‘’I feel like I’m in poverty. I don’t do much outside of work other than survive": In-work poverty and multiple employment in the UK
Yes === This paper argues for the need to reconsider the changing nature of in-work poverty (IWP). In doing so, we present evidence not included in current debates or statistics, of people working in more than one job, yet still experiencing IWP. Using the dynamic theory of poverty and a qualitativ...
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ndltd-BRADFORD-oai-bradscholars.brad.ac.uk-10454-184682021-07-24T05:01:09Z ‘’I feel like I’m in poverty. I don’t do much outside of work other than survive": In-work poverty and multiple employment in the UK McBride, J. Smith, Andrew J. In-work poverty Poverty dynamics research Low-paid work Precarious work Multiple employment Austerity Temporalities of poverty Yes This paper argues for the need to reconsider the changing nature of in-work poverty (IWP). In doing so, we present evidence not included in current debates or statistics, of people working in more than one job, yet still experiencing IWP. Using the dynamic theory of poverty and a qualitative approach, we identify various structural constraints that sustain cycles of IWP. This highlights the multi-dimensionalities of poverty, incorporating the temporalities, types and depths of IWP. Our evidence demonstrates how poverty is experienced and individualised and also how it is created and sustained through paid work, rather than being challenged by it. 2021-04-26T11:02:33Z 2021-05-17T09:19:08Z 2021-04-26T11:02:33Z 2021-05-17T09:19:08Z 2021 2021-04-08 2021-06-02 2021-04-26T10:02:43Z Article Published version McBride J and Smith A (2021) "I feel like I’m in poverty. I don’t do much outside of work other than survive": In-work poverty and multiple employment in the UK. Economic and Industrial Democracy. Accepted for publication. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/18468 en https://doi.org/10.1177/0143831X211016054 (c) 2021 The Authors. This is an Open Access article distributed under the Creative Commons CC-BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) |
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In-work poverty Poverty dynamics research Low-paid work Precarious work Multiple employment Austerity Temporalities of poverty McBride, J. Smith, Andrew J. ‘’I feel like I’m in poverty. I don’t do much outside of work other than survive": In-work poverty and multiple employment in the UK |
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Yes === This paper argues for the need to reconsider the changing nature of in-work poverty (IWP). In doing so, we present evidence not included in current debates or statistics, of people working in more than one job, yet still experiencing IWP. Using the dynamic theory of poverty and a qualitative approach, we identify various structural constraints that sustain cycles of IWP. This highlights the multi-dimensionalities of poverty, incorporating the temporalities, types and depths of IWP. Our evidence demonstrates how poverty is experienced and individualised and also how it is created and sustained through paid work, rather than being challenged by it. |
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‘’I feel like I’m in poverty. I don’t do much outside of work other than survive": In-work poverty and multiple employment in the UK |
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‘’I feel like I’m in poverty. I don’t do much outside of work other than survive": In-work poverty and multiple employment in the UK |
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‘’I feel like I’m in poverty. I don’t do much outside of work other than survive": In-work poverty and multiple employment in the UK |
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‘’i feel like i’m in poverty. i don’t do much outside of work other than survive": in-work poverty and multiple employment in the uk |
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