Browsing Institutt for samfunnsøkonomi by Author "Farina, Egidio"
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Are Estimates of Non-Standard Employment Wage Penalties Robust to Different Wage Measures? The Case of Zero-hour Contracts in the UK
Farina, Egidio; Green, Colin; McVicar, Duncan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Evidence suggests that non-standard jobs are associated with wage penalties. Yet, these jobs possess a range of undesirable characteristics that should generate compensating wage differentials. This evidence relies on ... -
Zero hours contracts and self-reported (mental) health in the UK
Farina, Egidio; Green, Colin Peter; McVicar, Duncan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)This article examines associations between precarious contract types and a range of self-reported health measures for the UK. We focus on zero hours contracts (ZHCs), an extreme form of precarious employment that has grown ... -
Zero Hours Contracts and Their Growth
Farina, Egidio; Green, Colin; McVicar, Duncan (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This article studies the prevalence and nature of zero hours contracts (ZHCs) in the UK labour market. It is widely argued that the headline count of ZHC workers based on the Labour Force Survey historically underestimated ...