Social Consequences of Labour Market Marginalisation in Germany - Analysing the Impact of Social Identities and Values

Das Buch untersucht die sozialen Folgen von Arbeitsmarktmarginaliserung für nahe soziale Beziehungen und gesellschaftliche Partizipation in Deutschland. Dabei zeigen Mehrebenenmodelle und Längsschnittanalysen, die individuelle, haushaltsbezogene und regionale sozio-ökonomische Faktoren analysieren, dass finanzielle Schwierigkeiten nur marginal soziale Exklusion erklären können. Vielmehr sind soziale Rollen, Normen und Identität ausschlaggebend für eine Arbeitsmarktmarginalisierung.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

1. Introduction - The Relationship of Labour Market Marginalisation and Social Exclusion

1.1 Scientific Evidence and Main Expectations about the Effects of Labour Market Marginalisation on Social Integration

1.2 Conceptual Framework and Analytical Approach
1.3 The Setup of the Empirical Analysis

1.4 Three Dimensions of the Labour Market and Social Exclusion Relationship

1.5 Overview of the Thesis



2 Conceptualising Labour Market Marginalisation and Social Integration

2.1 Determinants of Social Exclusion

2.1.1 Multidimensionality of Social Exclusion

2.1.2 Two Spheres of Sociability

2.2 Making Sense of the Multi-Layered Functions of Employment

2.2.1 Materialist Perspectives on Labour Market Disadvantage

2.2.2 Social Identity Perspectives on Labour Market Disadvantage

2.2.3 The Context's Influence on Individual Labour Market Experiences

2.2.4 Interrelation of Financial D istress and Identity Struggles

2.3 Dynamics of Labour Market Marginalisation

2.3.1 The Cumulative Tendency of Disadvantage

2.3.2 Social Class, Vulnerability, and the Distribution of Labour Market Risks

2.4 Summary



3 Data and Methods

3.1 A Combined Longitudinal and Multi-level Data Set

3.2 Sample

3.3 Data Challenges - Non-response and Missing Values

3.4 Operationalisation of Core Concepts

3.4.1 Explaining the Labour Market Marginalisation and Social Exclusion Link

3.4.2 Contextualising Individual Labour Market Experiences

3.5 Methodological Considerations - Modelling Longitudinal and Hierarchical Data



4 Accumulation of Labour Market Disadvantage - Individual, Household, and Regional Factors

4.1 Path Dependency - The Cumulative Process of Disadvantage

4.1.1 Explaining Cumulative Tendencies of Disadvantage - the Impact of Resources and Social Roles

4.1.2 Gender, Partnership and Household Composition - How Social Roles Reinforce Labour Market Positions and Trajectories

4.1.3 Context Factors - the Impact of Regional Labour Markets, Wealth, Demography, and Institutional Settings

4.2 Analytical Strategy and Operationalization

4.3 The Impact of Employment Histories, Favourable and Harmful Contexts

4.3.1 Accumulation of (Dis-) Advantage - the Intensification of Effects

4.3.2 Social Roles Determine Female Vulnerability to Labour Market Marginalisation

4.3.3 Regional Labour Markets, Fertility Rates, and Childcare Availability Have a Greater Impact on Female than Male Labour Market Outcomes

4.4 Concluding Remarks on the Accumulation of Labour Market Marginalisation

4.5 Appendix



5 Labour Market Marginalisation and Social Embeddedness: Unravelling the Conditions for Deteriorating Personal Relations

5.1 Taking Multidimensional Linkages of Labour Market Disadvantage and Social Relations into Account

5.1.1 Gendered Effects of Labour Market Marginalisation

5.1.2 Age Dependent Vulnerability to Negative Labour Market Experiences

5.1.3 Linked Lives - Labour Market Marginalisation in the Household Context

5.1.4 Assessing the Spatial Dimension of Individual Labour Market Experiences

5.1.5 Summary

5.2 Analytical Strategy and Operationalization

5.3 Exploring the Four Social-Structural Dimensions of Inequality

5.3.1 Gendered Patterns of Labour Market Disadvantage

5.3.2 Labour Market Disadvantage at Different Life Stages

5.3.3 The Unexpected Weak Effect of Household Composition for Labour MarketDisadvantage

5.3.4 Contextualizing Individual Labour Market Experiences - Assessing the Impact of Regional Labour M

The book examines the social consequences of labour market marginalisation for close social relations and social participation in Germany. Multilevel models and individual fixed effects analyses show that material security is an overrated factor. While financial strain does not explain the effects of labour market marginalisation on social exclusion, social identity and normative expectations are influential determinants.