Job Insecurity, Unemployment Insurance and On-the-Job Search Evidence from Older American Workers

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Italo A. Gutierrez
Keyword(s):  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Job Insecurity

Comparison of a Multidimensional and a Global Measure of Job Insecurity: Predicting Job Attitudes and Work Behaviors

2002 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 913-922 ◽  
Author(s):  
William D. Reisel ◽  
Moshe Banai
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Job Insecurity ◽  
Empirical Test ◽  
Search Behavior ◽  
Job Attitudes ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Global Measure ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Job Search Behavior

This paper examined the multidimensional formulation of job insecurity theory described by Greenhalgh and Rosenblatt in 1984. They held that job insecurity is multidimensional and is comprised of two principle threats, (1) threat to the job and (2) threat to job features. To date, there has been no empirical test comparing the predictive value of the separate dimensions of job insecurity on the outcome variables commitment, trust, and job search behavior. A total of 276 managers completed surveys of their job insecurity using both multidimensional and global measures of job insecurity. Regression analysis suggested that the job threat dimension better explains outcome attitudes and behaviors than the job features dimension. Further, contrary to earlier reports, the global measure of job insecurity explained more variance in two out of three outcome variables investigated here. Implications for job insecurity measurement and theory are discussed.

How do Unemployment Insurance and Recall Expectations Affect on-the-job Search among Workers Who Receive Advance Notice of Layoff?

ILR Review ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 241-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul L. Burgess ◽  
Stuart A. Low
Keyword(s):  
Random Sample ◽  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Experience Rating ◽  
Advance Notice ◽  
Unemployment Spells

This paper explores how advance notice of layoffs, recall (rehiring) expectations, and unemployment insurance (UI) benefits affected on-the-job search among a random sample of Arizona UI recipients in 1975–76. The analysis, which includes extensive controls for the characteristics of workers and their jobs, indicates that pre-unemployment search increased with length of notice and decreased with expected recall. Also, among workers not expecting recall, pre-unemployment search decreased with the level of UI benefits available after layoff. The authors argue that improved experience rating would encourage firms to give employees advance notice when layoffs are imminent, and re-employment bonuses for workers with zero or short unemployment spells would encourage early search.

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