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- Title
Los trabajadores pobres y los bajos salarios en España: un análisis de los factores familiares y laborales asociados a las distintas situaciones de pobreza.
- Authors
García Espejo, Isabel; Ibáñez Pascual, Marta
- Abstract
In recent years, a new social category has come to the forefront, which has transformed the concept of traditional poverty: the category of the working poor. This has introduced a new debate, very much centred on job quality, as became evident at the European Laeken summit. Several solutions have been discussed in relation to this category: Should we increase the number of low-quality jobs so as to reduce poverty? Or conversely, does poverty result from this low quality? In order to clarify this debate, the present article analyzes the different occupational and household factors associated with various types of poverty: the situation of workers characterized by low earnings and household poverty; those whose earnings are under the risk threshold, but whose families shield them from poverty; and finally, the situation of workers who do not receive low wages, but whose household characteristics lead them to poverty. The data source used are the European Statistics on Income and Living Conditions referring to Spain. The results show important differences in the behaviour of occupational and household variables, depending on the divergent poverty situations. Two other results should also be highlighted: on the one hand, the important extent to which household work intensity protects the family from falling into poverty; on the other hand, the existence of labour market segmentation, which has the effect that the worst jobs are reserved for the poorest families.
- Subjects
SPAIN; WORKING poor; EMPLOYMENT of poor people; FAMILIES &; economics; POVERTY; WAGES; LABOR market; LIVING conditions
- Publication
EMPIRIA: Revista de Metodología de Ciencias Sociales, 2007, Vol 14, p41
- ISSN
1139-5737
- Publication type
Article