Insecurity in the labour market: the case of Canada since the second world war

ID:	HARP-173
Title:	Insecurity in the labour market: the case of Canada since the second world war
Source:	Canadian Journal of Sociology , v.24(2) Spr’99 pg 193-224
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Year:	1999
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Keywords:	Canada, democracy, discrimination, economic, social and cultural rights, employment, government, human rights, social security, security
Abstract:	There is a significant number of reasons available to explain an increase in employment insecurity — that apply to Canada and other rich countries: technology, the internationalization of capital, demographic shocks, and government policy. There is evidence that employment insecurity has increased. But the evidence is not easily reconciled with any of the alternative accounts. First, different theories imply different patterns of insecurity over time. Inadequate attention has been paid to the different time paths implied by different theories. Second, the meaning of employment insecurity is less straightforward than much of the writing assumes. Third, conclusions with respect to trends in employment insecurity are highly sensitive to decisions with respect to beginning and end points of an analysis. When these sorts of factors are taken into account, the case that the degree of employment insecurity in Canada has increased becomes a bit less convincing.
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