This article attempts to prove that the threat of precarity is more probable for women than men. This claim is supported by the OECD and Eurostat data on precarity for Poland and other European countries.

Feminizacja prekariatu. Polska na tle innych krajów Europy

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Polkowska D., Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin, dominika.polkowska@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl

Annales. Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym

2016

vol. 19

issue 2

Precarity applies to people who, in order to survive, need to work in a low-quality job, which is uncertain, temporary, low-paid, with no prospect of promotion, no security and no contract. In this sense, the precariat is a category related mostly to the secondary segment of the labour market, according to the concept of a dual labour market. It is also the universal feature of Post-Fordism and the modern working conditions in which women, more often than men, are located in the ‘worst’segment of the labour market. In this context, it can be noted that since the beginning of the era of globalization, women start working particularly in those sectors that were more uncertain and unstable e.g. in services and trade. It was feminization in a double sense: there were more and more working women on the one hand, and on the other hand, the flexible jobs were undertaken usually by women. Most of these kind of jobs were precarity jobs. Precarity is combined with insecurity, which does not allow the people in this group to plan anything, and wages so low that they can’t afford a decent life. In the article I would like to prove that the threat of precariat is more probable for women than men. I present data related to precarity for Poland compared to other European countries (based on data from Eurostat and the OECD).

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2 Annales. Etyka w Życiu Gospodarczym

1 2017

1 2016

2 Polkowska D.

1 Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in Lublin

1 dominika.polkowska@poczta.umcs.lublin.pl

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The feminisation of precarity Poland compared to other countries

Feminizacja prekariatu. Polska na tle innych krajów Europy