McBride, J. and Smith, A. orcid.org/0000-0002-7524-9359 (2022) '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, 43 (3). pp. 1440-1466. ISSN 0143-831X
Abstract
This article argues for the need to reconsider the changing nature of in-work poverty (IWP). In doing so, the authors 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, the authors identify various structural constraints that sustain cycles of IWP. This highlights the multidimensionalities of poverty, incorporating the temporalities, types and depths of IWP. The 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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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2021. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
Keywords: | Austerity; in-work poverty; low-paid work; multiple employment; poverty dynamics research; precarious work; temporalities of poverty |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Management School (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2022 14:44 |
Last Modified: | 26 Jun 2024 07:39 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0143831X211016054 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:187959 |