Young Women, Employment and Precarity: The Face of Two Periods of Crisis in Spain (2008–2021)

Youth employment in Spain is characterised by temporary contracts, part-time jobs, and low wages, a long-standing situation that has been further accentuated since the 2008 crisis, placing young people, especially women, in a position of vulnerability at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through d...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Cabasés i Piqué, Ma. Àngels, Úbeda Pavia, Miquel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
OAI Identifier:oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/84143
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci11060264
http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/84143
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Precarity
Gender
Youth
Generation
Labour market
Employment policies
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Sumario:Youth employment in Spain is characterised by temporary contracts, part-time jobs, and low wages, a long-standing situation that has been further accentuated since the 2008 crisis, placing young people, especially women, in a position of vulnerability at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through different data, this article argues that young women’s working conditions have deteriorated in comparison to those of previous generations and young men, in a period in which there have been two crises that have affected youth employment. Linking the results with the main youth employment policies allows us to observe why the precarisation of Spanish youth has not been stopped.