In this project we will examine precarious forms of moonlighting in seven advanced economies

Title: Dire straits

In this project we will examine precarious forms of moonlighting in seven advanced economies.

UNDERSTANDING THE QUALITY AND CONSEQUENCES OF WORKING MULTIPLE JOBS

Research questions include:

  • How can we classify MJHs and who are doing ‘bad jobs’?
  • Who are the MJHs combining ‘bad jobs’ (micro, meso and macro factors)?
  • How static or dynamic are dimensions of quality and total worker wellbeing across time?

This project is carried out by a PhD researcher and takes a multi-method approach. The PhD will start with a literature review on precarious forms of multiple jobholding, and integrate labour law analysis and policy analysis in his or her initial chapters of the dissertation. The empirical chapters will be based on analyses of the survey data (first wave) and will investigate the measurement and classification of precarious forms of multiple jobholding, quality of work in 1st, 2nd and other jobs on different dimensions among precarious MJHs, and the relation with their contexts. The final empirical chapter will be based on analyses of the dynamic app data and analyses the stability or dynamics of the quality and total worker wellbeing among precarious MJHs.

Project Moonlight - Dire straits

This project is strongly connected to the following research problems:

  • How can we explain differences in the quality of work and total worker wellbeing in terms of the characteristics of the individual (micro-level), the industry and organisation (meso-level) and the institutional context (macro-level), as well as the interaction between these levels?
  • How stable or dynamic are different dimensions of quality and total worker wellbeing across time, for instance in terms of income and intensity, and total wellbeing? What are the positive and negative consequences for workers of combining multiple jobs, also measured over a longer period of time?

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More than 40% no longer works
multiple jobs after a few years
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In Germany alone, around 2 million workers
have a second job
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Official MJH levels are up to 10% of the national workfoces in several EU countries